[Skip to main content](#vessel-content) # customer type ## - **[zvone](/forum/user/4509-zvone "View zvone's Profile")** - [![zvone's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/4509-zvone "View zvone's Profile") Topic Author - [ Offline](/forum/user/4509-zvone) Less More - Posts: 31 - Thank you received: 0 - - 14 years 10 months ago [\#32185](#32185) by [zvone](/forum/user/4509-zvone "View zvone's Profile") *[customer type](/forum/2-general-talk-about-hikashop/32185-customer-type#32185 "Hello, I quite don't understand one thing. As I see there are 3 predefined customer types - 1. Individual 2. Company without VAT 3. Company with VAT . So how do you assign customer type to a registered user. Is it possible during registration or? Thank you.")* was created by *[zvone](/forum/user/4509-zvone "View zvone's Profile")* Hello, I quite don't understand one thing. As I see there are 3 predefined customer types - 1. Individual 2. Company without VAT 3. Company with VAT . So how do you assign customer type to a registered user. Is it possible during registration or? Thank you. Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzItZ2VuZXJhbC10YWxrLWFib3V0LWhpa2FzaG9wLzMyMTg1LWN1c3RvbWVyLXR5cGU/dG1wbD1tYXJrZG93bg==) or [Create an account](/register) to join the conversation. - **[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")** - [![nicolas's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/avatars/resized/size144/users/avatar63.png?1793428657)](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") - [ Offline](/forum/user/63-nicolas) Less More - Posts: 86322 - Thank you received: 14281 - - 14 years 10 months ago [\#32247](#32247) by [nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") Replied by *[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")* on topic *[Re: customer type](/forum/2-general-talk-about-hikashop/32185-customer-type#32247 "Hello, I quite don't understand one thing. As I see there are 3 predefined customer types - 1. Individual 2. Company without VAT 3. Company with VAT . So how do you assign customer type to a registered user. Is it possible during registration or? Thank you.")* It's done automatically based on the address entered by the user. By default, a user is considered as an individual. If the user enters a company name it won't be an individual. If the user enters a VAT number, it will be a company with a VAT number. That is used only for the tax system. Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzItZ2VuZXJhbC10YWxrLWFib3V0LWhpa2FzaG9wLzMyMTg1LWN1c3RvbWVyLXR5cGU/dG1wbD1tYXJrZG93bg==) or [Create an account](/register) to join the conversation. Board Categories HikaShop Install & Update Product & Category Display Content Creation Sales and Orders Orders management Reports & Statistics Customers Checkout Payment Methods Shipping Methods Import & Export (CSV, XLS…) Specific Features Affilation Taxes Wishlist Vote Carousel & Slider Mass Actions Filters & Search Discount & Coupon Feature Request Integrations Showcase General Talk about HikaShop Development HikaShop 3.0 Beta Translation Commercial Jobs HikaShop Components HikaMarket Market: Feature requests Market: How to? Market: Bug Report HikaSerial General talk about HikaSerial Serial: Bug Report Serial: How to? Support en Français de HikaSerial (French Support) HikaSubscription HikaAuction Auction: Feature requests Auction: How to? Auction: Bug report Hikashop around the world Support en Français (French Support) Russian FAQ. Курс выживания с Hikashop. Частые вопросы и о Расширения Hikashop Наши сайты на Hikashop 日本語版サポート(Japanese Support) Thai German Archives Bug Report How to? [](/forum/topics/feed/mode-topics?format=feed&type=rss) Time to create page: 0.047 seconds [Powered by](/forum/credits) [Kunena Forum](https://www.kunena.org)