Restricting Access to Your Website
You can restrict access to your website in two ways:
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Password-protect your site so that only visitors you have given access to in your account can view the site.
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Restrict checkout to existing customers only, so that visitors can view your site but cannot purchase anything unless you have given them customer center access.
These preferences are only available with the Advanced Site Customization feature available with Site Builder.
To password protect your site:
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Go to Commerce > Websites > Website List.
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Click Edit next to a website.
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On the Shopping subtab, in the Registration Page section, check the Password Protect Entire Site box.
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Click Save.
Visitors must first log in to view the home page of your site, and then they can navigate all the pages of your website.
To restrict checkout:
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Go to Commerce > Websites > Website List.
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Click Edit next to a website.
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Click the Shopping subtab.
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In the Type of Customer Registration field, select existing customers only.
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Click Save.
Now, visitors can view your website, but they cannot purchase items unless you have given them customer center access in your account.
For more information about setting preferences for customer registration, see Registration Page.