# Step 1: Register Vendor Account
If you want to allows vendors to register account in your site, please follow the instructions below:
## Step 1: Allow to register user
Settings >> General >> membership: Check the option **“Anyone can register.”**
## Step 2: Set vendor approval permission
Allows the admin to choose whether vendor registrations require manual approval or are automatically accepted without admin review.
Go to: Businesses >> Settings >> Register vendor
## Step 3: Create a Register Vendor Page
Go to: Pages >> Add New
To create the vendor registration page, insert the following shortcode into the page content:
```
[obp_register_vendor]
```
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## Step 4: Add custom fields for registration form
This feature allows you to add unlimited custom fields to the vendor registration form, and you can delete, hide, or show fields as needed.
Go to: All Business >> Custom Registration Field >> Add Field
For add Custom Field, you can set:
* **Type**: Support 11 types including Text, Password, Email, Phone, Textarea, Select, Radio, Checkbox, File
* **Slug**
* **Label**
* **Description**
* **Place Holder:** text inside an input field that gives a hint or example of what should be entered
* **Class**: Style of fields
* **Class Icon**
* **Enable**: check to show fields
* **Required**: Make the field mandatory
Suppose that this is a built-in vendor registration form
After that, I added "Upload a valid **business license"** field**,** these are settings in the backend
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## Step 5: Set email notifications for vendor registration
The Add-on allows you to configure email notifications for various stages of vendor registration
### + Register
After a vendor completes the registration form, an email notification will be sent
Allow to set:
* **Send email to**: Choose who will be received this email
* **Subject**: Add the subject that is displayed in mail list
* **From Name**: Add the subject that is displayed in mail detail
* **Send from email**: Receiver will know them to receive mail from which email address is
* **Recipient(s)**: Add recipient's email addresses (use comma separated to add more email addresses)
* **Email Content:** Allow to add text for email. Add short code: User information \[user\_info] to display information of user in email content
### + Rejection
When an admin rejects a vendor registration, an email is sent to the vendor with the reason for rejection. Read [here](#step-6-vendor-approve) to know how to write reasons for rejecting a registration.
* **Subject**: Add the subject that is displayed in mail list
* **From Name**: Add the subject that is displayed in mail detail
* **Send from email**: Receiver will know them to receive mail from which email address is
* **Recipient(s)**: Add recipient's email addresses (use comma separated to add more email addresses)
* **Email Content:** Allow to add text for email. Add short code: \[reason] to display reason for rejection in email content
### + Approved
When a vendor registration is approved, an email is sent to notify them.
* **Subject**: Add the subject that is displayed in mail list
* **From Name**: Add the subject that is displayed in mail detail
* **Send from email**: Receiver will know them to receive mail from which email address is
* **Recipient(s)**: Add recipient's email addresses (use comma separated to add more email addresses)
* **Email Content:** Allow to add text for email. Add short code: \[my-account] to display the vendor account in email content
## Step 6: Vendor Approve
Go to: Businesses >> Vendor Approve
From here, the admin can review pending vendor registrations. Click on a vendor ID to **approve** or **reject** their application. If rejected, you can also enter a reason, which will be included in the rejection email.
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