> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.anyway.sh/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
# Business Quickstart
> Open the Business view, create a product, take your first payment, and prepare a payout.
This guide starts at sign-in, shows how to enter the Business view, and then takes you to a shareable payment link and your first sales record in Finance.
This quickstart follows the Card / USD path, so merchant verification comes before product creation.
Open the [Anyway app](https://app.anyway.sh) to begin. Business and Agents are two views in the same app, and you can switch between them at any time.
## 1. Enter the Business view
Open [app.anyway.sh](https://app.anyway.sh) and sign in. On first use in a browser, the app opens in the **Business** view by default; later visits in that browser restore the last view you used.
Check the product name at the top of the left sidebar. If it shows **Business**, continue. If a previous session remembered **Agents**, open the product switcher and select **Anyway Business**.
A brand-new account is taken once to **Settings → Setting up** — the **Payment setup** checklist. It tracks everything required to accept payments and get paid out, grouped by the capability each section unlocks:
* **Merchant verification** — unlocks Card / USD products and payment links;
* **Payment integration** — API keys and webhooks, usable from day one;
* **Settlement** — payout accounts and tax information.
At the top of Payment setup, choose whether you apply as a **Business** or a **Sole proprietor**. This determines which information merchant verification asks for — a business also adds its business details. The company-documents row shown for businesses is marked **Awaiting backend**: it cannot be submitted in the app yet and does not count toward completion.
The same checklist stays available as a card in the bottom-right corner on every Business page. Minimise it and the progress count remains visible; it disappears once everything is complete.
The left sidebar includes **Home**, **Products**, **Customers**, **Sales** (Subscriptions, Orders), **Finance** (Income, Payout), and **Settings**.
To return to Agents, open the same switcher and select **Anyway Agents**. Switching views does not require another account or a page rebuild.
## 2. Complete merchant verification
Complete the **Merchant verification** section of Payment setup and wait for the status to reach **Approved** before creating a Card / USD product.
Go to **Settings → Setting up**. Actions that start, continue, or update the application lead here. While the application is under review, the Payout page offers **Refresh status**. A rejected application offers **Contact support** instead.
Complete **Tell us what you sell**, **Add your business details** (business accounts), **Confirm your site is ready**, and **Verify your identity**. Each row opens its form in place.
Review the information and submit it for verification.
If more information is requested, update the application and submit it again.
The verification items belong to one reviewed application. After approval, editing any of them sends the whole application back to review. Until it is approved again, new Card / USD products, payment links, and payout accounts are unavailable. Existing payment links and payouts keep working.
See [Business verification](/features/business-verification) for the application workflow and statuses.
## 3. Create a product
In the Business view, select **Products**, then **Create product**.
Add a product name, description, price, currency, and pricing configuration.
Choose a payment method and complete the setup shown in the form.
Select **Create Product**. Anyway opens a success dialog with **Copy payment link**, **Preview checkout**, and **Done**. Selecting **Done** returns to Products. You can also open the product and copy its payment link from the overview.
## 4. Take the first payment
Open the public payment link in a separate browser session to preview the buyer experience. After a successful payment:
* the order appears in **Orders**;
* a platform-collected Card / USD sale appears in **Finance** after a short processing delay.
## 5. Prepare payouts
Adding your first payout account is the **Settlement** item of Payment setup. Merchant verification must be **Approved** before you can add it. The verification action on the Payout page changes with the application state, and the add-account flow stays locked until approval.
Confirm that merchant verification is **Approved**.
In **Finance → Payout** (or from the Settlement section of Payment setup), add a US ACH, UK bank, Hong Kong bank in USD or HKD, Alipay, or China bank payout account.
Save additional payout accounts if your organization needs them.
When your available USD balance is at least **\$50**, select a saved account and submit a payout request.
Learn how balances, transactions, fees, and payout states work.
Match a checkout to its order and Finance transaction.
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