Set up terminals and stores

This is the path for merchants. It takes you from signing with Aera to taking payments in every store. Your ECR provider builds the integration at the same time: see Integrate your ECR.

Set up your Aera account

Set up your account structure, apply for acquiring agreements early, agree the build decisions with your ECR provider and give people portal access.

Choose terminals and settings

Choose terminals, settings and payment methods, and prepare the store network.

Install terminals

Plan the installation in every store, with a field service company or your own team. Includes the Field service guide for technicians.

Go live

Check that everything is in place, start with a pilot store, then go live in the other stores and check the payouts.

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What you need from your ECR provider
Before the first store goes live, your ECR provider must have an integration that Aera has approved, and a release your store IT team can install. See Test and get approved and Prepare your release.

No ECR? With a standalone terminal there is no integration. See Standalone (no integration).

Aera's onboarding team helps you through every step.