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- Social title. Choose between the ones available, or create another one in the "Titles" page under the "Customers settings" page in the "Shop Parameters" menu.
- First name, Last name, Email address. Those are essential: the names are used in the confirmation emails that PrestaShop sends, and the email address is used for log-in.
- Password. Choose a password, at least 5 characters long.
Birthday. This information can be used for birthday e-mails and temporary discounts.
Tip If you do not want to ask for the birth date when a customer creates an account, you can disable the birth date field in the "Customer Settings" page. Simply select "No" for the "Ask for birth date" option.
- StatusEnabled. You may wish to create an account, but not have it yet active.
- NewsletterPartner offers. Can be used by the "Newsletter" module, for sending regular information to those customers who requested it.Opt-in. Can be used by modules for sending regular partner promotions to those customers who requested it. Do not subscribe a user to these e-mails without their consent, as this is considered spam.
- Group access. Having customer groups enables you to create group discounts. Many other PrestaShop feature features can also be group-restricted. You will learn more about group in the "Groups" section of this chapter of the PrestaShop user guide.
- Default customer group. No matter how many groups that customer belongs to, s/he should always have one main group.
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If your customers are mostly companies, you should enable the B2B mode in order to get additional options: go to the "Customers settings" page of the "PreferencesShop Parameters" menu, and choose "Yes" for the "Enable B2B mode" option. The B2B mode adds a few company-specific fields:
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The various sections provide you with some key data on the user:
- Customer information, first and last name, e-mail address, ID, sign-up date, date of last visit, rank.
- Information regarding the subscription to the store's newsletter and subscription to ads from partnering companies, the age, date of last update, and whether or not the account is active.
- Private notes from the store's employees (i.e. you or your team).
- Messages sent by the customer to the shop's team (through customer service).
- Available vouchers / cart rules.
- Previous connections to the shop.
- The groups to which the customer belongs.
- Summary of the customer's past purchases orders. Amount spent, type of payment, order status. For more information about each order, click on the icon in the "Actions" column.order's date.
- Carts that the customer has created (but not necessarily validated) since sign-up. When your customer is currently on your shop, you can see what is being added to the cart in real time.
- Summary of the products that were ordered purchased by a customer. Among other things, this enables you to know when a customer is very fond of a product, and maybe create a special discount for the 10th purchase. Clicking on a product directs to the order to which that product is tied.
- Registered addresses.
- Available vouchers / cart rules.
- Carts that the customers has created (but not necessarily validated) since sign-up. When your customer is currently on your shop, you can see what is being added to the cart in real time.
- Previous connection to the shopA list of the product viewed by the customer. Likewise, you can see which product pages the customer visited on your website. If no order follows several visits of a product, maybe you can help the customer decide by sending him/her a targeted discount.
- Registered addresses.
Searching for a Customer
Searching for a customer on your PrestaShop shop can be done two different ways.
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The results, if any, are then presented: the list presents you with the users' ID, social title, e-mail, birthdayemail, birth date, registration date, amount of orders and whether or not the user's account is active. From there on, you can view the whole user's page, or edit its details.
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On this page, you can complete the fields at the top of the list, in order to filter it according to the following criteria: ID, social title, first name, last name, e-mail email address, age, account status (enabled or disabled), subscription to the newsletter, subscription to partnering ads, registration date, and last connection date. Enter your criteria and click the "Filter" button in the top right-hand corner of the table. You can then sort the list for some of the columns.
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