diff --git a/packages/point-of-sale/migrations/20250708093546_create_merchants_table.js b/packages/point-of-sale/migrations/20250708093546_create_merchants_table.js
index 97c7497c30..c75ff42f7f 100644
--- a/packages/point-of-sale/migrations/20250708093546_create_merchants_table.js
+++ b/packages/point-of-sale/migrations/20250708093546_create_merchants_table.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ exports.up = function (knex) {
 
     table.timestamp('createdAt').defaultTo(knex.fn.now())
     table.timestamp('updatedAt').defaultTo(knex.fn.now())
-    table.timestamp('deletedAt')
+    table.timestamp('deletedAt').nullable()
   })
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/point-of-sale/package.json b/packages/point-of-sale/package.json
index 3d94916d10..246ca01f42 100644
--- a/packages/point-of-sale/package.json
+++ b/packages/point-of-sale/package.json
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
     "jest-openapi": "^0.14.2",
     "testcontainers": "^10.16.0",
     "tmp": "^0.2.3",
-    "@types/tmp": "^0.2.6"
+    "@types/tmp": "^0.2.6",
+    "node-mocks-http": "^1.16.2"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/point-of-sale/src/app.ts b/packages/point-of-sale/src/app.ts
index 2a661fac78..f6467c33a3 100644
--- a/packages/point-of-sale/src/app.ts
+++ b/packages/point-of-sale/src/app.ts
@@ -7,11 +7,13 @@ import Koa, { DefaultState } from 'koa'
 import Router from '@koa/router'
 import bodyParser from 'koa-bodyparser'
 import cors from '@koa/cors'
+import { CreateMerchantContext, MerchantRoutes } from './merchant/routes'
 
 export interface AppServices {
   logger: Promise<Logger>
   knex: Promise<Knex>
   config: Promise<IAppConfig>
+  merchantRoutes: Promise<MerchantRoutes>
 }
 
 export type AppContainer = IocContract<AppServices>
@@ -25,6 +27,13 @@ export interface AppContextData {
 
 export type AppContext = Koa.ParameterizedContext<DefaultState, AppContextData>
 
+export type AppRequest<ParamsT extends string = string> = Omit<
+  AppContext['request'],
+  'params'
+> & {
+  params: Record<ParamsT, string>
+}
+
 export class App {
   private posServer!: Server
   public isShuttingDown = false
@@ -47,6 +56,15 @@ export class App {
       ctx.status = 200
     })
 
+    const merchantRoutes = await this.container.use('merchantRoutes')
+
+    // POST /merchants
+    // Create merchant
+    router.post<DefaultState, CreateMerchantContext>(
+      '/merchants',
+      merchantRoutes.create
+    )
+
     koa.use(cors())
     koa.use(router.routes())
 
diff --git a/packages/point-of-sale/src/index.ts b/packages/point-of-sale/src/index.ts
index e48406774f..e24ed825e1 100644
--- a/packages/point-of-sale/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/point-of-sale/src/index.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { Config } from './config/app'
 import { App, AppServices } from './app'
 import createLogger from 'pino'
 import { createMerchantService } from './merchant/service'
+import { createMerchantRoutes } from './merchant/routes'
 
 export function initIocContainer(
   config: typeof Config
@@ -65,6 +66,13 @@ export function initIocContainer(
     return createMerchantService({ logger, knex })
   })
 
+  container.singleton('merchantRoutes', async (deps) => {
+    return createMerchantRoutes({
+      logger: await deps.use('logger'),
+      merchantService: await deps.use('merchantService')
+    })
+  })
+
   return container
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/point-of-sale/src/merchant/errors.ts b/packages/point-of-sale/src/merchant/errors.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c16b966dbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/point-of-sale/src/merchant/errors.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+export class POSMerchantRouteError extends Error {
+  public status: number
+  public details?: Record<string, unknown>
+
+  constructor(
+    status: number,
+    message: string,
+    details?: Record<string, unknown>
+  ) {
+    super(message)
+    this.name = 'POSMerchantRouteError'
+    this.status = status
+    this.details = details
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/point-of-sale/src/merchant/model.ts b/packages/point-of-sale/src/merchant/model.ts
index 02b8c03a80..c49166f405 100644
--- a/packages/point-of-sale/src/merchant/model.ts
+++ b/packages/point-of-sale/src/merchant/model.ts
@@ -20,5 +20,5 @@ export class Merchant extends BaseModel {
   })
 
   public name!: string
-  public deletedAt!: Date | null
+  public deletedAt?: Date | null
 }
diff --git a/packages/point-of-sale/src/merchant/routes.test.ts b/packages/point-of-sale/src/merchant/routes.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..49e652e4f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/point-of-sale/src/merchant/routes.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+import { IocContract } from '@adonisjs/fold'
+import { createContext } from '../tests/context'
+import { createTestApp, TestContainer } from '../tests/app'
+import { Config } from '../config/app'
+import { initIocContainer } from '..'
+import { AppServices } from '../app'
+import { truncateTables } from '../tests/tableManager'
+import {
+  CreateMerchantContext,
+  MerchantRoutes,
+  createMerchantRoutes
+} from './routes'
+import { MerchantService } from './service'
+
+describe('Merchant Routes', (): void => {
+  let deps: IocContract<AppServices>
+  let appContainer: TestContainer
+  let merchantRoutes: MerchantRoutes
+  let merchantService: MerchantService
+
+  beforeAll(async (): Promise<void> => {
+    deps = initIocContainer(Config)
+    appContainer = await createTestApp(deps)
+    merchantService = await deps.use('merchantService')
+    const logger = await deps.use('logger')
+
+    merchantRoutes = createMerchantRoutes({
+      merchantService,
+      logger
+    })
+  })
+
+  afterEach(async (): Promise<void> => {
+    await truncateTables(deps)
+  })
+
+  afterAll(async (): Promise<void> => {
+    await appContainer.shutdown()
+  })
+
+  describe('create', (): void => {
+    test('Creates a merchant', async (): Promise<void> => {
+      const merchantData = {
+        name: 'Test Merchant'
+      }
+
+      const ctx = createContext<CreateMerchantContext>(
+        {
+          headers: {
+            Accept: 'application/json',
+            'Content-Type': 'application/json'
+          }
+        },
+        {}
+      )
+      ctx.request.body = merchantData
+
+      await merchantRoutes.create(ctx)
+
+      expect(ctx.status).toBe(200)
+      expect(ctx.response.body).toEqual({
+        id: expect.any(String),
+        name: merchantData.name
+      })
+    })
+  })
+})
diff --git a/packages/point-of-sale/src/merchant/routes.ts b/packages/point-of-sale/src/merchant/routes.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..774510a324
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/point-of-sale/src/merchant/routes.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+import { AppContext } from '../app'
+import { BaseService } from '../shared/baseService'
+import { MerchantService } from './service'
+import { POSMerchantRouteError } from './errors'
+
+interface ServiceDependencies extends BaseService {
+  merchantService: MerchantService
+}
+
+type CreateMerchantRequest = Exclude<AppContext['request'], 'body'> & {
+  body: {
+    name: string
+  }
+}
+
+export type CreateMerchantContext = Exclude<AppContext, 'request'> & {
+  request: CreateMerchantRequest
+}
+
+export interface MerchantRoutes {
+  create(ctx: CreateMerchantContext): Promise<void>
+}
+
+export function createMerchantRoutes(
+  deps_: ServiceDependencies
+): MerchantRoutes {
+  const log = deps_.logger.child({
+    service: 'MerchantRoutes'
+  })
+
+  const deps = {
+    ...deps_,
+    logger: log
+  }
+
+  return {
+    create: (ctx: CreateMerchantContext) => createMerchant(deps, ctx)
+  }
+}
+
+async function createMerchant(
+  deps: ServiceDependencies,
+  ctx: CreateMerchantContext
+): Promise<void> {
+  const { body } = ctx.request
+  try {
+    const merchant = await deps.merchantService.create(body.name)
+
+    ctx.status = 200
+    ctx.body = { id: merchant.id, name: merchant.name }
+  } catch (err) {
+    throw new POSMerchantRouteError(400, 'Could not create merchant', { err })
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/point-of-sale/src/merchant/service.test.ts b/packages/point-of-sale/src/merchant/service.test.ts
index 61fa24cc16..c1cd6d56b3 100644
--- a/packages/point-of-sale/src/merchant/service.test.ts
+++ b/packages/point-of-sale/src/merchant/service.test.ts
@@ -36,7 +36,13 @@ describe('Merchant Service', (): void => {
   describe('create', (): void => {
     test('creates a merchant', async (): Promise<void> => {
       const merchant = await merchantService.create('Test merchant')
-      expect(merchant).toEqual({ id: merchant.id, name: 'Test merchant' })
+      expect(merchant).toMatchObject({
+        name: 'Test merchant',
+        createdAt: expect.any(Date),
+        updatedAt: expect.any(Date)
+      })
+      expect(typeof merchant.id).toBe('string')
+      expect(merchant.deletedAt).toBeUndefined()
     })
   })
 
diff --git a/packages/point-of-sale/src/shared/baseModel.ts b/packages/point-of-sale/src/shared/baseModel.ts
index 1b361238d1..e6b390d79b 100644
--- a/packages/point-of-sale/src/shared/baseModel.ts
+++ b/packages/point-of-sale/src/shared/baseModel.ts
@@ -127,6 +127,8 @@ export abstract class BaseModel extends PaginationModel {
   public $beforeInsert(context: QueryContext): void {
     super.$beforeInsert(context)
     this.id = this.id || uuid()
+    this.createdAt = new Date()
+    this.updatedAt = new Date()
   }
 
   public $beforeUpdate(_opts: ModelOptions, _queryContext: QueryContext): void {
diff --git a/packages/point-of-sale/src/tests/context.ts b/packages/point-of-sale/src/tests/context.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fffcb0affe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/point-of-sale/src/tests/context.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import { IocContract } from '@adonisjs/fold'
+import * as httpMocks from 'node-mocks-http'
+import Koa from 'koa'
+import { AppContext, AppContextData, AppRequest } from '../app'
+
+export function createContext<T extends AppContext>(
+  reqOpts: httpMocks.RequestOptions,
+  params: Record<string, string> = {},
+  container?: IocContract
+): T {
+  const req = httpMocks.createRequest(reqOpts)
+  const res = httpMocks.createResponse({ req })
+  const koa = new Koa<unknown, AppContextData>()
+  const ctx = koa.createContext(req, res)
+  ctx.params = (ctx.request as AppRequest).params = params
+  if (reqOpts.query) {
+    ctx.request.query = reqOpts.query
+  }
+  if (reqOpts.body !== undefined) {
+    ctx.request.body = reqOpts.body
+  }
+  ctx.container = container
+  return ctx as T
+}
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 2095556e83..e451b37fb7 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -860,6 +860,9 @@ importers:
       nock:
         specifier: 14.0.0-beta.19
         version: 14.0.0-beta.19
+      node-mocks-http:
+        specifier: ^1.16.2
+        version: 1.16.2(@types/node@20.14.15)
       testcontainers:
         specifier: ^10.16.0
         version: 10.16.0