BINANCE SAPI · C2C

Merchant Start Business API

Open or resume full peer-to-peer (C2C) merchant business operations, activating merchant store visibility and enabling inbound trade orders.

ENDPOINT

POST /sapi/v1/c2c/merchant/startBusiness

Authentication USER_DATA / SIGNED

API Group C2C / Merchant

Method POST

Response JSON

Overview

This endpoint transitions a merchant's overall business operational state from closed/resting to fully active. When triggered, the merchant storefront reopens on the Binance C2C (P2P) platform, restoring public advertisement visibility and enabling counterparties to place new orders.

Trading bots, merchant ERP systems, and automated desks invoke this endpoint at the beginning of active trading shifts or immediately after liquidity rebalancing procedures are completed.

Request Parameters

Header parameters accepted by the endpoint.

Header	Type	Required	Description
`clientType`	STRING	Required	Client Device Type initiating the request (e.g., `WEB`, `APP`, `WEB_MOBILE`).
`x-gray-env`	STRING	Optional	Environment flag identifier used for internal gray/stage testing.
`x-trace-id`	STRING	Optional	Custom client trace ID for request lifecycle tracking and debugging.
`x-user-id`	STRING	Optional	Target user identifier for merchant permission checks.

HTTP POST with Empty Body

No JSON payload body is required for this operation. Simply provide the mandatory clientType inside the HTTP Request Headers.

Request Example

Example POST request using cURL to start merchant business operations.

cURL BASH

curl -X POST \
'https://api.binance.com/sapi/v1/c2c/merchant/startBusiness' \
-H 'clientType: WEB'

Response

Example response returned on successful request execution.

RESPONSE 200 OK

{
    "code": "000000",
    "message": "success",
    "data": true,
    "success": true
}

Response Fields

Field	Type	Description
`code`	STRING	Standard Binance status response code (`"000000"` indicates success).
`message`	STRING	Status description or response feedback message.
`data`	BOOLEAN	Returns `true` when merchant business operations are successfully opened and active.
`success`	BOOLEAN	Indicates overall request execution result.

How It Works

Workflow for opening merchant business operations.

01 Set Headers Pass clientType (e.g. WEB or APP) in HTTP header.

02 Send POST Request Call /sapi/v1/c2c/merchant/startBusiness endpoint.

03 Verify Status Confirm response returns data: true.

04 Storefront Active Merchant store status opens and accepts incoming orders.

Common Use Cases

Daily Business Opening

Automatically open merchant operations at the start of business hours using scheduled server cron jobs.

Liquidity Rebalance Resumption

Reopen trade intake automatically after completing bank transfer reconciliations or fiat deposits.

Trading Bot Initialization

Enable trading desks to reactivate merchant status automatically during bot daemon startup sequences.

← Previous Endpoint Merchant Start Rest API Next Endpoint → Set Merchant Online API

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