# ScopeAPI Ecommerce Store & Competitor Research

> ScopeAPI Ecommerce Store & Competitor Research is a paid API for AI agents from scopeapi.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.04/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Researches an ecommerce store and its competitors, returning findings, sources, and a list of competing stores

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://scopeapi.dev/ecommerce-research
- Price: $0.04/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/scopeapi-ecommerce-store-competitor-research-08326fe5
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_dgPwcUvtl5kfgrcvYk0L2

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 scopeapi-ecommerce-store-competitor-research-08326fe5 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Research the ecommerce store allbirds.com — find out who their main competitors are, what they sell, and give me a competitive analysis with sources.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need structured competitive intelligence specifically about an ecommerce store — including who competes with it, what it sells, and sourced findings. Prefer it over generic web research endpoints when the query is specifically about an online retail brand's competitive landscape. For non-ecommerce company research, use the Company Research & Intelligence endpoint instead.

## Known failure modes

- Missing required 'store' field returns a validation error
- Unrecognized or private store URLs may return empty findings or no competitors
- Ambiguous store names without a URL may yield low-confidence results
- Rate limiting or upstream web access issues may result in incomplete source lists

## How this service works

Ecommerce Store & Competitor Research

## Output

Returns a JSON object with a status field, a list of sources consulted, research findings about the target ecommerce store, and an array of identified competitor stores with supporting evidence.

## 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",
    "bodyType",
    "body"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "body": {
     "required": [
      "store"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "url": {
       "type": "string"
      },
      "focus": {
       "type": "string"
      },
      "store": {
       "type": "string"
      }
     }
    },
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "POST"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "bodyType": {
     "enum": [
      "json",
      "form-data",
      "text"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "status": "ok",
  "sources": [],
  "findings": [],
  "competitors": []
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/scopeapi-ecommerce-store-competitor-research-08326fe5/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
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