What software / tools / services do you use to manage users on your site? Registration, payment, mailing list. Is there a good package for everything?

Question

Hi all,

I am scoping out what we need from a user management solution and wondering if anyone knows of a good provider of a service that would be able to :

securely manage user registration and logins to our site

receive payments and handle billing, reminders for recurring payments etc

handle forgotten passwords, handle support tickets raised by users

provide comprehensive suite of reporting tools

allow us to easily send emails to all users or a subgroup of users

Can anyone add to this list of what should be in a good user management system. We have a web application built in PHP and MySQL that delivers content to users based on a unique user id generated when a user registers. I need this id and username to be in our database.

cheers guys

Answer 1

It seems as though you're building a backend for a SaS (Software as Service) rather than a physical product-based system, but an ecommerce solution such as osCommerce or Zen Cart may still be a good fit... It's not a 100% fit admittedly, but either one may provide a strong (and flexible) enough base for you to build the rest of your requirements on top as you go.

Answer 2

Did you look at http://www.cmsmatrix.org/ ? Sounds like a Cent Management System is what you want. I recommend Drupal.