# Helio

> Sell More With Crypto

Helio is a web3 payment solution enabling sellers to accept digital currencies, boost sales, and reach a growing crypto-paying market.

Helio is a comprehensive web3 payment solution that enables sellers to accept USDC and hundreds of digital currencies across multiple blockchains. With an all-in-one service from storefront to settlement, Helio aims to boost sales, foster maximum engagement through Discord communities, and promote loyalty with each sale. The decentralized platform ensures instant, borderless payouts worldwide, reaching a growing market of digital currency shoppers, and seamlessly integrates with various platforms like Discord, YouTube, and Shopify.

- Type: Company
- Sector: Payments
- Status: Acquired
- Founded: 2022-03-01
- Profile: https://thegrid.id/profiles/Helio

## Products

- [Helio Checkout](https://thegrid.id/profiles/Helio): Helio Checkout is a crypto payment platform that enables merchants and creators to accept payments across multiple blockchains. It offers instant settlements with low fees, supporting various currencies. The platform seamlessly integrates with e-commerce solutions, notably through a Shopify plugin, and provides tools for NFT pre-sales, minting, and subscription management. Helio Checkout also facilitates digital content monetization, ticketing solutions, and invoice generation. Its innovative Blinks feature (Merchant Payment Gateway, Live, Main Product)

## Assets

- [HelioX Pass](https://thegrid.id/profiles/Helio): HelioX Pass is a membership NFT on Solana for MoonPay Commerce, the crypto payments platform formerly known as Helio. It is used to access the HelioX premium tier, reducing transaction fees to 1% and granting holders quarterly credit rewards. Holding the pass acts as a perpetual subscription across all supported chains, tying its value directly to platform usage and growth. (NFT)

## Links

- [Blog](https://blog.hel.io)
- [Documentation](https://docs.hel.io)
- [Main](https://hel.io)

## Relationships

- [MoonPay](https://thegrid.id/profiles/Moonpay): Parent organization

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