The Mageplaza Customer Approval extension for Magento helps to ensure customer accounts are valid to register an account on the store, and can help avoid fake account creation.
Enable Customer Approval
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Log into Magento.
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Select Stores from the Admin sidebar.
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Under Settings, choose Configuration.
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Expand Mageplaza Extensions and click Customer Approval.
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Configure fields as needed.
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Click Save Config when finished.
Approve/Deny Accounts
To approve or deny newly registered customers:
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Log into Magento.
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Select Customers from the Admin sidebar.
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Choose All Customers to display all available customers.
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Locate accounts showing “Pending” in the Approval Status column.
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If the column isn’t visible, add it by clicking Columns and checking the box for Approval Status.
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Click the checkbox to the left of the customer’s name.
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From the Actions dropdown towards the top of the page, choose “Approved” or “Not Approved”.
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The page will refresh with the update(s).