Launch Week
Launch Week Day 5: Zinc GPT
An open-source shopping assistant powered by Zinc.
Buy any product online
with an API call
Zinc enables developers to buy from online retailers. Search products, place orders, track shipments, and handle returns all through a single API.
Zinc explained in 60 seconds
Why ZincImagine running leaner teams and
Imagine running leaner teams and
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Imagine running leaner teams and scaling fulfillment if purchasing from the web was <programmable/>
Automated purchasing tracking, and returns
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Zero retailer integrations to build or maintain
Scale volume without scaling headcount
One streamlined system from search to delivery
Zinc Order
Order. Track. Return. All with a single API.
Zinc lets you can place, track, and return orders from top online stores no checkout flows required.
POST/v1/orders
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20m+ SKUs
Place orders at top retailers with a POST
Unlock new revenue streams, business models, and product experiences by accessing 20M SKUs
In Transit
Submitted
Shipped
Delivered
Track every order, automatically
Zinc gives you accurate, real-time shipment status across every order so your users never ask “Where's my package?”
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Order was shipped
Order was received by the buyer
Return label rate was created
Returns without the headaches
Generate return labels and initiate returns programmatically no support tickets, no coordination, no delays.
Zinc Order ID | Retailer | ETA | Price | Status | Client Notes |
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| #ZNC-1001 | Amazon | USA | Jun 14, 2025 | $220.53 | Placed | user_id: 8bf4558...af60... |
| #ZNC-1002 | Amazon | USA | Jun 16, 2025 | $230.53 | Placed | user_id: 8bf4558...af60... |
| #ZNC-1003 | Amazon | USA | Jun 14, 2025 | $534.33 | Placed | user_id: 8bf4558...af60... |
| #ZNC-1004 | Amazon | USA | Jun 17, 2025 | $56.534 | Placed | user_id: 8bf4558...af60... |
| #ZNC-1005 | Amazon | USA | Jun 15, 2025 | $297.00 | Placed | user_id: 8bf4558...af60... |
Unified dashboard
View, search, and manage every order and return from a single clean interface.
Managed accounts
Skip account creation and maintenance. Leverage Zinc’s robust ordering capacity.
Event webhooks
Receive instant updates when an order is placed, shipped, returned, or refunded.
Cancel in-flight
Pre-shipped orders or kill orders in flight without contacting support team
Stay with safeguards
Set price ceilings and enforce shipping rules so you never lose money on an order.
Built to scale
Our infrastructure places thousands of orders per week across major retailers and scales seamlessly with your growth.§
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Products Indexed
Zinc Data
Real-time product data from the retail web
Build smarter shopping, pricing, or resale experiences with instant access to product info, offers, and metadata
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SOLD OUT
$100
IN STOCK
Running shoes under $100
$100
$100
$100
$100
Find the right product with one simple query
Let users, platforms, or agents search just like a shopper using natural keywords and receive structured product results ready to use.
Over four stars ratingUnder three days
Seller: Amazon, Anker
1D EDT
Seller: Shopify, Itronics
2D EDT
Seller: Walmart, Apple
1D EDT
$230
$220
$240
Compare sellers to find the best offer
Access real-time pricing, shipping speed, condition, and seller reputation for any product
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Buy Now
Enrich listings with full product metadata
Retrieve detailed descriptions, brand info, bullet points, variant options, and product images.
Blazing fast, low-latency endpoints
Zinc is tuned for performance with max_age, newer_than, and async options to fit your latency and freshness needs.
Variant mapping
Auto-group variants like size, color, and bundles for cleaner UX.
Offer filtering
Auto-select sellers by rating, delivery speed, or fulfillment type.
Normalized Identifiers
Zinc standardizes UPCs, MPNs, and EANs across retailers.
Simple, scalable pricing
Transparent pricing: $0.01 per call with discounts as you grow.
Frequently Asked Questions
All purchases go through your Zinc Wallet — a prefunded balance you top up via Stripe at app.zinc.com. When you place an order, we deduct the item cost, tax, shipping, and our API fee from your wallet.
If you Bring Your Own Account by providing your own retailer login and payment method, the item cost is charged to your retailer account directly — we only deduct the API fee from your wallet.
Yes. Tracking numbers are automatically extracted from retailer shipping notifications and added to your order once items ship. Each tracking record includes the carrier name (UPS, FedEx, USPS, Amazon Logistics, DHL) and tracking number.
An order may have multiple tracking numbers if items ship separately. Note that tracking may not be available immediately after an order is placed — we recommend periodic polling. See our tracking docs for full details.
There’s no hard limit. We support high-throughput ordering and batched order creation. Rate limits are high and tunable based on your volume. Create as many orders as you want — large volumes will be queued and completed in the order they are submitted.
Our goal is to enable you to buy anywhere on the internet — from the big box retailers to niche specialty sites. We already support Amazon in several regions, Best Buy, and more, with new retailers being added regularly.
Check our status page for a live view of all currently supported retailers and their availability.
