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<h2><strong>Highlights</strong></h2>
<ul class="wccom-tick-list-secondary" style="line-height: 1.8em;color #ffffff;margin-bottom: 18px">
<li style="color: #000"><strong>Login and Shop like a customer</strong></li>
<li><strong>Shop as customer to cater offline sales</strong></li>
<li><strong>Shop as customer to troubleshoot ordering process</strong></li>
<li><b>Login as customer via WordPress admin panel, order listing & order detail page</b></li>
<li><b>Switch between customer and admin roles with a single click</b></li>
</ul>
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<h2>Login and Shop Your Store Like a Customer</h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">In some cases, you have to place orders on behalf of your customers. These scenarios include recording orders from email or phone, troubleshooting issues in payment & checkout, or auditing the user experience on your store. To make it easy to switch from admin to customer, you should consider the Login & Shop as Customer extension. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">The tool allows you to log in as a customer, view order and account details from the My Account page, and quickly place orders. With one click, you can switch from an admin to a customer and shop just like your customers would.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Another benefit of logging in as a customer is that you can go through the complete customer journey and identify issues that your customers might be facing. </span></p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18734004264193" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/login-and-shop-as-customer-for-woocommerce-123.jpg" alt="login and shop as customer for woocommerce" width="980" height="603" /></p>
<h2>Features</h2>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400">Shop as a customer on your Woocommerce store</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400">Access all frontend functionalities just like your customers</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400">View order details on the My Account Page </span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400">Automatically load customer information like billing, shipping, and more</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400">Insert custom text for the “</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400">Switch Back to Admin” </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400">button</span></li>
<li>Show login as customer button on order listing page</li>
<li>Show login as customer button on order detail page</li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400">View complete admin login history</span></li>
<li>Compatible with cart & checkout blocks (<strong>New</strong>)</li>
<li>Customizable header bar for admin (<strong>New</strong>)</li>
</ul>
<h2>View and Edit Customer Details on the My Account Page</h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">When you log in as a customer, you can view the My Account page and explore the account and order information of a customer. Additionally, you can see the complete order history, make quick edits, and place orders using the shop as client for WooCommerce extension. </span></p>
<h2><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18734004264211" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/login-and-shop-as-customer-for-woocommerce-2.jpeg" alt="login and shop as customer for woocommerce" width="980" height="603" /></h2>
<h2>Automatically Get Shipping & Billing Information Upon Checkout</h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">When you are placing orders as a customer, you dont need to add the billing and shipping information manually. </span><span style="font-weight: 400">The extension automatically retrieves the billing & shipping details for every customer at checkout, saving time and allowing you to place quick orders. </span></p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18734004264222" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/login-and-shop-as-customer-for-woocommerce-1.jpeg" alt="login and shop as customer for woocommerce" width="980" height="603" /></p>
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<h2 style="text-align: center"><i>To fulfill orders on customer’s behalf or to audit customer ordering experience, use login and shop as customer for WooCommerce extension!</i></h2>
<h2 style="text-align: center"><a class="wccom-button is-primary" style="font-weight: 400;text-decoration: none;width: 130px;background: #118567;border: none;color: #fff !important;line-height: 28px;padding: 10px 24px;font-size: 16px;margin: 24px auto 0" href="https://woocommerce.com/?add-to-cart=6981729" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span class="wccom-button__text">Buy Now</span></a></h2>
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<h2>View the Complete History of Each Admin Logging in as a Customer</h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">With the shop as a customer for WooCommerce extension, your login history is preserved on a separate grid, allowing you to easily identify which admin used the particular login as a customer feature. A timestamp is designed in the grid to record the actions of each admin. </span></p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18734004264226" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/login-and-shop-as-customer-for-woocommerce-125.jpg" alt="login and shop as customer for woocommerce" width="980" height="603" /></p>
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<h2 style="text-align: center"><i>For more information on how to switch to the customer and how to place an order on the customer’s behalf, read the documentation.</i></h2>
<h2 style="text-align: center"><a class="wccom-button is-primary" style="font-weight: 400;text-decoration: none;width: 145px;background: #7754B3;border: none;color: #fff !important;line-height: 28px;padding: 10px 20px;font-size: 16px;margin: 24px auto 0" href="https://woocommerce.com/document/login-shop-as-customer/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span class="wccom-button__text">Documentation</span></a></h2>
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<h2>Requirements:</h2>
<ul>
<li>Minimum PHP version: 5.2</li>
</ul>

Login & Shop as Customer

<p>Allows store administrators to login as customer on frontend for troubleshooting and placing orders on customers’ behalf.</p>

<h2>Automate tax compliance</h2>
<p>Avalara for WooCommerce does the heavy lifting when it comes to domestic and global tax compliance. Our integration with WooCommerce offers a single connection to a global tax compliance platform, helping your business calculate tax at checkout, prepare and file tax returns, manage tax exempt sales, and more. To use Avalara for WooCommerce, you must purchase an account with Avalara if you don’t already have one.</p>
<h2>Let’s make tax one less thing to worry about.</h2>
<p><div class="woo-sc-box normal  info "> <a href="https://www.avalara.com/us/en/get-started/get-started-woocommerce.html?partnerID=0014000000pr8gIAAQ&campaignID=701Uz00000axgqOIAQ&connectorID=a0n3300000FSK2zAAH&utm_campaign=4-2025-woo-listing-general&marketing_channel=web_referral&vendor=partner&paid_unpaid=unpaid" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Speak with an Avalara ecommerce specialist to get started</a> </div><br />
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<h2><strong>Key benefits</strong></h2>
<h2><span style="font-weight: 400">Let agentic AI do the tax work. Avalara automates tax compliance across industries, borders, and tax types — reduce audit exposure, cut compliance costs, and increase efficiency.</span></h2>
<ul>
<li><strong>Sell globally with confidence – </strong>Give customers full transparency at checkout. Avalara can calculate sales tax, VAT, GST, and duties in real time — so shoppers see accurate costs upfront, with fewer unexpected charges after delivery.</li>
<li><strong>Supports both B2C and B2B –</strong> Whether you sell direct-to-consumer or to other businesses, Avalara manages accurate tax calculations, exemption certificates, and compliance requirements in real time — so every transaction is right the first time.</li>
<li><strong>Unify tax across each sales channel – </strong>Selling through WooCommerce, marketplaces, in-store, or wholesale portals? Avalara integrates with your commerce stack to centralize tax calculation, reporting, and filings with one solution.</li>
<li><strong>Agentic tax and compliance –</strong> Avalara’s AI-powered automation keeps tax compliance streamlined, with in-browser guidance from our Chrome plugin helping your team stay focused on operations and growth.</li>
</ul>
<h2>How to get started</h2>
<ol>
<li><a href="https://www.avalara.com/us/en/get-started/get-started-woocommerce.html?partnersource=0014000000pr8gIAAQ&campaignid=701Uz00000axgqOIAQ&connector=a0n3300000FSK2zAAH" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Contact Avalara to purchase an account</a>, if you don’t already have one.</li>
<li>Download and install the Avalara for WooCommerce extension.</li>
<li>Log in to your Avalara account to get your Account Number and License Key.</li>
<li>Input your Account Number and License Key within your WooCommerce settings.</li>
<li>Set up and save your tax codes and settings for your store.</li>
</ol>
<h2>Notable features</h2>
<p><strong>Address the global market with confidence – </strong>Avalara Cross-Border calculates customs duties and import taxes in real-time, reducing the risk of costly penalties, delays, and customers being surprised with unexpected costs.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone wp-image-18734002504070" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/WooCommerce_AppListing_04.png" alt="Duties and import taxes" width="915" height="610" /></p>
<p><strong>Stay confidently compliant when expanding across borders – </strong>The Avalara for WooCommerce integration supports g<span style="font-weight: 400">lobal tax calculation and reporting—including e-invoicing and live reporting.</span></p>
<p><img class="alignnone wp-image-18734002504002" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/WooCommerce_AppListing_01.png" alt="Cross border" width="915" height="610" /></p>
<p><strong>Digitally organize and manage your exemption certificates – </strong>Avalara Exemption Certificate Management collects exemption certificates at checkout, applies exemptions automatically, and helps you to easily track and maintain your tax-exempt sales.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone wp-image-18734002504047" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/WooCommerce_AppListing_02.png" alt="ECM" width="915" height="610" /></p>
<p><strong>Remove the manual drain of filing and remittance – </strong>When it’s time to file, you can reconcile and pay one amount. Avalara Returns works with state and local governments to file and pay on your behalf.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone wp-image-18734002504055" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/WooCommerce_AppListing_03.png" alt="filing and remittance" width="915" height="610" /></p>
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<h2>Free sales tax risk assessments and tools</h2>
<p>If you do business in multiple states and/or countries, knowing if you need to register to collect and file sales tax is important. Learn more from our helpful tools:</p>
<ol>
<li>Are you aware of your potential sales tax obligations? Take this free <a href="https://www.avalara.com/us/en/learn/nexus/nexus-risk-assessment.html?partnersource=0014000000pr8gIAAQ&campaignid=7015a000002BL82AAG&connector=a0n3300000FSK2zAAH" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Sales Tax Risk Assessment</a> to help find out.</li>
<li>Learn about your one-stop shop for <a href="https://www.avalara.com/us/en/products/industry-solutions/cross-border-solutions.html?partnerID=0014000000pr8gIAAQ&campaignID=701Uz00000axgqOIAQ&connectorID=a0n3300000FSK2zAAH&utm_campaign=4-2025-woo-listing-crossborder&marketing_channel=web_referral&vendor=partner&paid_unpaid=unpaid">end-to-end international trade compliance</a>.</li>
<li>Sales Tax 101 with Avalara: How much should you charge? If you even have to. <a href="https://www.avalara.com/us/en/learn/guides/small-business-faq/tax-calculation-101.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Don’t worry — we’ve got you covered</a>.</li>
</ol>
<h2>Documentation and support</h2>
<ul>
<li>You can learn more about installing and configuring Avalara <a href="https://woocommerce.com/document/avalara-avatax/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">in our documentation</a>.</li>
<li>If you already have an Avalara account, you can reach support through your account dashboard or one of <a href="https://community.avalara.com/support/s/?language=en_US" target="_blank" rel="noopener">these alternate ways.</a></li>
</ul>
<div class="woo-sc-box normal  info ">Curious how we can help with your specific tax challenge? <a href="https://www.avalara.com/us/en/get-started/get-started-woocommerce.html?partnerID=0014000000pr8gIAAQ&campaignID=701Uz00000axgqOIAQ&connectorID=a0n3300000FSK2zAAH&utm_campaign=4-2025-woo-listing-general&marketing_channel=web_referral&vendor=partner&paid_unpaid=unpaid" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Please fill out this form so we can best serve you.</a></div>
<p>“Integrating Avalara with WooCommerce has improved our eCommerce operations. It automatically calculates and applies the correct tax to every order, taking the guesswork out of tax compliance. What was once a manual process is now fully automated, letting us focus on growing our business without tax concerns.” –<i data-stringify-type="italic">Rebecca Fortman, Treasury Accounting Manager, Tydenbrooks</i></p>

Avalara

<p>Let agentic AI do the tax work for your WooCommerce store. Avalara automates your compliance tasks for speed, accuracy, and scale.</p>

Login & Shop as Customer vs Avalara