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

# PapelShip developer platform

> Accept payments, manage your store, and protect your software with the PapelShip APIs.

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  <p className="text-xs font-semibold uppercase tracking-widest text-zinc-500 dark:text-zinc-400">PapelShip Developers</p>
  <h1 className="mt-3 text-3xl sm:text-4xl font-semibold tracking-tight text-zinc-950 dark:text-white">Build payments, commerce, and licensing into your product</h1>
  <p className="mt-4 max-w-2xl text-base text-zinc-600 dark:text-zinc-400">Three REST APIs to take payments from any checkout, automate your store, and license and protect desktop software.</p>

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    <a href="/en/quickstart" className="rounded-lg bg-zinc-950 dark:bg-white px-4 py-2.5 text-sm font-medium text-white dark:text-zinc-950 no-underline hover:opacity-90">Get started →</a>
    <a href="/en/guides/authentication" className="rounded-lg border border-zinc-950/15 dark:border-white/15 px-4 py-2.5 text-sm font-medium text-zinc-950 dark:text-white no-underline hover:bg-zinc-950/5 dark:hover:bg-white/5">Authentication</a>
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## Products

<CardGroup cols={3}>
  <Card title="API Store" icon="credit-card" href="/en/api-store/overview">
    Hosted payment links, direct crypto invoices, real-time payment status, and refunds.
  </Card>

  <Card title="User API" icon="store" href="/en/user-api/overview">
    Manage products, categories, coupons, customers, invoices, and analytics.
  </Card>

  <Card title="qPapel Protection" icon="shield-halved" href="/en/qpapel/overview">
    License keys, HWID binding, remote settings, anti-cheat rules, and Discord logs.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Start building

<Steps>
  <Step title="Get your API key">
    Sign in to the [PapelShip dashboard](https://app.papelship.com) and create an API key for your store.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Make your first request">
    Follow the [quickstart](/en/quickstart) to create a payment link in under five minutes.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Go live">
    Review [authentication](/en/guides/authentication), [errors](/en/guides/errors), and [idempotency](/en/guides/idempotency) before you ship.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Base URLs

| API               | Base URL                                    |
| :---------------- | :------------------------------------------ |
| API Store         | `https://app.papelship.com/api/api-store`   |
| User API          | `https://app.papelship.com/api_user/api/v1` |
| qPapel Protection | `https://app.papelship.com/api/qpapel/v1`   |

<Info>
  All APIs accept and return JSON over HTTPS. Requests over plain HTTP are not supported.
</Info>

## Need help?

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  <Card title="Dashboard" icon="gauge" href="https://app.papelship.com">
    Create API keys, configure payment methods, and view invoices.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Email support" icon="envelope" href="mailto:support@papelship.com">
    Reach the PapelShip team at [support@papelship.com](mailto:support@papelship.com).
  </Card>
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