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What Is Captive Portal?

IronWiFi's captive portal product is a web-based authentication service that allows businesses and organizations to control and monitor access to their Wi-Fi network. A captive portal is a webpage that is displayed to users when they attempt to connect to a Wi-Fi network. IronWiFi's captive portal product allows businesses to customize this page with their own branding and messaging, advertise, collect marketing data, and sell internet access.


IronWiFi's captive portal product provides several features that can enhance the security and functionality of a Wi-Fi network.


Keep reading below to see how a captive portal can help your business.

How Can IronWiFi's Captive Portal Help Your Business?

1. For Small Businesses

IronWiFi's Captive Portal can be a valuable tool for small businesses in several ways:

  1. Secure Wi-Fi: IronWiFi's Captive Portal provides secure Wi-Fi access for customers and visitors, which can help prevent unauthorized access to the business's network and sensitive data.

  2. Customizable splash page: The Captive Portal allows businesses to create a customizable splash page that appears when customers connect to their Wi-Fi network. This page can be branded with the business's logo, messaging, and promotions, helping to create a positive first impression and increase brand awareness.

  3. Data collection: The Captive Portal can be used to collect customer data, such as email addresses, social media profiles, and demographic information. This data can be used to create targeted marketing campaigns and improve customer engagement.

  4. Analytics: The Captive Portal provides analytics on customer behavior, such as time spent on the Wi-Fi network, the number of unique visitors, and the most popular pages visited. This data can be used to make informed business decisions and optimize marketing strategies.

  5. Monetization: The Captive Portal can be used to generate revenue through advertising or by charging customers for Wi-Fi access. This can be a valuable additional source of income for small businesses.

Overall, IronWiFi's Captive Portal can help small businesses provide a secure and customizable Wi-Fi experience for customers while also collecting valuable data and generating revenue.

2. For Large Businesses

IronWiFi's Captive Portal can be a valuable tool for large businesses in several ways:

  1. Branding and Customer Experience: Large businesses can use the Captive Portal to create a branded and consistent customer experience across multiple locations, which helps to enhance brand recognition and customer loyalty.

  2. Security: With a large number of employees and customers accessing the network, security is of utmost importance to large businesses. IronWiFi's Captive Portal provides a secure and centralized way to manage access to the network, ensuring that only authorized users can connect.

  3. Compliance: Many large businesses need to comply with regulations such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) or the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). The Captive Portal can help businesses collect and manage customer data in compliance with these regulations.

  4. Analytics: The Captive Portal provides detailed analytics on customer behavior, such as time spent on the network, the number of unique visitors, and the most popular pages visited. This data can help businesses optimize their marketing strategies and make informed business decisions.

  5. Monetization: Large businesses can use the Captive Portal to generate additional revenue through advertising or by charging customers for Wi-Fi access.

Overall, IronWiFi's Captive Portal can help large businesses enhance their brand, improve security, ensure compliance, collect valuable data, and generate additional revenue.

3. How Can Captive Portal Generate Revenue?
 

IronWiFi's captive portal can be a powerful tool for businesses to generate revenue and improve customer engagement. Here are some ways in which the captive portal can be leveraged for revenue generation:

  1. Advertising: The captive portal can be used to display advertisements from third-party advertisers. Businesses can charge advertisers for displaying their ads to users who access the captive portal. This can be a significant source of revenue for businesses, especially if they have a large number of users accessing the captive portal.

  2. Upselling: The captive portal can be used to promote additional products or services that the business offers. For example, a hotel could use the captive portal to offer upgrades to premium rooms or additional services such as room service or spa treatments. This can increase the revenue per customer and improve the customer experience.

  3. Data collection: The captive portal can be used to collect user data such as email addresses, phone numbers, and demographics. This data can then be used to create targeted marketing campaigns or sold to third-party advertisers. This can be a significant source of revenue for businesses that have a large number of users accessing the captive portal.

  4. Sponsored content: Businesses can offer sponsored content to users who access the captive portal. For example, a restaurant could offer a sponsored recipe or cooking video to users who access the captive portal. This can be a way to promote the business and generate additional revenue.

  5. Selling access to the internet: Another way businesses can generate revenue with the captive portal is by selling access to the internet via time vouchers sold at a register, or packages the customer pays through the portal. By charging for internet access, businesses can offset the costs of providing Wi-Fi and potentially generate a profit.

Overall, IronWiFi's captive portal can help businesses generate revenue, promote their products or services, and improve the customer experience. By leveraging the various revenue-generating features of the captive portal, businesses can increase their bottom line and stay ahead of the competition.

4. How Does Captive Portal Protect Your Guests?

IronWiFi's captive portal is designed to protect against evil twin attacks, which are a type of Wi-Fi attack where an attacker sets up a rogue Wi-Fi network that looks identical to a legitimate network, in order to intercept data or steal sensitive information from unsuspecting users.

IronWiFi's captive portal uses several security measures to protect against evil twin attacks:

  1. Encryption: The captive portal uses industry-standard encryption protocols, such as WPA2 or WPA3, to protect against unauthorized access and eavesdropping. This ensures that all data transmitted between the user's device and the captive portal is encrypted and secure.

  2. Authentication: The captive portal requires users to authenticate themselves before gaining access to the network. This can be done using a variety of authentication methods, such as a password, a one-time access code, or a social media login. By requiring authentication, the captive portal ensures that only authorized users can access the network.

By implementing these security measures, businesses can provide their customers with a safe and secure Wi-Fi experience, while also protecting their own sensitive data and networks.

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Increase Your Brand Awareness

Increase your brand’s top-of-mind recall with users by using fully branded and customizable splash pages that contain your logo and other vital information about your business. Users who log in to open-access networks commonly available in stores, malls, clinics, airports, supermarkets and corporations will increase their touchpoints and interactions with your brand.

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Get More Leads

Collect user information in a secure manner. Once the user connects, or attempts to make their first access, to a website, they will be automatically redirected to a connection validation page, where they will enter their contact information. This information can be used for subsequent marketing and sales efforts. 

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Generate Revenue for Your Business

Your business can sell Internet access with multiple pricing plans, using a third-party payment gateway such as PayPal, then start receiving payments from within the splash page. Offer users special deals and discounts to entice them to visit your brand’s website. Display advertisements and promotional content to users who access the wireless network.

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What is the best way to make money from our service?

  • Selling Internet access
    Charge visitors for WiFi access based on time, data, or a superior usage bandwidth service. Drive revenue directly from your WiFi network through three usage methods – time, data, and speed. With IronWiFi's External Integrations (Stripe, PayPal, etc...), you can easily manage your WiFi bandwidth plans.
  • Sell Advertising
    Your customers can buy advertising space with the goal of reaching their end users.
  • Sending special offers and coupons
    Provide existing and potential visitors with easy access to offers and events, in this case, you can set a time for sending a review request, for example, 24 or 48 hours after a visit. By doing so, you can collect valuable feedback from a broader range of visitors; improving return rates as well as attracting new customers.
  • Selling email addresses
    Sell e-mail addresses of potential end users to your customers

Integrates With The Hardware You Already Have

From wireless access points to network controllers and firewalls, the IronWiFi Platform integrates with your existing devices and solutions from wireless access points to network controllers and firewalls. IronWiFi Platform supports 45 hardware vendors and 35 system integrations.

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What our customers say

"Needless to say we are extremely satisfied with the results. Thanks guys, keep up the good work! Your Captive Portal is great. Your solution has really helped our business."


MARKETING MANAGER

Nady Cane

"I would also like to say thank you to all your staff. I love IronWiFi. Your platform was worth a fortune to my company."



MARKETING SPECIALIST

Joe Kaiser

"We are always looking for ways to improve our customers' experiences, and this new service will help us achieve that goal."



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Anna Brown

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02  Configure your Wireless Access Points

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03  Set up monitoring and reporting

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