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The following table lists all the commonly used terms and their definitions used in Razorpay Partnership Program:

Term	Definition
Partner	A Partner is a Razorpay merchant who onboards clients on Razorpay platform as its sub-merchants. There are two types of partners: Service Partner and Technology Partner.
Aggregator Partner	Razorpay Aggregator Partners are businesses who provide managed services to their clients, through their digital offerings. Along with providing a platform to their clients, they are also involved in managing their transactions.
Technology Partners	Technology Partners are companies that build products and want to enable their customers to collect payments using these products. For example, you might be a company offering an end-to-end inventory management solution to your clients. As part of the solution, you want to allow your customers to accept online payments using your solution. You can do this by signing up as a Technology Partner.
Service Partners	Service Partners are businesses or individuals who refer and/or integrate Razorpay for their clients. Service Partners are typically not involved in managing transactions on behalf of their clients.
Sub-merchant or Affiliate Account	Sub-merchants are the clients who get onboarded on the Razorpay platform by a Partner. A sub-merchant can access and manage their own Razorpay Dashboard. Once on-boarded, sub-merchant accounts must be activated for them to start collecting payments.