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# Create a deposit address

export function Available({to, except}) {
  const roles = <Tooltip tip="Roles determine what each user can see and do in the merchant dashboard." cta="See role descriptions" href="/merchant-administration/add-a-user#determine-which-role-to-use">roles</Tooltip>;
  if (to) {
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  } else {
    return <><strong>Available to all {roles} except</strong> {except.map(role => <>{" "}<Badge color="blue">{role}</Badge></>)}</>;
  }
}

<Available except={["Restricted"]} />

This page describes how to create a [customer deposit address](/deposits#customer-deposit-addresses) via the merchant dashboard. Such an address is intended to be shared with a customer manually, and deposits to it will not trigger API callbacks.

<Tabs>
  <Tab title="From the Balances tab">
    <Steps>
      <Step>
        In your merchant dashboard, go to the **Balances** tab and select a cryptocurrency.
      </Step>

      <Step>
        Click **Receive** in the panel that opens.
      </Step>

      <Step>
        Click **Create new address**.
      </Step>

      <Step>
        Specify the required user data.

        See [User data collection](/user-data-collection) for details on what information may be required. If the deposit address is for internal use, select the **Internal address** checkbox instead.
      </Step>

      <Step>
        Enter a unique **Name** for the deposit address. We recommend describing the expected purpose of the transactions to this address, e.g., "Deposits from John Doe".
      </Step>

      <Step>
        Select the **Type** of the deposit address.

        * **Deposit** — an address for deposits without conversion,
        * **Deposit exchange** — an address for [deposits with conversion](/deposits#deposits-with-conversion).
      </Step>

      <Step>
        Enter your 2FA code and click **Confirm**.
      </Step>
    </Steps>
  </Tab>

  <Tab title="From the Addresses tab">
    <Steps>
      <Step>
        In your merchant dashboard, go to the **Addresses** tab.
      </Step>

      <Step>
        Click **Create address**.
      </Step>

      <Step>
        Specify the required user data.

        See [User data collection](/user-data-collection) for details on what information may be required. If the deposit address is for internal use, select the **Internal address** checkbox instead.
      </Step>

      <Step>
        Enter a unique **Name** for the deposit address. We recommend describing the expected purpose of the transactions to this address, e.g., "Deposits from John Doe".
      </Step>

      <Step>
        Select the **Type** of the deposit address.

        * **Deposit** — an address for deposits without conversion,
        * **Deposit exchange** — an address for [deposits with conversion](/deposits#deposits-with-conversion).
      </Step>

      <Step>
        Select the **Currency** for the deposit address.
      </Step>

      <Step>
        Click **Confirm**.
      </Step>
    </Steps>
  </Tab>
</Tabs>