diff --git a/endpoints/customer.post.py b/endpoints/customer.post.py
index 93b5c5a..91db67a 100644
--- a/endpoints/customer.post.py
+++ b/endpoints/customer.post.py
@@ -1,36 +1,69 @@
 from fastapi import APIRouter, HTTPException
-import uuid
-
-customers = []  # In-memory storage
+from sqlalchemy import create_engine, Column, String, Integer
+from sqlalchemy.ext.declarative import declarative_base
+from sqlalchemy.orm import sessionmaker
+import os
 
 router = APIRouter()
 
+# Database configuration
+DATABASE_URL = os.getenv("DATABASE_URL", "postgresql://user:password@localhost:5432/dbname")
+engine = create_engine(DATABASE_URL)
+SessionLocal = sessionmaker(autocommit=False, autoflush=False, bind=engine)
+
+Base = declarative_base()
+
+class Customer(Base):
+    __tablename__ = "customers"
+    
+    id = Column(Integer, primary_key=True, index=True)
+    name = Column(String, index=True)
+    email = Column(String, unique=True, index=True)
+    phone = Column(String)
+    address = Column(String)
+
+Base.metadata.create_all(bind=engine)
+
 @router.post("/customer")
 async def create_customer(
-    email: str = "customer@example.com",
-    name: str = "John Doe", 
-    location: str = "New York",
-    gender: str = "male"
+    name: str,
+    email: str,
+    phone: str,
+    address: str
 ):
     """Create new customer endpoint"""
-    if any(c["email"] == email for c in customers):
-        raise HTTPException(status_code=400, detail="Email already exists")
-
-    customer_id = str(uuid.uuid4())
-    customers.append({
-        "id": customer_id,
-        "email": email,
-        "name": name,
-        "location": location,
-        "gender": gender
-    })
+    db = SessionLocal()
+    
+    # Check if email already exists
+    if db.query(Customer).filter(Customer.email == email).first():
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=400, detail="Email already registered")
+        
+    # Create new customer
+    customer = Customer(
+        name=name,
+        email=email, 
+        phone=phone,
+        address=address
+    )
+    
+    try:
+        db.add(customer)
+        db.commit()
+        db.refresh(customer)
+    except Exception as e:
+        db.rollback()
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=400, detail=str(e))
+    finally:
+        db.close()
 
     return {
         "message": "Customer created successfully",
-        "customer_id": customer_id,
-        "email": email,
+        "customer_id": customer.id,
+        "name": customer.name,
+        "method": "POST",
+        "_verb": "post",
         "next_steps": [
-            "Complete customer profile",
-            "Add payment method"
+            "Customer verification",
+            "Complete profile"
         ]
     }
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