Hello,
The option to KYC users and/or vendors would be extremely helpful. Depending on what services are offered, it may even be legally required in order to perform the purchased task. Having the option to enable/disable KYC for vendors and/or users would be amazing. I imagine you would integrate this with a 3rd party KYC platform. Is this something you guys have given any thought to?
Thank you,
Andrew
Thanks for your feedback, we’ll consider adding integration with some third-party KYC platform (e.g. for verifying docs automatically). In the current version there may be a workaround if you add a custom Attachment attribute for vendors and verify the docs manually.
Please can you tell us how we can go about the manual workaround with code snippets if possible to attach a custom attachment attribute for vendors so we can verify the docs manually or suggest 3rd party KYC platform or plugin where we can use. It’s really important
You can add a custom vendor attribute in Vendors/Attributes, set the Attachment type for it and restrict the file types (e.g. to PDF). If you don’t set any display areas for it, then vendors will have to upload a document during the registration, and only admins will be able to view these attachments in WordPress/Vendors.
If you use Stripe Connect for payouts, they handle KYC on their side automatically, asking for documents and verifying every vendor.
Vendors also need as much protection as the user. So how about KYC authentication for the user? How can we go about it? Also Is it possible to restrict use of the platform until document is verified?
In addition to document verification, it would really be helpful if you integrate automatic phone number verification alongside email verification. Phone number can be verified within the user’s/vendor’s profile.
Stripe does not provide verification services to most countries. I hope you can consider Identitypass by Prembly in your KYC integrations, which covers most of the countries excluded by stripe.
And please look into the option of service restriction, especially adding of listing only to verified vendors.
I really hope this update would come sooner than expected.
Thanks for your suggestions, we’ll research possible integrations. Stripe Connect should verify the identity in any case since they provide payout services for vendors via Stripe Express accounts created during the onboarding, they should do this at some level in any case e.g. to avoid paying out funds to sanctioned persons/companies. But nevertheless, it’s a workaround since it requires using Stripe Connect while we also support manual payouts.
What is the status of the integration feature? I’ve been waiting on your pages, hoping to get a notice concerning the launch of the integration feature. While you’re working on the integration. If it is not yet ready, kindly give me a code snippet I can use to restrict the addition of listing to only verified users, and redirect unverified users to a page “kyc-verification” where they can carryout the verification process. The developers I have consulted do not know how to do this. Please this is urgent.
Hi,
Unfortunately, we can’t estimate exactly when this feature will be available, but it’s expected to be in the first or second quarter of next year. If you need it urgently, please consider hiring experts: Experts | HivePress
Ok. Please provide a simple code snippet that I can use to restrict users from listing a service on the site until they have been manually verified at the backend. I can manage the stress of doing the verification manually for now until the second quarter of 2025, when the feature would be ready and integrated. I have checked your code snippet directory on gist hub, it is not there. You can provide it there and give me the link here. Thank you.
Hi,
As we have already clarified earlier, there is no simple snippet for this, if you need customization urgently, I recommend that you consider hiring experts: Experts | HivePress