# Merc Growth Opportunities API

> Merc Growth Opportunities API is a paid API for AI agents from merc-growth.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status down (last checked 2026-10-20).

Discovers and returns business growth opportunities based on submitted criteria

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://merc-growth.vercel.app/api/opportunities?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: down
- Last checked: 2026-10-20
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/merc-growth-vercel-app-ae95d223
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_mTvJS6B6I24Mcn1MLNOMi

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 merc-growth-vercel-app-ae95d223 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Find me growth opportunities for my B2B SaaS company targeting mid-market HR teams — I'm looking for expansion leads and untapped market segments we haven't explored yet.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when an AI agent needs to surface business growth opportunities, expansion leads, or market intelligence for a specific business context. Best suited for sales, business development, or strategic planning workflows that require discovering new opportunities programmatically.

## Known failure modes

- Missing required business context fields returns a 400 error
- Payment not included or invalid x402 payment header returns a 402 error
- Malformed POST body returns a 400 validation error
- No opportunities found for the given criteria returns an empty result set
- Service unavailable on Vercel returns a 503 error

## Output

A list of growth opportunities relevant to the submitted business context, potentially including market segments, leads, or strategic recommendations for business expansion.

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/merc-growth-vercel-app-ae95d223/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from merc-growth.vercel.app](https://www.zero.xyz/host/merc-growth.vercel.app/llms.txt)