PrestaShop Add to cart for logged only

This PrestaShop module restricts adding products to the cart for unregistered and unlogged users. When an unlogged user attempts to add a product to their cart, the module prevents this action and displays a message explaining that only logged-in customers can add products to the cart.

This enhancement significantly improves the user experience and website security by:

• Enhancing User Experience: By clearly communicating the requirement to log in before adding items to the cart, this module eliminates user frustration and confusion. This streamlined process guides visitors towards creating an account or logging in, promoting a smoother shopping journey.
• Improving Security: Restricting cart access to logged-in users can help mitigate certain security risks, such as automated bots adding items to carts for malicious purposes. This added layer of security protects both the store owner and the customer.
• Streamlining Order Management: By ensuring only registered users can add products to the cart, this module helps in maintaining cleaner order data and reduces the potential for abandoned carts by unregistered users.
• Facilitating Personalized Shopping: Requiring login for cart access allows the store to associate products with registered user accounts, enabling personalized recommendations, targeted promotions, and a tailored shopping experience. This enhanced personalization can lead to increased customer engagement and conversion rates.
• Simplifying Checkout Process: With users logged in before adding items to the cart, the checkout process becomes more efficient. Pre-filled customer information streamlines the steps, reducing the time and effort required for completing purchases.

The technical implementation of this restriction involves intercepting the "add to cart" action and verifying the user's login status. If the user is not logged in, the module prevents the addition of the product to the cart and displays an informative message. This message can be customized within the module's configuration settings to align with the store's branding and messaging.