Merchant Onboarding
Merchant Onboarding
Lifecycle, compliance, and statuses for onboarding merchants through the Cresora platform.
Full MVP
Merchant onboarding documentation covers submitting merchants through the Partner Portal, tracking underwriting status, and clearing go-live gates.
Merchant lifecycle
DRAFT → SUBMITTED → REVIEWING → AWAITING_MERCHANT_SIGNATURE → UNDERWRITING →
APPROVED → CONFIGURING → ACTIVE → LIVE
Side paths: AWAITING_CLARIFICATION, CONFIG_FAILED, REJECTED, SUSPENDED, CLOSED.
ACTIVE is the provisioned pre-go-live resting state — real payments start at LIVE.
Full detail: state reference →.
Topics in this section
ℹNote
Portal walkthrough for submitting a merchant: see Merchant Management →.