Cloud Connector - Contact Creation in Eloqua

I am building a new Cloud Connector. I have reviewed the following doc http://img.en25.com/Web/Eloqua/EloquaCloudConnectorSampleGuide.pdf
In the above example, the doc assumes the email address already exists in Eloqua. The Cloud Connector is used to obtain the first name, last name from the Hoover database and update Eloqua with it.
I am working on Cloud Connector which will be slightly different from the above example.
The Cloud Connector will be used to create new contacts in Eloqua.
The Use Case is as follows. (I am calling our enviroment, DB as Hoover)
1) Clients will setup a Webcast, directly in our Hoover environment.
2) Links are emailed directly to potential viewers using Outlook.
3) Viewers will register to the event using the URL sent out. They will not be going through the Eloqua Reg form.
4) Client will run the webcast.
Note: Eloqua was not used in any of the use case steps above.
Now In Eloqua
5) Client will create a program builder step. This step would use the the Cloud Connector I am building which would get a list of all users who attended the Event.
Since Eloqua was not used to send out links to the viewer, the Contact information/emails of the viewers are not present within Eloqua.
The Cloud Connector will be used to create the contact information of all registered viewers in Eloqua using information from Hoover.
My questions are as follows.
Can the Cloud Connector create a new contact in Eloqua using data it gets from the Hoover database?
Since the contact does not exist in Eloqua, should I create the contact in Eloqua and set the status as "Complete" directly?
Thanks

Hi,
Cloud Connectors were designed to send information from Eloqua via the connector to the third party. Certain Cloud Connectors allow you to write information to an existing contact card but not create a new contact card. The API functions only allow for SEND and is limited with the RETRIEVE calls. For best practices, we always recommend that the clients use Eloqua to register the clients so that the data sits within the Eloqua database. Afterwards, you can use the Program Builder to manipulate any other data that is required.
Another way around this is to export the registration list from Webcast, open it in Excel and add a new column with the Completed field and then upload it into Eloqua which will create them as a new contact.
I hope this helps answer your question.
Regards,
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