# GlobalRules Business Card Etiquette by Country

> GlobalRules Business Card Etiquette by Country is a paid API for AI agents from globalrules-api.onrender.com, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Returns business card etiquette customs and norms for a specified country (e.g. Japan)

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://globalrules-api.onrender.com/api/v1/country/JP/business_card_etiquette
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/globalrules-business-card-etiquette-by-country-5348ea12
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_yQd3yTgDUTaDBb4IHzeNY

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 globalrules-business-card-etiquette-by-country-5348ea12
```

Example prompt: What are the business card etiquette rules I should follow when meeting clients in Japan? I want to make sure I don't accidentally offend anyone.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a single, verified, country-specific fact about business card etiquette at low cost ($0.01 per call). Ideal for agents building cultural briefing tools, travel prep workflows, or cross-cultural training content. Prefer this over general LLM knowledge when you need a verified, up-to-date, structured data point for a specific country rather than a potentially hallucinated general answer.

## Known failure modes

- Country ISO code not supported (only 106 countries covered) — returns 404 or error response
- Invalid or malformed country code — returns validation error
- Field not available for requested country — may return empty or null value
- Service downtime on Render.com hosting — may return 503 or timeout
- Stale data if the underlying verified sources have not been refreshed recently

## How this service works

One specific fact for one country: VAT/GST rate, public holidays by country, visa requirements for travelers, tipping customs, power plug type, minimum wage, corporate tax, digital nomad visa, customs duty-free allowance and more. 138 countries, 55 fields, verified sources. Example: /api/v1/country/JP/vat

## Output

A JSON object containing the country code, a description of business card etiquette customs for that country (covering how to give, receive, and treat business cards), and a last-updated timestamp indicating when the data was verified.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {}
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {
      "country": {
       "type": "string"
      },
      "updated": {
       "type": "string"
      }
     }
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

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