Requiring Customers to Sign Up Before Making Purchases

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Important:

This article is relevant for Wix Stores, Wix Bookings, and Wix Restaurants Orders (New).

You can limit guest checkout on your site so that visitors can browse what you offer, but need to become site members before they can access the Cart Page to begin the checkout process.

By requiring customers to sign up, you save their information. This makes it possible for customers to track their orders on your site and make future purchases without re-entering information.

Screenshot of a site's header with the Members Area log in indicated

In this article, learn more about:

Note:

There are certain ways to complete an order without going through the Cart page (see the FAQs section for more details). In these cases, restricting access to the Cart page won't stop customers from completing orders without signing in.

Restricting purchases to signed in customers

Edit the permission settings for the Cart page so that only signed in members can access it. You can also choose to limit access to a member role you created or to clients who have purchased a pricing plan.

Before you begin:

If you don't already have it, add the Wix Members Area to your site.

Wix Editor

Editor X

Studio Editor

Go to your editor.
Click Pages & Menu on the left side of the editor.
Select an option:
- My site has only Wix Stores:
  1. Click Store Pages.
  2. Click Cart Page.
- My site has only Wix Bookings:
  1. Click Bookings Pages.
  2. Click Cart Page.
- My site has Wix Restaurants Orders (New) or 2 business solutions:
  1. Click Cart & Thank You.
  2. Click Cart Page.

Screenshot of Pages & Menu showing access points to the Cart Page

Click the Settings icon next to Cart Page.
Select the Permissions tab.
Click Members Only.
Decide Which members can access this page:
- All members.
- Only selected members or paying customers: Limit access to a member role you created or to clients who have purchased a pricing plan.