How to Generate Activation Links for Customers
After migration from WooCommerce to Shopify, return to Ablestar WooCommerce Importer so you can create activation links and email new password information to your customers.
To ensure top security for your users, we are not able to move old passwords from WooCommerce accounts over to Shopify.
Creating Activation Links is a quick process once you have migrated your customers from WooCommerce to Shopify.
Generate Activation Links
Once you have imported your customers, navigate to the 'Manage Imports' view:
- Click the Generate activation links button. (Depending on the number of customers you have, this may take a while to process.)
- Click the Download CSV button to save a local copy:
The CSV file will contain several fields, including the 'Account Activation URL'
If you generate your activation links before moving your domain to Shopify, the activation URLs will use your .myshopify.com domain. Once you move your domain to Shopify, modify the URLs with the new domain.
Email Activation Links
Most store owners will use a mail merge process to generate emails.
Here are some helpful knowledge base links for some popular third-party email marketing platforms:
Regenerate Links
If needed, you can create new Activation links at any time by returning back to the 'Manage import' view:
Activation Links can only be used once and will expire after 30 days. If you regenerate new links, the old links will become invalid.
✅ Tips and Troubleshooting
- Activation Links can only be used once and will expire after 30 days. If you re-generate new links, the old links will become invalid.
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