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  description: >-
    Creates the account/tenant root. Operator-only — this is the bootstrap step
    that… Reference for the POST /operator/merchants endpoint in the Sarvex V1
    API.
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  label: Provision a new merchant (tenant)
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title: Provision a new merchant (tenant)
type: openapi-operation
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Creates the account/tenant root. Operator-only — this is the bootstrap step that cannot use
`X-Operate-As` because the merchant does not yet exist. Audit-logged with operator identity.
Also provisions the merchant's entry-level (self_serve) Stripe subscription with a 30-day,
no-payment-method trial — a merchant account never exists without one — so this call fails
as a whole if billing provisioning fails.

`POST /operator/merchants`