Customer Accounts

[chubster]

Hi....Newbie here looking into moving my site over to Bluepark, but before I do one important question.

Do customers to my site have to register an account or can this be turned off ?

Cheers

Chubs

[icegems]

They can be turned off - Site > Configuration > Order > User Accounts turn to generate automatically

Hope that helps, can't recommend Bluepark enough.

[chubster]

Many thanks.....the more I read the more I like, so im sure you will see me (and my site) soon :-)

[Laura@FYP]

Chubster! Yay! Have you decided to make the switch then?

Yes like Nadine said, the accounts can be generated automatically, so the customers dont even know they are making one

[chubster]

Hiya Laura.......dont hola just yet, still trying to get my head around pages, layouts, blocks etc....but once I have think I will be making the switch

As for customer accounts it now seems you can let your customers check out as "guests" Cool !

From the updates

Guest Checkout Feature
You can now enable your customers to "Checkout as a Guest", without either creating a user account or having one created for them. This option, in addition to the manual and automatic options already available, can be enabled via Configuration: Order.
Downloadable products, gift vouchers and products billed on a recurring basis are exempt from this feature (as they require a user account).