Hello everybody, We’ve recently started selling in South Africa and we discovered that every courier we have checked with requires a 13 digit South African ID number to deliver the orders. Right now, we have solved this by manually emailing each customer and asking for their ID number, however, th…

Hi, i have just encountered this too, any solutions?

Hey, Here’s how we solved it: Create a market for South Africa. Install Translate & Adapt, translate “Address line 2 (Apartment, suite, etc.)”, or any other field to “South African ID Number” for South Africa specifically, so it does not apply outside of South Africa. Install BSure Checkout Rules…

South African ID Numbers at Checkout

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Valerio_Siclari October 19, 2024, 3:23pm 2

Hi, I am experiencing the same problem, how did you solve it?

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South African ID Numbers at Checkout

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