This is taken from our original Account creation page which we updated today…
Please note that you are not required to create an account to purchase from this site. You will always be able to do so as a guest. Creating an account does allow you to save your billing and/or shipping address(es), review past purchases online, and leave comments or reviews.
19 February 2019 update…
We have changed the account creation process to automatically use your email address as your username and to automatically generate a password. This should not affect existing accounts, but should simplify things for new ones.
I want to interject a personal note here that when the site was first setup I grappled with whether I should allow passwords like “abc123” or not (which is essentially no password at all). In all reality who wants to hack into your soap account? I chose to enforce good practices here even if it seemed a little overkill.
I have now deleted the following from the My Account page, but post it here because I had fun writing it originally, and still believe it is good food for thought.
— John
Some ideas for creating a strong password (don’t worry, you will always be able to change it later)…
- a favorite place, perhaps with the zip code
- a special phone number, with a name added
- a child’s name with a birthday
- street address of a place you once lived, with city and state
- your maternal grandmother’s full name
- a phrase that you really like and will remember
- words in a foreign language
Hints: The more letters or numbers the better, use spaces; special characters get extra points, misspelled words rank high. Think more in terms of passphrase than password… and, be sure to record it somewhere!
Here is a fun site for checking the strength of your password: How Secure Is My Password?
Creating a strong password/passphrase makes the site more secure for everyone (for real). Thank you for your help!
