List Customers

Admin area, go to the Sales → Customers

The AbanteCart E-commerce platform allows you to manage all registered customers profiles as well as registered newsletter subscribers

Difference between a Registered Customer and a Guest

E-commerce shoppers generally do not want to enter additional information, set up additional accounts login and password, validation etc; so they opt for guest checkout. If you need to contact a customer due to a faulty product or an order issue use the email address is associated with the order.

Bulk actions

save changes made directly in grid
remove selected customers
search and refine result

Individual actions (per customer)

save
remove
approve
disable directly in grid
quick view (edit → quick view)
view list of orders made by customer

Customers related Settings

Forcing a customer to login/register at checkout

You can disable Guest checkout in System → Settings → Checkout via Guest Checkout setting. Сustomer will not be able to check out without registering.

Set default customer group to assign new customers

System → Settings → Checkout via Customer Group dropdown

Approve/disapprove every customer who register to the store

System → Settings → Checkout via Review New Registrations setting. If On customers see approval waiting for page after registration. This will require admin approval before activating customers accounts. Once approved the customer will receive confirmation e-mail

Verifying new customers with activation email

System → Settings → Checkout via Email Activation for New Customers setting. Take a note more registration steps make some people confused.

Require Login name

System → Settings → Checkout. To improve security, require customers to create unique login name instead of using an email address as login name. If set to Require Login Name to ON, existing customers will be asked to create new login name at the first login. If OFF, login name is set as customer email address.

Account Terms

System → Settings → Checkout. Select Account Terms content page to force people to agree to terms before an account can be created.

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