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title: Link a channel to a gateway
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# Link a channel to a gateway

To keep record of payouts initiated in favor of the merchant’s customers, a payout channel must be linked to a payment gateway activated for the merchant's shop. To do this, follow the steps below:

1. Go to **Account Manager \> Shops**.
2. Search for a shop for which you’d like to set payout limits. Refer to Search for a merchant’s shop, if needed.
3. Click **View** for the required shop.
4. On the shop information page, go to the **Gateways** tab.
5. Click the name of the gateway to which you should link a channel.
6. On the payment gateway status page, go to the **Channels** tab.
7. Click **Link Channel**.
8. Select a channel to link to a payment gateway. To search for a channel, use the drop-down lists of possible values ​​for the **Currency** and **Channels** fields.
9. Click **Apply** to save changes, or cancel them.

[![The Channels tab on the payment gateway status page](https://help.ecomcharge.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Untitled%20design%20(84).png?width=670&height=237&name=Untitled%20design%20(84).png)](https://help.ecomcharge.com/hubfs/Untitled%20design%20(84).png?hsLang=en)The Channels tab on the payment gateway status page

[![The Link Channel button on the page with the list of channels activated for a shop](https://help.ecomcharge.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Untitled%20design%20(85).png?width=670&height=79&name=Untitled%20design%20(85).png)](https://help.ecomcharge.com/hubfs/Untitled%20design%20(85).png?hsLang=en)  
The Link Channel button on the page with the list of channels activated for a shop

[![The Link Channel page](https://help.ecomcharge.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-20241110-164949.png?width=670&height=147&name=image-20241110-164949.png)](https://help.ecomcharge.com/hubfs/image-20241110-164949.png?hsLang=en)  
The Link Channel page

After you linked a channel to a gateway, ask a user with the “Accountant” role to set an initial balance.

 

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