Funding is coming soon. The mechanics for funding participant trading accounts are being finalized — see Funding. Your role is to onboard and verify participants and route their orders.
What you do vs. what Polymarket US does
| Responsibility | You (Partner) | Polymarket US |
|---|---|---|
| Onboard Retail Participants (collect details, present agreements) | ✅ | — |
| Collect KYC information and submit it | ✅ | — |
| Verify identity and decide (KYC) | — | ✅ Performs verification & decision |
| Provision trading identities and accounts | — | ✅ Automatic on KYC approval |
| Present markets, prices, and a trading UI | ✅ | — |
| Match orders and maintain the order book | — | ✅ (DCM) |
| Hold collateral, clear, and settle | — | ✅ (DCO) |
| Monitor orders, positions, balances | ✅ Consume streams | ✅ Emit streams |
You are a facilitator, not a counterparty
Every message you send is on behalf of a Retail Participant you have onboarded. You are a permissions and routing layer:- You authenticate once as your Firm and act for any Retail Participant under it.
- Polymarket US matches, clears, and settles — you never take the other side of a trade.
- Funding of participant trading accounts is handled by Polymarket US; the mechanics are coming soon.
ISV or IB?
The two partner types integrate identically — the same APIs and the same workflow. The difference is legal classification, not mechanics.ISV
An Independent Software Vendor provides the software experience. ISVs are not brokers and carry no broker registration.
IB
An Introducing Broker integrates the same way plus carries CFTC registration and NFA membership obligations.
Next steps
Platform Model
How the DCM and DCO fit together, and the entities you act on.
Integration Journey
The end-to-end path from onboarding to live trading.