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# Onboard a merchant

Merchant aggregators, such as PSPs, can use an API to onboard merchants for Click to Pay.

{% hint style="info" %}
Some payment networks do not provide an onboarding API. You may need a manual onboarding step. Contact your Thales delivery team.
{% endhint %}

## 1. Create a merchant

<figure><img src="https://content.gitbook.com/content/MvQajFqINagsokrwMXOu/blobs/RdHqwFeB9584DVQZeAjr/Flow%20-%20Create%20a%20merchant.svg" alt=""><figcaption><p>Merchant creation flow.</p></figcaption></figure>

<table><thead><tr><th width="100">Step</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>The merchant aggregator/PSP sends a merchant creation request with the merchant name.</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Thales backend creates the merchant and returns a unique identifier (<code>merchantId</code>).</td></tr></tbody></table>

## 2. Register the merchant for Click to Pay

<figure><img src="https://content.gitbook.com/content/MvQajFqINagsokrwMXOu/blobs/Nma5gbkPe6kx6HKga76i/Flow%20-%20Register%20the%20merchant%20for%20Click%20to%20Pay.svg" alt=""><figcaption><p>Merchant registration flow in Click to Pay.</p></figcaption></figure>

<table><thead><tr><th width="100">Step</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>The merchant aggregator/PSP sends a request to onboard the merchant for Click to Pay.<br><br>The request includes:<br>- merchantId<br>- correlationId<br><br>It also includes payment-network-required parameters, such as:<br>- Supported card brands<br>- Merchant country code<br>- Merchant URI<br>- Acquirer ICA<br>- Acquirer merchant ID</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Thales backend acknowledges the request.</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Thales backend registers the merchant for Click to Pay.</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Thales backend sends a notification to the merchant aggregator/PSP with the onboarding result.</td></tr></tbody></table>


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