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# Working with Accounts

The `Account` in Subscribe represents your customer, and contains all the data necessary to provide them services, communicate with them, and charge them for one-time or recurring purchases.

The `Account` object encapsulates the customer’s account data, including billing address, shipping address, preferred payment method, and contact preferences. Create an `Account` when a customer visits your online store and registers with you.

**Note:** Use of the forward slash character (/) in merchant identifiers is not allowed. See [Merchant Identifiers](Merchant_Identifiers) for more information.

This chapter describes creating customer Accounts; creating Account Payment Methods; accessing existing Customer Accounts; and creating Account hierarchies.

* **[Creating Customer Accounts](../topics/Creating_Customer_Accoun)**

* **[Setting Up Account Payment Methods](../topics/Setting_Up_Account_Payme)**

* **[Accessing Existing Customer Accounts](../topics/Accessing_Existing_Custo)**

* **[Creating Account Hierarchies](../topics/Creating_Account_Hierarc)**

* **[Presenting the Reason for Credit (to the customer)](../topics/Presenting_the_Reason_fo)**


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