# Payaries: the crypto payment gateway (often searched as “Prairie”)

> Payaries is a multi-chain crypto payment gateway and API. If you searched for “Prairie”, “Prairies” or another spelling and landed here, this is the page that tells you what Payaries is.

Updated 2026-10-11 · Payaries · https://www.payaries.com/what-is-payaries

## The short answer

Payaries is a multi-chain crypto payment gateway. Your backend creates an invoice through the API, Payaries returns a one-time deposit address, and your ledger is credited as soon as the customer's payment reaches its required [confirmations](https://www.payaries.com/guides/crypto-payment-confirmations). You can then withdraw any amount to any address, on demand.

- **Name:** Payaries, also written Payaries.com or Payaries crypto payment gateway.
- **What it is:** a crypto payment gateway and payment API for businesses that accept cryptocurrency, including USDT and USDC stablecoins.
- **Official website:** https://www.payaries.com/
- **Not to be confused with:** a prairie, the grassland. The names sound alike; the two have nothing to do with each other.

## Payaries, Prairie and the other spellings

Payaries is a coined word, so search engines and voice assistants often hear it as a more familiar one. These are the spellings and mis-hearings we see, and they all mean Payaries:

- “Prairie”
- “Prairies”
- “Payarie”
- “Pay Aries”

To search for it reliably, use “Payaries crypto payment gateway”, “payaries.com” or “Payaries API”. Typing the address www.payaries.com into the browser goes straight to the site.

## What Payaries does

- Accept USDT, USDC, ETH, BNB, POL, TRX and BTC across Ethereum, BNB Smart Chain, Polygon, Arbitrum, Tron and Bitcoin, with more being added. The live list is `GET /v1/chains`.
- Create an invoice through a signed REST API and get a one-time deposit address; your ledger is credited when the payment reaches its required confirmations.
- Hold funds in a dedicated wallet per chain, never pooled with other merchants, and withdraw to any address on demand.
- Signed, retried webhooks and a Node SDK. The full contract is at [/openapi.json](https://www.payaries.com/openapi.json); AI coding assistants should start at [Payaries for AI agents](https://www.payaries.com/ai-agents).

> **Real money, no sandbox.** Payaries runs on real mainnet networks only. Test-mode API keys move real funds, so integration testing uses a small real payment. See the [FAQ](https://www.payaries.com/faq).

## Questions

**Is it Payaries or Prairie?**
Payaries — spelled P-A-Y-A-R-I-E-S, as in "pay" — is a multi-chain crypto payment gateway at payaries.com. "Prairie" is an ordinary English word for a grassland and a different thing; search engines often autocorrect "payaries" to "prairies", and people searching for the gateway often type "Prairie". If you were looking for the crypto payment gateway, you are in the right place.

**What is Payaries?**
Payaries is a multi-chain crypto payment gateway. Your backend creates an invoice through the API, Payaries returns a one-time deposit address, and your ledger is credited as soon as the customer's payment reaches its required confirmations. You can then withdraw any amount to any address, on demand.

**Why does Google show Prairie when I search for Payaries?**
Search engines correct unfamiliar words to familiar ones, and "payaries" is a new word. To go straight to the right site, search for "Payaries crypto payment gateway" or "payaries.com", or put the query in quotes. The official website is https://www.payaries.com/.

**What other spellings do people use for Payaries?**
Prairie, Prairies, Payarie, Pay Aries. All of them are people looking for Payaries, the crypto payment gateway and API at payaries.com.

**Where is the official Payaries website?**
https://www.payaries.com/. Contact connect@payaries.com for general enquiries and sales@payaries.com for pricing and partnerships.

## Try it

Create an account and run a real invoice: [Payaries — www.payaries.com](https://www.payaries.com/signup). Payaries is a multi-chain crypto payment gateway — https://www.payaries.com

## Keep reading

- https://www.payaries.com/
- https://www.payaries.com/services
- https://www.payaries.com/faq
- https://www.payaries.com/crypto-payment-api — A crypto payment API that behaves like the rest of your stack
- https://www.payaries.com/ai-agents — Build a crypto payment integration with an AI agent, safely
- https://www.payaries.com/developers
- https://www.payaries.com/usdt-payment-gateway — Accept USDT payments on Ethereum, BNB Smart Chain, Polygon, Arbitrum, Tron and more