# Account Setup

URL: https://postman.slovakodata.com/help/en/zaciname/onboarding/
Updated: 2026-08-17

Two paths to an active account — via the Financial Administration Portal or self-service — and the shared setup wizard that both paths finish in.

There are two paths to an active account. The recommended and fastest one is picking
your provider on the Slovak Financial Administration's portal — your data then reaches
us already verified by the state. You can also register directly with us using a form.

## Path 1: via the Financial Administration Portal (recommended)

The first step happens outside our portal — on
**[vpds.financnasprava.sk](https://vpds.financnasprava.sk/)** you pick us (SlovakoData)
as your provider. The Financial Administration verifies your DIČ (tax ID) and sends us
your verified details (company name, DIČ, contact e-mail and phone) together with a
verification code that the Slovak Peppol network participant registry (SMP) requires for
registration. Shortly after, you receive an activation invitation at that e-mail address.

Activation is a single screen: your company name, DIČ and Peppol ID are already
pre-filled and verified, and you fill in the IČO (company ID), seat address, contact
person and password. You consent to registering with the Peppol network by publishing
your Peppol ID in the public SMP directory (mandatory — without it, no invoices can
reach or leave you over Peppol), and optionally to publishing your company name in the
public Peppol Directory. The account always starts on the free **MINI** plan (5
invoices included per month) — you can change the plan and top up credit anytime later
in settings. Once saved, the portal welcomes you on the very same screen where the
self-service registration below ends — with links to the recommended next steps.

Don't have a Slovak electronic mailbox and so can't sign in to the Financial
Administration Portal? See
[information for foreign entities (power of attorney)](/help/en/zaciname/plnomocenstvo/).

## Path 2: self-service registration

You can also register directly with us without the Financial Administration Portal —
in that case, the portal walks you through a five-step wizard. It saves your progress
in your browser along the way, so you can come back to it at any time.

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### Company Verification

You review the basic company details — name, IČO, and DIČ — carried
over from registration, and confirm them by clicking **Verify**. Until
you do, the **Continue** button stays disabled.

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### Consent to Peppol Network Registration

Peppol is a pan-European network for electronic invoicing — by
registering, you gain the ability to receive and send e-invoices. The
portal shows your **Peppol Participant ID**, automatically derived
from your DIČ. This step cannot start the actual SMP registration on its own, though —
the Slovak SMP requires a verification code tied to your DIČ, and only the Financial
Administration can issue it, once you've picked us as your provider on
`vpds.financnasprava.sk`. Until that code arrives, the step points you to that portal
instead of promising a registration it cannot deliver.

As soon as the code arrives, this is where you give two consents — a mandatory
consent to SMP registration and an optional consent to publish your company name in
the public Peppol Directory — and registration starts automatically. You cannot send
invoices until it completes, but you can continue through the rest of the wizard while
you wait — there's no need to come back to this step.

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### Billing

The third step is about choosing a **billing plan** — not topping up
credit. The free **MINI** plan is selected by default (5 invoices included per
month); you can also pick a paid plan right away — **Štart**, **Pro** or
**Korporát** — or arrange **Enterprise** individually with our sales team later. Exact
limits and prices for each plan are in the billing settings, where you can also change
your plan and initial credit top-up at any time.

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### API / SAPI Configuration

This step is optional and can be skipped. You can generate an API key
for direct REST API access, or create a SAPI client for ERP/accounting
system integration. Both the key and the SAPI client credentials are
shown only once — save them to a secure location right away.

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### Welcome and Recommended Next Steps

The wizard's final screen confirms your account is active and offers
a checklist of recommended next steps — generate an API key, set up a
SAPI client, configure a webhook, or invite colleagues, each linking
straight to the relevant place in settings. The **Go to Dashboard**
button ends the wizard. Activation via the Financial Administration Portal,
described above, ends on this very same screen.

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