Registering users

Guest Users

Guest users are those who browse and make purchases on the marketplace without creating an account. 

Our core product and APIs can handle a user with no registered account to purchase something on a core marketplace. For example:

1. Adding an item to cart on a core marketplace as a guest user : 

1. Navigate to item 

2. Click Add to Cart

3. Click on View Cart

4. Click on Checkout

5. Fill in user details (addresses and names)

6. Pay

2. Adding item to cart using API, as a guest user : 

1. Get the item GUID/child item GUID

2. Input the Quantity

3. Use admin token as authorization token

4. Send request.

5. API response contains 

1. a GUID that belongs to that user

2. a generated authorization token for that user

6. Continue checkout flow using that user GUID and token 

Any new visitor to the marketplace will be a guest user. 

Upgrading user roles

Getting registered as a buyer, merchant or admin can easily be done on Arcadier’s pages:

Guest → Registered Buyer

Click on “Register/Sign In” button

Guest → Registered Merchant

Click on “Be A Seller” button

Registered Buyer → Registered Merchant

Click on “Be A Seller” button

Guest OR Registered Buyer/Merchant → Sub-Admin Account

(Admin Portal) Click on “Permissions” and invite via email

On the other hand, if users are to be created or upgraded via API, this is the flow to be followed:

The 2 APIs involved in this flow are:

1. Create User Account API - Creates an account for the user

2. Upgrade User Role API - Upgrade the account from buyer to seller/admin

All details on how to use those API are found in their hyperlinks.