{"title":"Account structure","category":"default","creationDate":1779796136,"content":"<p>You have one or more Adyen <strong>merchant accounts<\/strong> for processing payments. If you have several merchant accounts, you get a separate <a href=\"\/essentials\/getting-paid\">payout<\/a> and a separate <a href=\"\/essentials\/payment-processing-invoice\">monthly invoice<\/a> for each of your merchant accounts.<\/p>\n<h2>Multiple physical stores<\/h2>\n<p>If you have multiple physical stores associated to a single legal entity, you have one of the following setups, depending on your franchisor:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A separate merchant account for each store. You get a separate payout and a separate invoice for each store.<\/li>\n<li>A single merchant account for all your stores. You get a single payout and invoice for all your stores.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Multiple legal entities<\/h2>\n<p>If you have multiple legal entities, you get a separate merchant account for each of your legal entities. For example, if you have a legal entity in the US and in Germany, you will have at least two merchant accounts.<\/p>\n<h2>Switch to another merchant account<\/h2>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/essentials-live.adyen.com\/essentials\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" class=\"external-link no-image\">Essentials<\/a>, you can view and manage a single merchant account at a time.<\/p>\n<p>To switch to a different merchant account:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>In the upper-left corner, select the name of the current merchant account.<\/li>\n<li>Select the merchant account that you want to switch to.<br \/>\n<br><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a rel=\"lightbox\" href=\"\/user\/pages\/docs\/29.essentials\/13.account-structure\/switch-account.png\" src=\"\">\n  <img alt=\"\" src=\"\/user\/pages\/docs\/29.essentials\/13.account-structure\/switch-account.png\" \/>\n<\/a><\/p>","url":"https:\/\/docs.adyen.com\/franchisees\/account-structure","articleFields":{"description":"Learn about merchant accounts and how to navigate between them in Essentials.","section_icon":"user-management.svg"},"algolia":{"url":"https:\/\/docs.adyen.com\/franchisees\/account-structure","title":"Account structure","content":"You have one or more Adyen merchant accounts for processing payments. If you have several merchant accounts, you get a separate payout and a separate monthly invoice for each of your merchant accounts.\nMultiple physical stores\nIf you have multiple physical stores associated to a single legal entity, you have one of the following setups, depending on your franchisor:\n\nA separate merchant account for each store. You get a separate payout and a separate invoice for each store.\nA single merchant account for all your stores. You get a single payout and invoice for all your stores.\n\nMultiple legal entities\nIf you have multiple legal entities, you get a separate merchant account for each of your legal entities. For example, if you have a legal entity in the US and in Germany, you will have at least two merchant accounts.\nSwitch to another merchant account\nIn Essentials, you can view and manage a single merchant account at a time.\nTo switch to a different merchant account:\n\nIn the upper-left corner, select the name of the current merchant account.\nSelect the merchant account that you want to switch to.\n\n\n\n  \n","type":"page","locale":"en","boost":18,"hierarchy":{"lvl0":"Home","lvl1":"Franchisees","lvl2":"Account structure"},"hierarchy_url":{"lvl0":"https:\/\/docs.adyen.com\/","lvl1":"https:\/\/docs.adyen.com\/franchisees","lvl2":"\/franchisees\/account-structure"},"levels":3,"category":"","category_color":"","tags":["Account","structure"]}}