# Friday Seller Tools – Competitor Research

> Friday Seller Tools – Competitor Research is a paid API for AI agents from friday-seller-tools-production.up.railway.app, paid per call via x402, $0.25/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Researches competitor products on Amazon, Walmart, Shopify, and eBay to inform marketplace listing and advertising strategy.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://friday-seller-tools-production.up.railway.app/v1/competitors/research
- Price: $0.25/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/friday-seller-tools-competitor-research-20cec391
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_KsCcQ14p1Vs2Ss6ofNaN7

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability friday-seller-tools-competitor-research-20cec391 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you research the top competitors selling silicone kitchen spatulas on Amazon and give me a breakdown of their pricing, listing structure, and any advertising angles they seem to be using?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when an AI agent needs structured competitive intelligence for marketplace selling — specifically pricing benchmarks, listing copy patterns, and advertising strategy insights across Amazon, Walmart, eBay, or Shopify. It is particularly valuable before creating or optimizing product listings, setting prices, or planning ad campaigns. Prefer this over general web search when you need marketplace-native structured data delivered as a ready-to-use deliverable for seller workflows.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or unsupported marketplace platform returns an error
- Missing required product identifier or search term results in a 400 bad request
- Payment failure via x402 protocol prevents job from being queued
- Async job may fail or time out — polling endpoint may return error status
- Competitor data may be unavailable for niche or low-traffic categories
- Rate limiting if too many concurrent requests are submitted

## How this service works

Instant, low-cost Amazon, Walmart, Shopify, and eBay listing, upload-preparation, advertising, and image-brief deliverables.

## Output

Returns an async job object with a job_id and status of 'queued'. The agent must poll a separate endpoint using the job_id to retrieve the completed competitor research report containing pricing data, listing structures, keyword usage, and advertising insights for the queried marketplace and product category.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "mode": {
   "enum": [
    "product_extract"
   ],
   "type": "string",
   "title": "CompetitorResearchMode"
  },
  "marketplace": {
   "anyOf": [
    {
     "enum": [
      "amazon_us",
      "walmart_us",
      "ebay_us",
      "website"
     ],
     "type": "string",
     "title": "CompetitorMarketplace"
    },
    {
     "type": "null"
    }
   ],
   "default": null
  },
  "max_results": {
   "type": "integer",
   "title": "Max Results",
   "default": 1,
   "maximum": 1,
   "minimum": 1
  },
  "product_url": {
   "type": "string",
   "title": "Product Url",
   "format": "uri",
   "maxLength": 2048,
   "minLength": 1
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "job_id": "example",
  "status": "queued"
 }
}
```

## More

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