{"id":8794,"date":"2026-10-20T09:02:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T07:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.1pay.ch\/docs\/open-free-account\/"},"modified":"2026-11-06T09:07:35","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T08:07:35","password":"","slug":"open-free-account","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.1pay.ch\/en\/docs\/open-free-account\/","title":{"rendered":"Opening your free account"},"content":{"rendered":"

Opening a 1pay.ch account is free and needs no credit card. It takes only a few minutes.<\/p>\n

The steps<\/h2>\n
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  1. Go to signup.1pay.ch<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  2. Enter your e-mail address and the account name. This name becomes part of the address of your payment pages (<youraccount>.1pay.ch<\/code>), so keep it short and recognisable: the name of your business or association works well.<\/li>\n
  3. You receive a confirmation code by e-mail: copy it into the form to confirm your address.<\/li>\n
  4. Say whether you will use 1pay.ch as a private individual or as a business, and add your contact details.<\/li>\n
  5. Say where you sell: online, in person or both.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Done: you arrive in the admin area at <youraccount>.1pay.ch\/cadmin<\/code>, on the Starter plan, free for ever.<\/p>\n

    Do you need a registered company?<\/h2>\n

    No. You can also open an account as a private individual, sole trader or association. During account verification<\/a> we ask for the documents that match your legal form.<\/p>\n

    What next?<\/h2>\n

    Your account is open, but to receive real payments you need to complete account verification<\/a>. In the meantime you can already prepare pages, products and the look of your payment pages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Opening a 1pay.ch account is free and needs no credit card. It takes only a few minutes. The steps Go to signup.1pay.ch. Enter your e-mail address and the account name. This name becomes part of the address of your payment pages (<youraccount>.1pay.ch), so keep it short and recognisable: the name of your business or association […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"doc_category":[200],"doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-8794","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","doc_category-getting-started"],"acf":[],"year_month":"2026-11","word_count":197,"total_views":0,"reactions":{"happy":0,"normal":0,"sad":0},"author_info":{"name":"1pay.ch","author_nicename":"1pay_admin","author_url":"https:\/\/www.1pay.ch\/en\/author\/1pay_admin\/"},"doc_category_info":[{"term_name":"Getting started","term_url":"https:\/\/www.1pay.ch\/en\/docs-category\/getting-started\/"}],"doc_tag_info":[],"knowledge_base_info":[],"knowledge_base_slug":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.1pay.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/8794","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.1pay.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.1pay.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.1pay.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.1pay.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8794"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.1pay.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/8794\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9642,"href":"https:\/\/www.1pay.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/8794\/revisions\/9642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.1pay.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.1pay.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_category?post=8794"},{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.1pay.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=8794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}