Zinc
Buy anything online with one API
Zinc is an API that covers the e-commerce purchasing lifecycle across thousands of retailers, from product discovery through ordering, tracking and returns. It provides live product data, keyword search across multiple stores, seller comparison, and checkout via API, returning an order id after receiving a product URL, address and price cap. Orders can be placed using Zinc's retailer accounts or the customer's own logins.
The platform includes order tracking with a normalized event timeline, programmatic returns and label generation, webhooks for order and delivery events, and branded shipping notifications with hosted tracking pages. A sandbox test mode allows simulation of stock-outs, price changes and address issues before going live. Typed SDKs are available for TypeScript and Python, and integrations cover retailers including Amazon, Walmart, Target, Apple, Wayfair and many others.
Zinc is aimed at developers and teams building AI agents, commerce platforms, procurement tools and similar applications. Pricing is usage-based, charged per successful order and per API call, with optional add-ons for tracking links and emails and for orders exceeding ten items. Volume discounts and custom terms are available for higher usage.
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