# Create New Customer

## Overview

In order to create a new customer from the API you can consume the endpoint presented in this article. In order to consume it, you must:

- Be authenticated user

For information on how you can authenticate, see: [Authentication](https://developer.sellercloud.com/dev-article/authentication/)

## Endpoint

Example for such endpoint for **TT** server is:

[https://tt.api.sellercloud.com/rest/api/Customers/](https://tt.api.sellercloud.com/rest/api/Customers/)

For your server endpoint will be:

[​https://{your\_server\_id}.api.sellercloud.com/rest/api/Customers/](https://{your_server_id}.api.sellercloud.com/rest/api/Customers/)

## Request

- Method Type: **HttpPost**  
- Authorization: Use **Bearer Token** + token received from token authentication  
- Header info: **Content-Type: application/json**

| **Parameter**    | **Data Type** | **Description**                                                                                                                  | **Is Required** |  
| ---------------- | -------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------------- |  
| CompanyID       | integer        | ID of the company of the customer                                                                                               | yes              |  
| FirstName       | string         | First name of the customer                                                                                                      | yes              |  
| LastName        | string         | Last name of customer<br>*Required for customer of type ‘Retail’                                                               | no               |  
| Email           | string         | Email of the customer                                                                                                           | yes              |  
| BusinessName    | string         | Name of business<br>*Required for customer of type ‘WholeSale’ only if client setting ‘Enable Required Fields for WholeSale Customers’ is enabled. | no               |  
| CustomerType    | Enumeration    | Wholesale or Retails.<br>For more into check at the bottom of the article.                                                      | yes              |

## Response

- If user is not authenticated, then response will be **Status Code 401 => Not Valid Token**  
- On server response => **Status Code 500 => Internal Server Error**

## Enumerations

**Customer Type**

WholeSale = 0

Retails = 1