Add Merchant Details to "Buyer" Account

Question

I am using the REST API with C# so I'm not sure how much it will help if I share my code.

I have an account whose only role is buyer and only has 1 credit card linked.

I would like to add the merchant role to this account by linking a bank account and the necessary merchant information.

If I have the following account:

{
"holds_uri": "/v1/marketplaces/MyMarket/accounts/MyAccount/holds",
"name": "John Smith",
"roles": [
    "buyer"
],
"created_at": "2012-11-06T02:54:03.300028Z",
"uri": "/v1/marketplaces/MyMarket/accounts/MyAccount",
"bank_accounts_uri": "/v1/marketplaces/MyMarket/accounts/MyAccount/bank_accounts",
"refunds_uri": "/v1/marketplaces/MyMarket/accounts/MyAccount/refunds",
"meta": {},
"debits_uri": "/v1/marketplaces/MyMarket/accounts/MyAccount/debits",
"transactions_uri": "/v1/marketplaces/MyMarket/accounts/MyAccount/transactions",
"email_address": "john@smith.com",
"id": "MyAccount",
"credits_uri": "/v1/marketplaces/MyMarket/accounts/MyAccount/credits",
"cards_uri": "/v1/marketplaces/MyMarket/accounts/MyAccount/cards"
}

I understand I can POST the following bank account information to the account's bank_account_uri to link the bank account to the account:

{
"name": "WHC III Checking",
"account_number": "12341234",
"bank_code": "321174851"
}

The account still only shows a single buyer role after POSTing the new bank account information to the account's bank_account_uri.

How do I add the merchant role to an existing buyer account using the Balanced Payments REST API?

Greg · Accepted Answer · 2012-11-08T14:03:01.620

I found some help on the BalancedPayments IRC channel.

This article shows how: Promote a Buyer Account to a Merchant

You need to submit a PUT request with the merchant details in the body to the account_uri

PUT /v1/marketplaces/MyMarket/accounts/MyAccount

{
"merchant": {
    "phone_number": "+19046281796",
    "city": "San Francisco",
    "name": "jo",
    "dob": "1984-01",
    "state": "CA",
    "postal_code": "94110",
    "type": "person",
    "street_address": "Somewhere over the rainbow",
    "tax_id": "013825400"
}
}

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 30 '12 at 07:37

Using the Balanced Payments KFC redirect to create a merchant, it will redirect you to the redirect_uri you specify.

It will send back two parameters: an email_address and merchant_uri. You can send a (update) PUT request to the same route Greg mentioned in order to associate an existing account with the merchant.

PUT /v1/marketplaces/your_marketplace_id/accounts/account_id

{
  "merchant_uri": "merchant uri goes here"
}

Add Merchant Details to "Buyer" Account

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