Authentication
Authenticate Insider's on your Platform
CashIn uses secret keys (sk_) for secure, merchant-specific auth, server-side.
What is Authentication?
Authentication is how users prove who they are as they access your personalized journeys, rewards or shared deals. Cashin helps you authenticate individual to access their deals and their friends deals, on your platform. It’s designed to be quick and non-intrusive, and never to take away from their purchase journey. Once again, completely optional but recommended, per businesses needs.
Why does it matter?
Why does authentication matter? It connects users to their sessions, rewards, and networks safely. For businesses, it means secure, trackable interactions without slowing down sales.
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For Marketing Teams: Use it to personalize campaigns, e.g., show special deals only to logged-in loyal customers.
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For Finance Teams: Ensures rewards go to the right people, with auditable logs for compliance.
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For Developers: Simple server-side APIs (e.g., POST
/partner/v1/auth/signin) to implement quickly.
Sign-in: Quick and Secure Access
Sign-in lets existing users verify themselves with a code or password, made to be seamless without interrupting your customers browsing and shopping
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How it Works: Enter email/phone, get a code (via email/SMS/push), or use password. Once verified, your Insider is in, they get direct access to their credits and cashfunds, their deals, and their friends deals instantly.
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Example: A shopper returns to your site; a quick sign-in shows their earned CashFunds without disrupting their flow
Insider’s that click on your deal on our app from the same device, will have the opportunity to automatically sign-in without needing to call the sign-in API.
Sign-up: Effortless Onboarding
Sign-up is designed to feel like a natural next step, not a barrier. We only ask for an email, then gently guide with back to your shopping campaign. We’ll send them emails, enticing them with new Insider deals, pushing them to join fully join.
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How it Works: Provide email, we send a verification code. No passwords, or form upfront. Once verified, they get immediate access to basic features, with nudges to complete their profile for more rewards.
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Non-Disruptive: We understand how valuable their attention span is. So no passwords, or forms upfront. Once verified, they get immediate access to basic features, with nudges to complete their profile for more of your deals.
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Example: A new visitor shares a deal; we prompt a quick email sign-up to claim rewards, without leaving the page.
Can we start tracking without Authentication?
To comply with global GDPR compliancies, and ensure both Insider’s and Customer understand what their being tracked on, we must ensure they must approve. While we highly encourage our partners to use our authentication endpoints to improve their customer’s experience, we understand that some businesses may choose to keep this section of the portal exclusive while still track their new customers referred to by an Insider. To do so, we have built APIs (POST /partner/v1/instance/anonymous) to continue the session without signing in or signing up.
This way they can continue your process without authenticating themselves, while allowing you as the partner to collect valuable data.
For In-person sales-transaction, authentication and verification of the customer will take part through our QR codes or via the customer sharing the Insider’s code, and you filling the order in enabling you seamlessly attributing sales to the right Insider.
For Your Team
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Audience |
Benefit |
Example |
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Developers |
Simple Integration |
Three simple APIs to integrate into the server-side |
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Marketing |
Grow your list |
Auto-send welcome campaigns post-sign-up. |
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Finance |
Low-Risk Growth |
Verified emails mean better fraud protection. |