Is Customer Required to Have an Account?

[susb8383]

Hi All,

 

I'm a longtime ZenCart user. But I'm seriously considering moving all my carts over to Prestashop.

 

I went as far as to download 1.5 and install it on a new domain.

 

BUT...one reason I'm leaving ZenCart is because the customer has to have an account to make a purchase. Their choices are to create a new account or to log in.

 

After the default Prestashop install, I started poking around and pretending I wanted to buy something. And i found the same thing; it asked me to log in or create an account.

 

Is having an account required by Prestashop or is there a way around that?

 

I'm really looking for a cart that lets the customer just fill in the credit card info without creating an account first.

 

Thanks, Susie

[Carlsen]

Hi Susie,

 

In the Prestashop adminpanel you can enable Guest Checkout.

This will allow visitors to order without creating an account.

 

If a visitor purchases as a guest, and later wants to have a full account, the guest can simply press "Convert to account" button. This button is located in the guest-order-tracking page.

[vekia]

You can use GuestCheckout exactly as carlsen mentioned above.

 

go to the preferences -> orders and you've got there something like:

 

 

put this option to on, then your customer will be able to order without having an accout in your store