# HirePulse Pre-Purchase Merchant Trust Check

> HirePulse Pre-Purchase Merchant Trust Check is a paid API for AI agents from gethirepulse.xyz, paid per call via x402, $0.005/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-22).

Scans a merchant domain to assess trustworthiness and safety before a purchase, returning a trust verdict for autonomous agents and buyers.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://gethirepulse.xyz/v1/merchant-trust?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.005/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-22
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/hirepulse-pre-purchase-merchant-trust-check-61e56d2b
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_Sh8LXruiufeijLKoWD2cJ

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 hirepulse-pre-purchase-merchant-trust-check-61e56d2b -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Before I checkout, can you run a trust check on shopify-liquidators.com to see if it's a legitimate merchant — I'm about to spend around $250 there?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when an AI agent or user needs a quick, low-cost ($0.005) pre-purchase safety signal on a specific merchant domain before committing to a transaction. Prefer this over full vendor stability evaluation (which costs $0.10) when a lightweight trust verdict is sufficient. Best suited for real-time checkout flows, autonomous agent payment guards, or supplier vetting pipelines where speed and cost matter more than deep financial analysis.

## Known failure modes

- Domain not found or unresolvable — may return empty result with no charge
- Invalid domain format (scheme or port included) — schema requires bare domain without scheme or path
- Domain too short (under 4 chars) or too long (over 253 chars) — rejected by schema validation
- Merchant wallet ID supplied does not establish on-chain ownership, limiting context
- Ambiguous or parked domains may yield low-confidence results

## How this service works

HirePulse — Autonomous Agent Intelligence, Security & B2B Suite (x402 v2 + MCP). Live Web-to-Markdown ($0.002), x402/MCP Merchant Security & Anti-Poisoning Scanner ($0.002), Blind Privacy Proxy ($0.02 single / $0.04 bundle), B2B Contact & MX Verifier ($0.01), Tech Stack ($0.005), Hiring Intent & Active Google Ads ($0.01), Pre-Purchase Merchant Trust Check ($0.005), Checkout Promo Code Finder ($0.01), Product URL-to-JSON ($0.002), Vendor Stability Evaluator ($0.10), Agentic Store Readiness Auditor ($0.01), Conversion-Leak Lead Finder ($0.05), Shelf Schema Comparator ($0.02), Verified Merchant Badge ($0.005). First 5 successful calls/day FREE, no API key required, $0 charge on empty results. Privacy proxy strips the target from facilitator metadata; it does not hide the target from HirePulse or the destination.

## Output

Returns a merchant trust assessment for the given domain, including a trust verdict, risk signals, domain reputation indicators, and potentially flagged issues such as scam patterns, poor history, or suspicious behavior. Returns no charge on empty results.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "domain": {
   "type": "string",
   "examples": [
    "example.com"
   ],
   "maxLength": 253,
   "minLength": 4,
   "description": "Public domain without scheme, path or port."
  },
  "merchant_wallet_or_id": {
   "type": "string",
   "maxLength": 128,
   "description": "Optional merchant identifier as context; supplying a wallet does not establish ownership or on-chain reputation."
  },
  "transaction_amount_usd": {
   "type": "number",
   "maximum": 1000000000000,
   "minimum": 0,
   "description": "Optional intended purchase value in USD as context; it does not authorize a purchase or change the scan price."
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/hirepulse-pre-purchase-merchant-trust-check-61e56d2b/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from gethirepulse.xyz](https://www.zero.xyz/host/gethirepulse.xyz/llms.txt)