Customers
An overviewAbout this article
A retail webstore customer is usually created while an order is placed. However you may add a customer account from the backend. In this article you will learn how.
Creating a customer
To create a Retail Customer in the backend, follow the steps below:
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Click 'Customers' under DIRECT TO CONSUMER in the main menu to the left
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Click '+Create customer' in the upper-right corner and you will be redirected to this view:
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Enter the required information about the customer and make sure that the customer's status is 'Active':
- Gender
- Receive newsletter
- Add to store - Choose which store wthe customer should be connected to. It is very rare that you need to have multiple retail stores.
- URL
- Language
- Password
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Click 'Save' in the the upper-right corner
Next step
Once you have created a customer you may now create orders for that customer. To read more about how to create a retail order, click here.