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

# Commerce

> Sell products, share private offers, and guide customers through checkout

Commerce is how Akua turns products into customer purchases and installations. You can publish products in a marketplace, send private offers, route customers through checkout, and track order drafts until the product is running.

Use this section when you want to sell software, onboard customers, or give partners a controlled install path.

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Marketplace" icon="store" href="/marketplace">
    Understand public catalog listings and private offer distribution.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Products" icon="box" href="/products">
    Configure the sellable software customers install.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Offers" icon="link" href="/marketplace/offers">
    Share short links with pre-filled configuration and access rules.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Payments" icon="credit-card" href="/payments">
    Connect Stripe and understand checkout settlement.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## The catalog and its terms

Everything Akua lists is one catalog, read through one public API: [`GET /v1/listings`](https://akua.dev/servers/api). The same words mean the same thing on the Marketplace, in offer links and in the API.

| Term | Meaning |
| - | - |
| Listing | One catalog entry. Its `kind` says what it is: `software` (an app from a public registry or an Akua seller) or `server` (a dedicated server on sale at a hosting provider). |
| Offer | The sellable terms attached to a listing: price, license and seller. Free listings have none. |
| Basket | What a buyer is putting together: software and where it runs. In the API it is an order draft. |
| Order | A basket that was checked out. |
| Seller | Sells software through Akua. |
| Provider | Sells infrastructure, such as servers, that Akua lists. |

## Common paths

* Create a [Product](/products) before publishing or sharing an offer.
* Use [Offers](/marketplace/offers) for private sales, partners, and customer-specific configuration.
* Read [Order drafts](/marketplace/order-drafts) when you need to understand the checkout-to-install flow.


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