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PayGood is a payments platform API that gives you everything you need to collect payments, manage customers, and handle merchant onboarding — all through a single, well-structured REST interface. Whether you’re charging a one-time payment or building a full marketplace, PayGood provides the building blocks.

Quick Start

Take your first payment in minutes with a step-by-step walkthrough.

API Keys

Set up your API credentials and authenticate your first request.

API Reference

Full reference for every endpoint — payments, customers, catalog, and more.

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Get up and running

1

Get your API key

Retrieve your bearer token from the PayGood dashboard. You’ll use it to authenticate every API request.
2

Create a customer

Register the person or business you’re charging as a customer in PayGood.
3

Register a payment instrument

Attach a tokenized card or bank account to the customer so you have a way to charge them.
4

Create a payment

Call POST /payments with the customer, instrument, and amount to process the charge.

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Core concepts

Payments

One-time charges with automatic or manual capture.

Customers

Represent individuals or businesses you transact with.

Payment Instruments

Tokenized cards and bank accounts linked to customers.

Catalog

Products and prices you can attach to payments.

Authentication

Bearer token authentication for every API call.

Pagination

Cursor-based pagination for all list endpoints.