Registration

Registration is the first thing a new investor does on the platform. It creates their account and collects the basic information required before they can start onboarding (identity, profile, and funding setup).

Registration is separate from onboarding. An investor only registers once, but they may go through onboarding multiple times if they set up additional investment profiles.

How Registration Works

Registration happens entirely on the authentication subdomain (auth.letsplaymoney.com). Both the web app and the mobile app redirect users to this sign-up experience -- everyone registers in the same place, regardless of how they arrived.

Account Creation

The investor creates their account with:

• First name
• Last name
• Email address
• Password

Alternatively, they can register via Google or Apple social login, which skips the password step.

Signup Links

Investors often arrive through a signup link (/l/:token). These links:

• Set a cookie that ties the investor to a specific community, deal, or referrer
• Redirect to the auth subdomain for registration
• Automatically apply grants (deal access, community membership) after account creation

Signup links have replaced the legacy community code system.

Accreditation

After account creation, the investor goes through the accreditation flow (V2 onboarding), which collects:

• Phone number
• Accreditation status (net worth, income, professional license)
• Risk acknowledgement
• Due diligence acknowledgement
• Bad actor certification

This is handled by the V2 onboarding flow, not the registration step itself.

After Registration

Once registration is complete, the investor moves into the onboarding flow, which begins with Identity Verification. The onboarding wizard guides them through setting up their identity, investment profile, and funding source before they can make their first investment.

What Admins Should Know

• Registration now only creates the account (name, email, password). All accreditation and compliance steps happen in the onboarding flow.
• The signup link in the URL may grant access to specific communities or deals automatically upon registration.
• The legacy multi-step Rails signup wizard (/welcome, /signup/*) has been deprecated. All old URLs redirect to the auth subdomain.
• The legacy POST /api/v1/auth/register endpoint returns 410 Gone. All registration goes through the auth subdomain's POST /auth/register.