Getting Started

This welcome guide provides an overview of SHARE Protocol for distribution businesses with access to the Enterprise Dashboard and SHARE SDK.

Welcome and congratulations on getting started with SHARE. SHARE brings an innovative and flexible set of capabilities to your business that will help you deliver the power of shared ownership, high-speed fractionalized payouts, and direct-to-consumer monetization to your customers. This guide is organized into sections including SHARE API Access, SHARE Enterprise Dashboard, and tutorials that overview end-to-end use cases.

You will require an account representative to complete the steps in this guide. If you are not already working with us, please send an email to [e-mail] to share details on your project or business.

Account Creation

Please send the primary email address to use for your account to [e-mail] in addition to any authorized user email addresses. Your representative will enable the enterprise dashboard.

This guide is structured into two high level sections: SHARE Enterprise Dashboard and SHARE SDK and API Access. We recommend beginning with the SHARE Enterprise Dashboard overview even if your primary use case is the API since the dashboard is a great starting point for getting familiar with the overall technology.

SHARE Enterprise Dashboard

1. Your Custom Branded Portal Link. Learn how to add a link within your platform that directs users to login to SHARE. All actions are attributed to your business and fees collected accrue within your digital wallet.

2. Logging in and Adding Authorized Users. Learn how to login and review authorized users for your business account.

3. Viewing Your Revenue Analytics and Balance. Understand the structure of your dashboard's analytics view.

4. Viewing Customers. Download customer data for anyone signed up to the platform through your portal.

5. How Revenue Splits Work on Direct-To-Consumer (D2C) Sales. Learn how SHARE Protocol transactions work and how revenues flow on blockchain.

6. How Your Customers Can Sell Beats, Songs, Videos and Albums using Smart Contracts.

7. Cashing Out. Learn how to cash out earnings to a bank account, as well as how your customers can do the same.

SHARE SDK and API Access

1. Getting Your API Key. Learn how to get a Bearer Token which can be used to make API calls via JSON-RPC.
2. Prepaying for API Credits. Learn how to purchase API credits for executing payouts.
3. How Customers Can Create Splits Smart Contracts. Learn how your customers can create splits smart contracts which can receive payouts and distribute funds to stakeholders.
4. How to Process Programmatic Payouts to Contracts. Learn how to execute programmatic payouts from within your service with full flexibility.
5. How to Verify FORMLESS Account IDs in Your System. Learn how to determine whether a customer logged into your service also has a FORMLESS account.
6. Shared Ownership and Large-Scale Fractionalized Payouts. This guide provides an overview on integration options for adding fractional ownership and high-speed payout capabilities to your service.
7. Connect DSP Earnings to SHARE with No-Code. This guide provides a no-code integration option for adding fractional ownership and high-speed payout capabilities to your service.