The new customers can sign-up for your online store
through the main page->My account section. They
should click on the [Create an Account] button and
fill in the prompted details:

You can add new customers or manage the ones, who have
already signed up in your web site through the Customers
section in the Magento admin area:

In order to change the customer details, please click on
the [[Edit]] button.
There you can alter all
the details regarding the customer, including the username
and the password, the address, monitor the orders, the
shopping cart, the wishlist items, the reviews and the tags
and manage the newsletter:

You can add and manage the customers' groups through the
Customers section -> Customer Groups:

You can monitor the online users from the Customers
section -> Online Customers.
The newsletters,
which you will send to your customers can be composed and
managed through the Newsletter section in the Magento
admin area:

You can create templates, manage the newsletters'
outgoing e-mail queue, include subscribers for the
newsletter and check the problem reports.