# Understanding Credential Payments

Build your knowledge about how cheqd's Credential Payment model works, including setting Access Control Conditions, and privacy-preserving payment flows.

## Learn about Credential Payments

<table data-card-size="large" data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>Access Control Conditions</strong></mark></td><td>Familiarise yourself with how the Payment gating and Access Control Condition logic works.</td><td><a href="learn/access-control-conditions">access-control-conditions</a></td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>Privacy Considerations</strong></mark></td><td>Understand how privacy is preserved throughout the Credential Payments flow.</td><td><a href="learn/privacy-considerations">privacy-considerations</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

## Get started

Using cheqd Studio, you can get started setting up your encrypted Status Lists with Access Control Conditions below:

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>Charge for Status List</strong></mark></td><td>Set your payment conditions and encrypt a Bitstring Status List Resource.</td><td></td><td><a href="charge">charge</a></td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>Issue Credential with Encrypted Status List</strong></mark></td><td>Issue a Verifiable Credential referencing an encrypted Status List in the Credential body.</td><td></td><td><a href="issue-credential">issue-credential</a></td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>Verifier pays Issuer</strong></mark></td><td>Pay an Issuer directly in CHEQ, meeting the Access Control Conditions. Verify the Credential to view the Status information.</td><td></td><td><a href="verifier-pays-issuer">verifier-pays-issuer</a></td></tr></tbody></table>


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