Ace Hardware is a retailer-owned hardware cooperative operating thousands of independently owned stores worldwide that sell hardware, tools, paint, lawn and garden, and home improvement products. As a cooperative, Ace Hardware provides vendor integration through EDI standards and an affiliate program for digital publishers to earn commissions on online sales at acehardware.com.
Ace Hardware publishes 3 APIs on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Retail, Hardware, Home Improvement, Tools, and Paint.
The Ace Hardware catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.
Ace Hardware’s developer surface includes authentication, support, engineering blog, product news, and 12 more developer resources.
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The Ace Hardware Affiliate Program allows digital publishers, bloggers, and content creators to earn commissions by referring customers to acehardware.com. The program is manage...
Ace Hardware requires all vendors to exchange electronic data using X12 EDI standards (version 4010) via AS2 connection through its vendor management portal at AceHardware-Vendo...
Ace Hardware's online retail platform at acehardware.com offers customers the ability to shop for hardware, tools, paint, lawn and garden, and home improvement products with opt...
Ace Hardware is owned by its member retailers, giving independent hardware store owners the purchasing power and brand recognition of a national chain while remaining locally ow...
Affiliate Commission Program
Publishers earn commissions on referrals to acehardware.com, managed through the Impact affiliate network with access to product links and promotional banners.
Vendor EDI Integration
Standardized X12 EDI (version 4010) via AS2 connection enables electronic purchase orders, invoices, ship notices, and payment remittance between Ace Hardware and its vendors.
Local Store Inventory
Online shopping integrates with real-time local store inventory allowing buy online, pick up in store across thousands of locations.
Vendor Scorecard
Ace Hardware maintains a vendor scorecard tracking supply chain compliance, on-time shipments, and EDI transaction accuracy.
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model: saas
open_source: false
commercial: true
callable_host: false
label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
confidence: medium
source:
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accessModel:
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source:
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tags:
- Retail
- Hardware
- Home Improvement
- Tools
- Paint
- Cooperative
- EDI
- Affiliates
tags_raw:
- Retail
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description: Ace Hardware is a retailer-owned hardware cooperative operating thousands of independently owned stores worldwide
that sell hardware, tools, paint, lawn and garden, and home improvement products. As a cooperative, Ace Hardware provides
vendor integration through EDI standards and an affiliate program for digital publishers to earn commissions on online sales
at acehardware.com.
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apis:
- aid: ace-hardware:affiliate-program
name: Ace Hardware Affiliate Program
description: The Ace Hardware Affiliate Program allows digital publishers, bloggers, and content creators to earn commissions
by referring customers to acehardware.com. The program is managed through Impact's affiliate network and provides access
to product links, banners, and promotional resources. Affiliates can link to the full Ace Hardware product catalog covering
hardware, tools, paint, outdoor power, and home improvement.
humanURL: https://www.acehardware.com/affiliates
baseURL: https://www.acehardware.com
tags:
- Affiliates
- Commission
- Publishers
- Impact
tags_raw:
- Affiliate
- Commission
- Publisher
- Impact
properties:
- type: Documentation
url: https://www.acehardware.com/affiliates
- type: Documentation
url: https://www.acehardware.com/affiliate-faq
title: Affiliate Program FAQ
- type: SignUp
url: https://app.impact.com/campaign-mediapartner-signup/Ace-Hardware.brand?type=dm
title: Affiliate media-partner application. The programme runs on the Impact network, so the signup is on impact.com by
design — acehardware.com/affiliates links it directly.
- aid: ace-hardware:vendor-edi
name: Ace Hardware Vendor EDI Integration
description: Ace Hardware requires all vendors to exchange electronic data using X12 EDI standards (version 4010) via AS2
connection through its vendor management portal at AceHardware-Vendors.com. Supported transaction sets include 850 (Purchase
Order), 856 (Advanced Ship Notice), 810 (Invoice), 820 (Payment/Remittance), and 864 (Text Message). Vendors must complete
the Ace Hardware EDI Agreement and connect through an approved EDI service provider or the Logicbroker platform.
humanURL: https://www.acehardware-vendors.com/
baseURL: https://www.acehardware-vendors.com/
tags:
- EDI
- Vendor
- Supply Chain
- X12
- AS2
properties:
- type: Documentation
url: https://www.acehardware-vendors.com/
- type: Documentation
url: https://www.stedi.com/edi/network/ace-hardware
title: Ace Hardware EDI Guide (Stedi Network)
- type: Documentation
url: https://www.spscommerce.com/network/find-a-partner/view/ace-hardware/
title: Ace Hardware EDI via SPS Commerce
- type: APIReference
url: https://support.logicbroker.com/kb/acehardware/37566558082836-Ace-Hardware-EDI-Specifications
title: Ace Hardware EDI Specifications — the transaction set list (850/856/810/820/864), the stage and production EDI
IDs, and six downloadable X12 mapping PDFs. Served from Ace Hardware's own branded supplier portal on Logicbroker, the
EDI platform Ace contracted to run vendor onboarding; the requirements are Ace's, not Logicbroker's product.
- type: Documentation
url: https://www.acehardware-vendors.com/Vendors%20Public/Documents/Ace%20Vendor%20Manual.pdf
title: Ace Hardware Vendor Manual (PDF) — AS2 transport, certificates, 12-hour 997 acknowledgement, 95% OTIF
- aid: ace-hardware:retail-commerce
name: Ace Hardware Retail Commerce
description: Ace Hardware's online retail platform at acehardware.com offers customers the ability to shop for hardware,
tools, paint, lawn and garden, and home improvement products with options for online ordering, store pickup, and delivery.
The platform integrates with local store inventory across thousands of independently owned Ace Hardware locations.
humanURL: https://www.acehardware.com/
baseURL: https://www.acehardware.com/
tags:
- Retail
- E-Commerce
- Hardware
- Home Improvement
properties:
- type: Documentation
url: https://www.acehardware.com/
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
url: security/ace-hardware-domain-security.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
url: https://www.acehardware.com/llms.txt
title: Ace Hardware llms.txt — published by the provider at the site root, harvested verbatim to llms/ace-hardware-llms.txt
on 2026-08-30 (HTTP 200, text/plain, last-modified 2026-05-15). All 45 links it advertises were probed and all 45 returned
200.
- type: Authentication
url: authentication/ace-hardware-authentication.yml
title: Ace Hardware Authentication Profile (AS2 certificate, vendor portal, Impact affiliate account)
- type: Conformance
url: conformance/ace-hardware-conformance.yml
title: Ace Hardware Conformance — X12 EDI 4010 over AS2, and the web-API standards it does not implement
- type: Conventions
url: conventions/ace-hardware-conventions.yml
title: Ace Hardware Integration Conventions — acknowledgement, document matching, reversibility
- type: Lifecycle
url: lifecycle/ace-hardware-lifecycle.yml
title: Ace Hardware Lifecycle — X12 4010 versioning, no deprecation policy, no status page
- type: Packages
url: packages/ace-hardware-packages.yml
title: Ace Hardware Packages — measured zero, no first-party SDK on any registry
- type: Support
url: https://www.acehardware.com/customer-service
title: Ace Hardware Customer Service Hub
- type: Blog
url: https://www.acehardware.com/tips/
title: Ace Hardware Tips & Advice — editorial how-to and project articles
- type: News
url: https://newsroom.acehardware.com/
title: Ace Hardware Newsroom — corporate press releases (not an integration changelog)
- type: LinkedIn
url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/acehardwarecorp
- type: Website
url: https://www.acehardware.com
- type: PrivacyPolicy
url: https://www.acehardware.com/privacy-policy
- type: TermsOfService
url: https://www.acehardware.com/customer-service?page=terms-of-use
title: Ace Hardware Terms of Use
- type: Features
data:
- name: Retailer-Owned Cooperative Model
description: Ace Hardware is owned by its member retailers, giving independent hardware store owners the purchasing power
and brand recognition of a national chain while remaining locally owned.
- name: Affiliate Commission Program
description: Publishers earn commissions on referrals to acehardware.com, managed through the Impact affiliate network
with access to product links and promotional banners.
- name: Vendor EDI Integration
description: Standardized X12 EDI (version 4010) via AS2 connection enables electronic purchase orders, invoices, ship
notices, and payment remittance between Ace Hardware and its vendors.
- name: Local Store Inventory
description: Online shopping integrates with real-time local store inventory allowing buy online, pick up in store across
thousands of locations.
- name: Vendor Scorecard
description: Ace Hardware maintains a vendor scorecard tracking supply chain compliance, on-time shipments, and EDI transaction
accuracy.
- type: UseCases
data:
- name: Affiliate Publisher Monetization
description: Bloggers, home improvement content creators, and comparison shopping sites earn commissions by linking to
Ace Hardware product pages.
- name: Vendor Supply Chain Integration
description: Hardware and home improvement manufacturers integrate their ERP and order management systems with Ace Hardware's
EDI infrastructure.
- name: Buy Online Pick Up In Store
description: Customers browse acehardware.com and reserve products for same-day pickup at their local independently owned
Ace Hardware store.
- name: Drop Ship Vendor Programs
description: Vendors ship products directly to Ace Hardware customers, integrated through EDI transaction sets for orders
and ship notices.
- type: Integrations
data:
- name: Impact Affiliate Network
description: Ace Hardware's affiliate program runs on the Impact platform, providing tracking, reporting, and commission
management for affiliates.
- name: Logicbroker EDI Platform
description: Logicbroker serves as Ace Hardware's EDI integration platform for vendor onboarding, transaction monitoring,
and compliance management.
- name: SPS Commerce
description: SPS Commerce provides pre-built EDI connections for vendors wanting to become Ace Hardware-compliant suppliers.
- name: RangeMe Vendor Discovery
description: Ace Hardware uses RangeMe for new vendor applications and product discovery by category buyers.
- name: Tradeshift
description: Tradeshift provides invoice and payment processing integration for Ace Hardware's AP automation workflows.
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title: Ace Hardware JSON-LD Context
- type: Vocabulary
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/ace-hardware/refs/heads/main/vocabulary/ace-hardware-vocabulary.yaml
title: Ace Hardware Vocabulary
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
email: kin@apievangelist.com
x-enrichment:
date: '2026-08-30'
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artifacts_added: 7
pass: local-v1
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