public function search_customers( $term, $limit = '' ) {
		$results = apply_filters( 'woocommerce_customer_pre_search_customers', false, $term, $limit );
		if ( is_array( $results ) ) {
			return $results;
		}

		$query = new WP_User_Query(
			apply_filters(
				'woocommerce_customer_search_customers',
				array(
					'search'         => '*' . esc_attr( $term ) . '*',
					'search_columns' => array( 'user_login', 'user_url', 'user_email', 'user_nicename', 'display_name' ),
					'fields'         => 'ID',
					'number'         => $limit,
				),
				$term,
				$limit,
				'main_query'
			)
		);

		$query2 = new WP_User_Query(
			apply_filters(
				'woocommerce_customer_search_customers',
				array(
					'fields'     => 'ID',
					'number'     => $limit,
					'meta_query' => array(
						'relation' => 'OR',
						array(
							'key'     => 'first_name',
							'value'   => $term,
							'compare' => 'LIKE',
						),
						array(
							'key'     => 'last_name',
							'value'   => $term,
							'compare' => 'LIKE',
						),
					),
				),
				$term,
				$limit,
				'meta_query'
			)
		);

		$results = wp_parse_id_list( array_merge( (array) $query->get_results(), (array) $query2->get_results() ) );

		if ( $limit && count( $results ) > $limit ) {
			$results = array_slice( $results, 0, $limit );
		}

		return $results;
	}