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# Customer

### Definition

A customer is a buyer record in the POS system. It holds a name, contact details, and optionally a loyalty identifier.

<Note>
  In this context, "customer" refers to a buyer in the consumer's point-of-sale system, not the Chift [Consumer](/developer-guides/glossary#consumer) (the integrator's customer).
</Note>

### Purpose

Customers link purchases to a specific buyer for loyalty, reporting, or invoicing purposes.

### Relationships

* A customer can be linked to orders and sales.

### Endpoints

#### Read

| Method | Endpoint                                                                    | Description                      |
| ------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------- |
| GET    | [Get customers](/api-reference/endpoints/point-of-sale/get-customers)       | Retrieve the list of customers   |
| GET    | [Get one customer](/api-reference/endpoints/point-of-sale/get-one-customer) | Retrieve a single customer by ID |

#### Write

| Method | Endpoint                                                                          | Description           |
| ------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------- |
| POST   | [Create one customer](/api-reference/endpoints/point-of-sale/create-one-customer) | Create a new customer |

### See also

* [Orders](/unified-apis/pos/concepts/order)