Email verification for sellers and buyers in a marketplace is a process used to confirm the authenticity and validity of the email addresses provided by users. This process ensures that the email addresses are active, correct, and belong to the respective users.
Purpose of Email Verification
Prevent Fraud and Scams: Verification helps in reducing fraudulent activities by ensuring that the users are real and their contact information is valid.
Improve Communication: It ensures that all communications, including notifications, updates, and support messages, are successfully delivered to the users.
Enhance Trust: Verified emails add a layer of credibility to user profiles, fostering trust between buyers and sellers.
Compliance: It helps in complying with legal requirements and industry standards that mandate accurate and up-to-date user information.
Reduce Spam: It minimizes the chances of fake accounts and spam, improving the overall quality of the marketplace environment.
How To Enable Email Verification In A Marketplace?
Go to your admin panel.
Under users, select “User Preference”
3. In that, you’ll see 3 toggle bars for email verifications.
a. Allow only email verified users to login
b. Allow only email verified users to post listings
c. Allow only email verified users to Book listings
Let’s see them in detail.
Login
If you enable this toggle “Allow only email verified users to login”, users can login to your marketplace after verifying their email address.
In this, after the user signs up for the marketplace, a popup shows verification email will be sent to the registered email address.
After confirming the email address in your mail, the user will be asked to log in to the marketplace.
Note: If “Allow only email verified users to login” is enabled the other two toggles will be hidden.
Post Listing
If you enable this toggle “Allow only email verified users to post listings”, users can post listings only after verifying their email.
Before users post the listing they have to verify the email address that is sent to their email ID while signing up.
If that link expires, they can click the “Resend” button and a new verification link will be sent to their email address.
After confirming they can post a listing.
Note: You can enable the post-listing option along with the book-listing option. Or can enable this option alone.
Book Listing
If you enable this toggle “Allow only email verified users to Book listings”, users can book listings only after verifying their email.
Before users book the listing they have to verify the email address that is sent to their email ID while signing up.
If that link expires, they can click the “Resend” button and a new verification link will be sent to their email address.
After confirming they can Book a listing.
Note: You can enable the book-listing option along with the post-listing option. Or can enable this option alone.