New customer account options
In the Create New Account Options section of the configuration, the basic account options are combined with more advanced options that relate to VAT IDÂ Validation and custom integrations. The following instructions cover only the most frequently used options. To learn about automatic customer group assignments, see VAT Validation.
Set up the basic customer account options
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On the Admin sidebar, go to Stores > Settings > Configuration.
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In the left panel, expand Customers and choose Customer Configuration.
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Expand the Create New Account Options section:
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Set each of the options according to the customer experience that you need to support on your storefront:
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Set Default Group to the customer group that is assigned to new customers when an account is created.
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If you have a Value Added Tax number and want it to be visible to customers, set Show VAT Number on Storefront to
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To require a customer’s email during Admin order creation for a customer, set Email is required field for Admin order creation to
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Enter the Default Email Domain for the store, such as
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Set Default Welcome Email to the template that is used for the Welcome email sent to new customers.
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To require customers to confirm their request to open an account with your store, set Require Emails Confirmation to
Yes. Then, set Confirmation Link Email to the template that is used for the confirmation email.note note NOTE Starting from version 2.4.7, customers must reenter their email and password to log in to their account after email confirmation, regardless of the browser. -
Set Welcome Email to the template that is used for the Welcome message that is sent after the account is confirmed.
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Set Default Welcome Email without Password to the template that is used when a customer account is created that does not yet have a password. For example, a customer account created from the Admin does not yet have a password assigned.
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Set Email Sender to the store contact that appears as the sender of the Welcome email.
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To require customers to confirm their request to open an account with your store, set Require Emails Confirmation to
Yes. Then, set Confirmation Link Email to the template that is used for the confirmation email.
For detailed information about each of the options available in this configuration option set, see the Create New Account Options configuration reference.
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When complete, click Save Config.