Phase 1 — Organisation Setup
Steps 1–2 of reseller onboarding — create the merchant legal entity and record its address(es).
Part of Merchant Acquiring Reseller — Phase 1 of 6 · Actor: ResellerCreate the legal entity and its address record. The
organisationIdreturned here is required by every later step.
Step 01 — Create the merchant organisation
Register the legal entity. The returned organisationId is required for every subsequent call.
Actor: Reseller
POST /eclipse-conductor/rest/v1/tenants/{tenantId}/organisations
📎 API reference: Register a new organisation
| Field | Notes |
|---|---|
externalUniqueId | Your unique reference for this org (6–100 chars) |
name | Legal registration name (3–50 chars) |
type | BUSINESS · CLUB · FAMILY · OTHER |
businessType | LIMITED_COMPANY · SOLE_PROPRIETOR · PARTNERSHIP · CLOSE_CORPORATION · TRUST · PUBLIC_LISTED_COMPANY |
companyNumber | CIPC registration number — required for MATCH screening (5–20 chars) |
businessRegistrationDate | Format: yyyyMMdd e.g. 20180305 |
taxNumber | SARS income tax reference (3–20 chars) |
categoryCode | 4-digit MCC — must be on the tenant's allowed list |
vatNumber | VAT registration number, if applicable |
tradingName | Trading name if different from legal name |
email | Organisation contact email |
phone1 | Primary contact number |
companyNumberis mandatory for MATCHOmitting
companyNumbercauses the Mastercard MATCH check to be skipped. A skipped MATCH flags the ratification result for manual compliance review and delays activation. For Sole Proprietors with no registered company, see Phase 3, Step 08 for the alternative document set.
Step 02 — Add organisation address
Submit registered and trading addresses separately if they differ.
Actor: Reseller
POST /eclipse-conductor/rest/v1/tenants/{tenantId}/organisations/{organisationId}/addresses
📎 API reference: Add a new address for the organisation
| Field | Notes |
|---|---|
addressType | REGISTERED · PHYSICAL · POSTAL · OPERATING · HEADQUARTERS · BRANCH · PRIMARY |
line1 | Street address (3–150 chars) |
city | City (2–20 chars) |
state | Province or state (3–50 chars) |
country | ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 e.g. ZA |
code | Postal code (3–10 chars) |
Two calls if addresses differCall this endpoint twice if the trading address differs from the registered address — once with
addressType: REGISTEREDand once withaddressType: PHYSICAL.
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