> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.keyplar.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Keyplar for merchants

> Give the people who buy your software a real account — orders, downloads, license keys and subscriptions — on top of the payment gateway you already use.

Keyplar is the customer portal your payment gateway doesn't give you.

You keep selling through Stripe, Lemon Squeezy or Polar. Keyplar listens to what you sell, turns
each purchase into an account your customer can sign in to, and delivers what they bought —
downloadable files, license keys, private links, GitHub repository access — automatically.

## What your customers get

A store at `https://yourstore.keyplar.com` (or your own domain) where they can:

* Sign in with a magic link, Google or GitHub — no password to remember
* See every order they've placed with you, including renewals
* Download the files they paid for, always the current version
* Copy their license keys and manage which machines are activated
* Accept an invitation to a private GitHub repository
* Cancel a subscription without emailing you

## What you get

An admin panel on the same store, where you build the catalog, define what each product
delivers, and handle support without digging through your gateway's dashboard.

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Quickstart" icon="rocket" href="/quickstart">
    From signup to a working test purchase.
  </Card>

  <Card title="How Keyplar thinks" icon="diagram-project" href="/concepts">
    Orders, products and benefits — the model behind everything else.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Connect a gateway" icon="plug" href="/gateways/overview">
    Stripe, Lemon Squeezy and Polar, step by step.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Benefits" icon="gift" href="/benefits/overview">
    The five things a product can deliver.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Import past orders" icon="database" href="/import">
    Backfill everything you've already sold.
  </Card>

  <Card title="License API" icon="code" href="/api-reference/introduction">
    Validate and activate keys from your own software.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Where Keyplar fits

Your gateway stays in charge of checkout, pricing, tax and payouts. Keyplar picks up
immediately after payment:

<Steps>
  <Step title="A customer checks out on your gateway">
    Nothing changes about how you take money.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Keyplar records the order">
    The gateway tells Keyplar what was bought and by whom, through a webhook and the
    post-checkout redirect.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Benefits are delivered">
    Keyplar matches the purchase to a product in your catalog and grants everything that product
    carries — keys generated, downloads unlocked, invitations ready to accept.
  </Step>

  <Step title="The customer lands in your store">
    They see their order straight away, before they've even signed in.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Note>
  Refunds, renewals and cancellations travel the same path. A refunded order revokes its benefits
  automatically, including GitHub access.
</Note>

## Getting help

Stuck on something these pages don't answer? Email
[support@keyplar.com](mailto:support@keyplar.com).