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# About Service Partners

> Service Partners are businesses or individuals who refer and/or integrate Razorpay for their clients. Service Partners are typically not involved in managing transactions on behalf of their clients.

The Service Partner model focuses mainly on the commissions earned by the sub-merchant for their transactions. Know more about [partnership commission](/partners/commissions).

#### Example

* A blogging platform company, *Acme*, registers as a Service Partner with Razorpay and refers a sub-merchant (affiliate account), *Gekko & Co*. After *Gekko & Co* account is activated, *Acme* earns commissions based on the transactions *Gekko & Co* performs using the Razorpay products.
* *Gekko & Co* manages all their transactions, such as collecting payments, creating refunds and viewing settlements themselves. *Gekko & Co* can perform all these actions using the Dashboard or APIs.
* *Acme* earns commissions based on the transactions performed by the sub-merchants added on its Dashboard.
* *Acme* can add multiple sub-merchants directly from the Dashboard and view the list of referred sub-merchants and their activation statuses.

[Become a Service Partner](/partners/new-to-razorpay#1-sign-up-on-razorpay-partners-page).

## Add Sub-merchants

You can add your affiliate partners/sub-merchants directly using the Dashboard. There are 2 ways to add sub-merchants:

* [Add Using a Sub Merchant’s Email ID](/partners/service-partners/add-submerchants#add-sub-merchants-using-email-id)
* [Add by Sharing a Referral Link](/partners/service-partners/add-submerchants#add-sub-merchants-using-a-referral-link)

## Perform KYC

Service Partners can perform KYC for the sub-merchants from the Partner Dashboard after receiving an approval from the sub-merchant. This way, the sub-merchant's account gets activated quickly and saves time. Know how to [submit KYC documents for your sub-merchants](/partners/service-partners/perform-kyc).

### Related Information

* [Add Sub-merchants](/partners/service-partners/add-submerchants)
* [Partners](/partners)
* [Know Your Commissions](/partners/commissions)
* [Razorpay KYC](/payments/set-up#2-submit-kyc-details/)