Automatic connect guest-order with registered user

Hi fox-didl

Thanks a lot.
The way the plugin works is: If you check the “Add Customer” checkbox in the billing section, the user will be added and linked.
If the user is found by email, the order will be linked, once you save the new order and no new user gets created.
You should get the message: “Email “[email protected]” already exists. No new customer got created.”

If a guest orders, and later register himself, nothing will be happening by this plugin.
Your Idea would be, to attach all the orders with the same email to this customer, right?

Sure, this function is possible to implement. But I’m not sure if it would be a good fit for this plugin.
Besides this, also from a security standpoint, it is not unproblematic. See this post here: https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce/issues/29138#issuecomment-1030234004

Best, Daniel

The issue here is the connected CRM. CRM needs a user account to import orders. guest orders don’t hava a user-id and so no import and wrong data.

But – sure – I see the risk in here in dataprotection. Maybe as an option if “email, name and city” is the same, than the new guest order will connected?

I see. If you compare the city as well, it would lead to more accuracy. But also more errors, or no assignments, since people use to move often.

I think it would be good to have this feature in a separate plugin. I was checking it very quickly and could not find anything like this. Looks like, there is nothing like that.
But I like the idea a lot and will consider it to be my next project. ??
Therefore I will mark this as resolved.
Best, Daniel