A simple API to help your AI agent search and order online
Real-time retail data and automated ordering through a single API. Fetch live prices, detailed catalog data, and order without managing procurement accounts. Build faster with developer-friendly RESTful API calls, robust docs, and ready-to-use code snippets.
Hello everyone 👋 I’m Xiang, CEO at Zinc.
I’m beyond excited to share our biggest launch yet — Retail API for AI agents
Empower your agents to search, shop, and checkout from top retailers. Built for high-throughput applications. 🎉
What is Zinc?
For the last ten years, Zinc (YC W14) has been the secret backbone of e-commerce, automating millions of orders and providing real-time data from major retail channels. We are now launching a LLM-optimized API that allows agents to search, access high-quality retail data, and complete checkout with a few simple requests. Structured data and endpoints designed specifically for LLM tool calling. Reliable enough for autonomous systems, simple enough for rapid development.
- Key features -
Retail catalog data: access to images, product descriptions, variant details, and more.
Real-time prices: accurate and low-latency for customer-facing applications.
Programmatic ordering: automate your entire checkout and post-order tracking and return support with one POST request.
Zinc Managed Accounts (ZMA): Lower operational costs and place orders without the need to manage procurement accounts. Multiple funding methods supported.
- PH deal -
Sign up for the Zinc API free with our ProductHunt referral link and get $5 of API credits on us. The first 100 signups will additionally receive $20 of Zinc Managed Accounts credit to spend on live ordering. https://login.zinc.io/signup?flo...
Instant API access https://zinc.com/pricing
See it in action with this demo chatbot powered by Zinc https://whai.zinc.com/
Speak with the integrations team for more complex needs https://zinc.com/contact
Explore our API documentation https://docs.zincapi.com/#introd...
