Creator sign-up from your platform

Approved CRM apps can create creator accounts server-side. The creator never fills in our sign-up form: you collect their details, call POST /api/external/accounts with a key your app owner holds, and redirect them to the ID check we return.

The flow#

1. Your page collects the profile (email, handle, display name, bio, country of residence, avatar, banner, subscription price) and shows our Terms of Service, Privacy Policy and 2257 statement with an acceptance checkbox.
2. Your server calls create-account. Pass the creator's browser IP and user agent from the moment they accepted.
3. Redirect the creator to kycUrl (a full-page redirect or a new tab, never an iframe).
4. They come back to your kycReturnUrl with ?kyc=approved|declined|in_review. Show the matching screen, but don't unlock anything yet.
5. The decision arrives as the account.kyc_updated webhook. With kycStatus: "approved" the account is active and can sell and get paid.

curl -X POST "https://www.dropfans.io/api/external/accounts" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $APP_OWNER_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "email": "[email protected]",
    "username": "valeria",
    "displayName": "Valeria",
    "residencyCountry": "SE",
    "avatarUrl": "https://cdn.example.com/valeria/avatar.jpg",
    "subscription": { "priceUsd": 9.99, "interval": "monthly" },
    "legalAccepted": true,
    "acceptedFromIp": "203.0.113.7",
    "acceptedUserAgent": "Mozilla/5.0 …",
    "kycReturnUrl": "https://crm.example.com/onboarding/done"
  }'

What you get back#

• accountId: keep it. GET /accounts/{id} shows the status at any time.
• apiKey: a key for the new account, bound to your app. Upload media and create drops for the creator with it straight away. Drops stay unsellable until the ID check is approved. The key is shown once.
• kycUrl: the ID check, valid for 24 hours. Get a fresh one with POST /accounts/{id}/kyc-session, for example after a decline.

Sign-in and email#

Without a password, we email the creator a link to set one (valid 7 days). With one, the welcome email just points them to sign in. Either way the creator can always use their dashboard directly.

Referral commission#

Every account you create is attributed to your app owner's account, which earns the standard referral commission on the creator's sales.

Next: Broadcast one drop to many fans or Webhooks & polling.