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This guide walks you through creating your Shor account, verifying your business, adding your first worker, and sending your first payment.

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Before You Start

Have ready:
  • Your company’s legal name, registration number, and registered address
  • Incorporation documents and a recent proof of address
  • A valid ID for the person signing up
  • Ownership details for anyone owning 25%+ of the company
  • A business bank account you can connect to fund payments
  • The name and email of the first worker you want to pay (for employees you’ll also pick the country of employment)

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Step 1: Create Your Account

  1. Go to app.shorpay.com and click Sign up.
  2. Enter your work email and create a password, or sign in with SSO.
  3. When prompted, choose I’m an Employer.

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Step 2: Verify Your Business

Shor runs a single, guided verification session:
  1. Click Start Verification.
  2. In the secure frame, fill in your company details, upload incorporation and proof-of-address documents, disclose beneficial owners, and verify your own identity.
  3. Once submitted, Shor’s compliance team reviews the case on top of the automated checks. Straightforward submissions are typically approved within one business day; you’ll get an email when the review is complete or if anything needs clarification.
You can close the window and come back; your progress is saved. The button turns into Continue Verification until you finish. See the full Company onboarding & verification guide for document tips and common rejection reasons.

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Step 3: Connect Funding

Once verified, head to Finance → Connections and click Connect Bank Account. Shor uses the connected bank to fund payments you approve. You can also enable automatic funding later (Settings → Payments) so the bank account is debited the evening before payments are due.

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Step 4: Add Your First Worker

From Talent → People, click Add person. A contract wizard walks you through four steps:
  1. Start: pick or invite the professional by email, choose Contractor or Employee, and the contract type (Fixed Rate, Milestone, or Pay-As-You-Go for contractors; Employee track for full EOR). For employees, you also pick the Country of Employment here.
  2. Agreement: project name, department, and start date. For employees, also job title, seniority, and employment terms.
  3. Compensation: rate and currency, based on the contract type (hourly for Pay-As-You-Go, retainer for Fixed Rate, milestone amounts for Milestone, salary for employees), plus pay frequency where applicable.
  4. Summary: review everything, then send the contract for signature.
Your worker will receive an email inviting them to create their Shor profile, set their country and personal details, verify their identity, sign the contract, complete any required tax forms (W-9, W-8BEN, or W-8BEN-E), and add their payout details.

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Step 5: Send Your First Payment

For salaried employees and fixed-rate contractors, Shor auto-generates upcoming payments on their schedule. Open Talent → Payroll, select the rows you want to process, and confirm. The connected bank account is debited and each payment is released.

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What Happens Next

  • Payment status moves from Pending → Processing → Completed.
  • The worker gets an email when their payment arrives.
  • A receipt and reconciliation entry appear in Transactions.
  • On the first of the month, Shor bills you for the active workers on your plan.

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Next Steps

Hire More Workers

Scale up your team with the same flow.

Run Payroll

Process scheduled payments in batches.

Automate Payments

Turn on auto-funding and auto-payments.

Manage Billing

See what you’re paying for and download invoices.