<h1>Getting started</h1>

Scanpay is a payment platform, that allows you to accept payments online. The purpose of this guide is to briefly explain how it works and how you get started.

<h3 id="create-user-and-shop">1. Create user and shop</h3>

First you will need to <a href="//scanpay.dk/opret">create a user</a> and then you can <a href="//dashboard.scanpay.dk/newshop">create a shop</a>.

When you create a shop you will become its technical owner/admin <i>(transferable)</i>. You can <a href="//dashboard.scanpay.dk/settings/team">invite your colleagues</a> to the shop and give them privileges that determine what actions they can perform. Users should have only the minimal set of privileges required to ensure a system of <a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_least_privilege">least privilege</a>.

<h3 id="setup-acquirers">2. Setup acquirers</h3>

Before you can accept payments you will need a merchant agreement with an acquiring bank. This agreement will determine what payment methods you can accept. You can read more about this process, and see a full list of supported acquiring banks <a href="/acquiring-banks">here</a>.

<h3 id="integrate">3. Integrate</h3>

We develop and maintain modules for the most popular e-commerce platforms: <a href="/modules/woocommerce">WooCommerce</a> and <a href="/modules/magento-2">Magento 2</a>. We also provide API libraries for <a href="//github.com/scanpaydk/php-scanpay">PHP</a> and <a href="//github.com/scanpaydk/node-scanpay">node.js</a> – more libraries/modules coming soon.