# Get started with Seller management

The Pismo platform offers Seller management APIs to help you manage digital marketplaces, merchants, receivables schedules, rates and fees, advancements, and settlements. This section contains detailed steps for this and other configurations within the seller management flow, which you accomplish using the API endpoints.

# How to get started

The Pismo support team works closely with your team to create seller marketplaces that match your business needs. If you're already using other Pismo solutions, you can skip some steps. However, you should make sure you understand the following onboarding steps.

# Overview of required onboarding

The following steps summarize how you work with Pismo and use the Pismo platform to set up your digital marketplace. The [Seller management onboarding guide](https://developers.pismo.io/pismo-docs/docs/seller-management-onboarding) describes these steps in detail.

1. [Create your marketplace](https://developers.pismo.io/pismo-docs/reference/postmarketplacesv2).
2. Create a Merchant program using [Create program based on template](https://developers.pismo.io/pismo-docs/reference/createprogrambasedontemplate) with `type` set to `MERCHANT`.
3. Use [Create merchant](https://developers.pismo.io/pismo-docs/reference/createmerchant) to create one or more merchants, representing businesses, setting `program_id` to the ID of the Merchant program you created in step 2. Make sure you create a creditor for each merchant by filling out the `Creditor` object fields in the endpoint. You configure the MDR, sales tax, and any other fees the merchant has to pay in the `Creditor` object.
4. For each creditor, use [Create creditor operation](https://developers.pismo.io/pismo-docs/reference/postcreditorsoperations) to configure the MDR, sales tax, and any other fees the merchant has to pay.
5. Use [Link merchant to marketplace](https://developers.pismo.io/pismo-docs/reference/postlinkmerchanttomarketplacev1) to add the merchants to the marketplace.

# Overview of Seller management

Once you've completed the required onboarding, you can follow the rest of the steps in this get started guide starting with [planning](https://developers.pismo.io/pismo-docs/docs/step-1-plan-seller-marketplaces).

### [Step 1: Plan Seller marketplaces](https://developers.pismo.io/pismo-docs/docs/step-1-plan-seller-marketplaces)

Identify the business decisions to consider.

### [Step 2: Create program for the marketplace](https://developers.pismo.io/pismo-docs/docs/step-2-create-program-marketplace)

Build the foundational processes and rules for your marketplace.

### [Step 3: Define processing codes](https://developers.pismo.io/pismo-docs/docs/step-3-define-processing-codes)

Define the processing codes that integrate with the seller rules.

### [Step 4: Running Seller marketplace operations](https://developers.pismo.io/pismo-docs/docs/step-4-running-marketplace-operations)

Understand how to manage sellers day-to-day and oversee seller marketplace operations.

### [Step 5: Test](step-5-test-seller-marketplace)

Ensure the marketplace works as expected before launch.

### [Step 6: Monitor](https://developers.pismo.io/pismo-docs/docs/step-6-monitor-seller-marketplace)

Continuously monitor your marketplace and provide ongoing seller support and settlement.