Managing a WooCommerce store comes with its own set of challenges, especially when it comes to controlling registration spam, fake orders, and invalid email addresses. The Customer Email Verification extension is a powerful solution designed to tackle these issues by requiring customers to verify their email addresses during the registration and checkout process. This helps online store owners reduce fraudulent orders, prevent fake account sign-ups, and eliminate the hassle of dealing with bounced emails.

By adding an extra layer of verification, store owners can ensure that only genuine customers create accounts and place orders, ultimately improving the store’s credibility and reducing unnecessary spam. Additionally, the plugin offers flexible customization options, allowing you to tailor the verification process according to your brand’s theme and style.

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Why Do You Need Customer Email Verification Extension?

Fake registrations and orders are one of the biggest problems for WooCommerce store owners. Without verifying email addresses, you may end up with:

• Fake orders that never get completed.
• Spam account registrations that clutter your customer database.
• Bounced emails resulting in poor email marketing performance.

The Customer Email Verification extension helps combat these issues by ensuring that every user verifies their email address before gaining access to their account or placing an order. This significantly reduces spam registrations, fake orders, and email bounce rates — allowing you to maintain a clean and authentic customer base.

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Key Features of Customer Email Verification Extension

Here are the core features that make Customer Email Verification Extension a must-have for WooCommerce store owners:

✅ Email Verification During Registration

When a new customer registers on your website, they will be required to verify their email address before gaining access to their account. This prevents fake account sign-ups, ensuring that only users with valid email addresses can access your store.

The system automatically sends a verification code or link to the customer’s email address, which they need to verify before proceeding.

✅ Email Verification Before Checkout

To reduce the chances of fake orders, the extension also allows you to require email verification during checkout. This ensures that customers using fake email addresses cannot place orders without verifying their email first. It not only minimizes fraudulent orders but also helps in reducing return-to-sender (RTS) shipments.

✅ Verification Popup with Custom Design

The extension comes with a customizable email verification popup, allowing you to match the design and branding of your website. You can customize the popup’s colors, text, and design through the Customizer with a live preview option to see the changes in real-time.

✅ Manual Email Verification by Admin

In certain cases, store admins may want to manually verify or un-verify a customer’s email address. With this extension, you have full control over:

• Manually verifying/unverifying emails.
• Resending verification emails to specific customers.
• Managing email verification status from the admin panel.

This flexibility allows you to control who gains access to your store and helps you maintain data accuracy.

✅ Delayed Account Creation Emails

The plugin allows you to delay the “New Account Created” email until the customer’s email has been verified. This is particularly useful in reducing spam account registrations and ensures that only genuine customers receive account confirmation emails.

✅ Automatic Expiry for Verification Links

To maintain high-level security, the extension also allows you to set expiration times for verification links. If a customer doesn’t verify their email within the set time limit, the verification link will automatically expire, preventing unauthorized access or spam attempts.

✅ Bulk Email Resending and Auto-Delete Unverified Accounts

Managing a large number of unverified users can be time-consuming. The extension provides an option for:

• Bulk resending of email verification links to unverified customers.
• Automatically deleting unverified users after a specified period to keep your customer list clean and spam-free.

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How the Customer Email Verification Process Works

The email verification process is straightforward and can be customized according to your store’s needs. Here’s how it works:

1. User Registration: When a customer creates an account or proceeds to checkout, they are prompted to verify their email address.
2. Verification Email: An email containing a verification link or code is sent to the customer’s email.
3. Email Verification: Customers must click the link or enter the code in the verification popup to validate their email address.
4. Account Activation: Once verified, the customer can access their account or proceed to checkout without any restrictions.

If the email remains unverified, the customer will not have access to their account or will be unable to place an order — reducing fake orders and spam sign-ups.

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Why Is Customer Email Verification Important?

Enabling email verification on your WooCommerce store offers numerous benefits, including:

✅ Preventing Fake Registrations: Stops bots and spammers from creating fake accounts.
✅ Minimizing Fake Orders: Ensures only verified users can place orders, reducing fraudulent orders.
✅ Reducing Email Bounces: Since verified emails are valid, it reduces email bounce rates and improves email marketing deliverability.
✅ Protecting Your Brand Reputation: Prevents fake customers from damaging your brand’s credibility.
✅ Enhancing Customer Experience: Provides a professional and secure onboarding process for new customers.