# Create a merchant

**POST /2024-09/merchants**

Create a new merchant where the current user is the owner.


## Servers
- Production server (uses live data): https://app.merchanthq.com/api (Production server (uses live data))


## Authentication methods
- Default


## Parameters



### Body: application/json (object)

- **name** (string)
  The user-defined name of the merchant


## Responses
### 201
A successful response returning the created merchant.

#### Body: application/json (object)
- **data** (object)
  Representation of a merchant

### 401
The request requires user authentication or the user is not authorized to access this resource.

#### Body: application/json (object)
- **message** (string)


### 422
The request was unprocessable due to validation errors

#### Body: application/json (object)
- **message** (string)

- **errors** (object)
  A map of field names to arrays of error messages


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