Contacts

A contact and a related accountCommerce: A user account that you create with a contact, to which you can assign roles and access privileges in Commerce Manager. An account is automatically created with "Everyone" and "Registered" permissions when a user registers from a public website that lets a customer log in before checkout. are created automatically when a visitor registers on the public front-end site. You can also manually create a contact from Commerce Manager.

You can assign a contact to customer groupsCustomer groups are created in Commerce Manager then applied to contacts and organizations. Customer groups are common to both contacts and organizations, and you can apply them to customer segments that are targeted for marketing campaigns and customer group-specific pricing, including variants. and organization customer groups. A customer group is assigned to an organization, which may determine eligibility for prices that are different from other users. A contact in an organization is a member of that organization's customer group, even if the contact is assigned individually to a different customer group.