99designs

99designs by Vista is a global creative marketplace connecting clients with a worldwide network of freelance designers for logos, brand identity, web and packaging design, illustration, and more, using both a design-contest model and one-to-one projects. Its partner API (base https://api.99designs.com/resources/v1) lets platforms embed a fully-managed creative marketplace: search and match designers, retrieve designer profiles, reviews and portfolios, collect design briefs, place orders against 99designs products, and generate partner coupons. Authentication uses a pair of API key headers (Api-Key-Id and Api-Key-Secret) issued to partners on request. Founded in 2008 as a SitePoint spin-off and acquired by Cimpress/Vista in 2020.

99designs publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Media, Design, Marketplace, and Creative.

99designs’ developer surface includes authentication, documentation, API reference, signup flow, pricing, engineering blog, support, and 21 more developer resources.

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45.6/100 developing Agent 72/100 agent native Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-20 · rubric v0.4
1 APIs 1 MCP Servers 0 Features
CompanyMediaDesignMarketplaceCreativeFreelanceGraphic DesignBranding

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scored 2026-07-20 · rubric v0.4
Composite quality — 45.6/100 · developing
Contract Quality 14.6 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 11.3 / 20
Commercial Clarity 8.9 / 20
Operational Transparency 2.1 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 8.8 / 10
Agent readiness — 72/100 · agent native
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 15 / 15
MCP Server 12 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 5 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 4 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 3 / 3
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APIs

99designs API

Embeddable creative marketplace API — search and match designers, retrieve designer profiles, reviews and portfolios, collect design briefs, place product orders, and generate p...

MCP Servers

99designs-mcp.yml

MCP SERVER

Resources

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal
DeveloperPortal
 SignUp
SignUp

Documentation 3

Reference material describing how the API behaves

OpenAPI
OpenAPI
 Documentation
Documentation
 APIReference
APIReference

Agent Surfaces 5

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

MCPServer
MCPServer
 LLMsTxt
LLMsTxt
 AgentSkill
AgentSkill
 AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess
 WellKnown
WellKnown

Design & Contract 5

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Conventions
Conventions
 ErrorCatalog
ErrorCatalog
 DataModel
DataModel
 Conformance
Conformance
 Lifecycle
Lifecycle

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 5

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Authentication
Authentication
 SecurityTxt
SecurityTxt
 VulnerabilityDisclosure
VulnerabilityDisclosure
 Security
Security
 DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support
Support

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing
Pricing
 TermsOfService
TermsOfService
 PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Blog
Blog
 Website
Website

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Overlay
Overlay

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: 99designs
name: 99designs
description: '99designs by Vista is a global creative marketplace connecting clients with a worldwide network of freelance
  designers for logos, brand identity, web and packaging design, illustration, and more, using both a design-contest model
  and one-to-one projects. Its partner API (base https://api.99designs.com/resources/v1) lets platforms embed a fully-managed
  creative marketplace: search and match designers, retrieve designer profiles, reviews and portfolios, collect design briefs,
  place orders against 99designs products, and generate partner coupons. Authentication uses a pair of API key headers (Api-Key-Id
  and Api-Key-Secret) issued to partners on request. Founded in 2008 as a SitePoint spin-off and acquired by Cimpress/Vista
  in 2020.'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/99designs/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: accel-portfolio
x-tier: enriched
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-17'
tags:
- Company
- Media
- Design
- Marketplace
- Creative
- Freelance
- Graphic Design
- Branding
apis:
- name: 99designs API
  description: Embeddable creative marketplace API — search and match designers, retrieve designer profiles, reviews and portfolios,
    collect design briefs, place product orders, and generate partner coupons. Key-pair header authentication (Api-Key-Id
    + Api-Key-Secret).
  humanURL: https://api.99designs.com/resources/docs/
  baseURL: https://api.99designs.com/resources/v1
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/99designs-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.99designs.com/resources/docs/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://api.99designs.com/resources/docs/
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: OpenAPI
  url: openapi/99designs-openapi.yml
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/99designs-overlay.yaml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/99designs-authentication.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/99designs-conventions.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/99designs-problem-types.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/99designs-data-model.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/99designs-conformance.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/99designs-lifecycle.yml
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/99designs-mcp.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/99designs-llms.txt
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/99designs-agentic-access.yml
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/99designs-well-known.yml
- type: SecurityTxt
  url: well-known/99designs-security.txt
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/99designs-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: Security
  url: https://99designs.com/.well-known/security.txt
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/99designs-domain-security.yml
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://99designs.com/api
- type: Documentation
  url: https://api.99designs.com/resources/docs/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://api.99designs.com/resources/docs/
- type: SignUp
  url: https://99designs.com/api
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/99designs
- type: Pricing
  url: https://99designs.com/pricing
- type: Blog
  url: https://99designs.com/blog
- type: Support
  url: https://support.99designs.com
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://99designs.com/legal/terms-and-conditions
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://99designs.com/legal/privacy
- type: Website
  url: https://www.99designs.com
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence