Archive

Archive is a brand-owned resale and recommerce technology platform, founded in 2021, that lets forward-thinking global brands launch and scale profitable, sustainable resale businesses. Its circularity platform spans branded recommerce storefronts, peer-to-peer marketplaces, trade-in (online and in-store), take-back, warranty and repair, a resale warehouse management system (WMS), a unified product catalog, a dynamic pricing engine, and analytics — reclaiming supply through returns, past-season inventory, consumer listings, and in-store trade-ins. Archive serves 50+ brands across 10+ countries, including The North Face, lululemon, Peloton, New Balance, Dr. Martens, Fjällräven, Oscar de la Renta, Hanna Andersson, and Faherty. The company is backed by Bain Capital Ventures and Lightspeed Venture Partners (with Energize Capital leading its $30M Series B), and has raised $54M to date.

Archive is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Commerce, Resale, Recommerce, and Circularity.

Archive’s developer surface includes engineering blog, support, and 11 more developer resources.

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15.9/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

0 APIs

CompanyCommerceResaleRecommerceCircularitySustainabilityRetailEcommerceTrade-InWarehouse Management

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

Composite quality — 15.9/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 1.3 / 20

Commercial Clarity 5.8 / 20

Operational Transparency 2.1 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.8 / 10

Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

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Design & Contract 2

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Lifecycle

Lifecycle

Conformance

Conformance

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Compliance

Compliance

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

Support

StatusPage

StatusPage

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 4

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

LinkedIn

Instagram

Instagram

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Source (apis.yml)

aid: archive
name: Archive
description: Archive is a brand-owned resale and recommerce technology platform, founded in 2021, that lets forward-thinking
  global brands launch and scale profitable, sustainable resale businesses. Its circularity platform spans branded recommerce
  storefronts, peer-to-peer marketplaces, trade-in (online and in-store), take-back, warranty and repair, a resale warehouse
  management system (WMS), a unified product catalog, a dynamic pricing engine, and analytics — reclaiming supply through
  returns, past-season inventory, consumer listings, and in-store trade-ins. Archive serves 50+ brands across 10+ countries,
  including The North Face, lululemon, Peloton, New Balance, Dr. Martens, Fjällräven, Oscar de la Renta, Hanna Andersson,
  and Faherty. The company is backed by Bain Capital Ventures and Lightspeed Venture Partners (with Energize Capital leading
  its $30M Series B), and has raised $54M to date.
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x-tier: stub
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specificationVersion: '0.20'
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tags:
- Company
- Commerce
- Resale
- Recommerce
- Circularity
- Sustainability
- Retail
- Ecommerce
- Trade-In
- Warehouse Management
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://www.archiveresale.com/
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.archiveresale.com/resources/blog
- type: Support
  url: https://www.archiveresale.com/contact
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.archiveresale.com/legal/terms-of-use
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.archiveresale.com/legal/privacy
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.archiveresale.com/
- type: Compliance
  url: https://www.archiveresale.com/legal/security
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/archive-lifecycle.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/archive-conformance.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/archive-domain-security.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/archiveresale/
- type: X
  url: https://x.com/archiveresale
- type: Instagram
  url: https://www.instagram.com/archiveresaleco/
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence