Cider

Cider is a global direct-to-consumer digital-first fashion brand geared toward Gen Z shoppers, founded in 2020 and operating primarily at shopcider.com and through its mobile apps. Backed by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), DST Global, and Greenoaks Capital, Cider reached unicorn valuation as a fast-fashion challenger to SHEIN, using a data- and community-driven, on-demand manufacturing model to offer trend-forward women's clothing and accessories worldwide. Cider is a consumer retailer; it publishes no public developer API, developer portal, or API documentation. This profile was surfaced as an a16z portfolio company and added to the API Evangelist network as a company record.

Cider is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Fashion, E-Commerce, Direct-to-Consumer, and Retail.

Cider’s developer surface includes support and 5 more developer resources.

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11.8/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

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CompanyFashionE-CommerceDirect-to-ConsumerRetailConsumerApparelGen Z

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

Composite quality — 11.8/100 · minimal

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 0.9 / 20

Commercial Clarity 4.2 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.0 / 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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Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

Support

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

About

About

Source (apis.yml)

aid: cider
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/cider.png
name: Cider
description: Cider is a global direct-to-consumer digital-first fashion brand geared toward Gen Z shoppers, founded in 2020
  and operating primarily at shopcider.com and through its mobile apps. Backed by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), DST Global,
  and Greenoaks Capital, Cider reached unicorn valuation as a fast-fashion challenger to SHEIN, using a data- and community-driven,
  on-demand manufacturing model to offer trend-forward women's clothing and accessories worldwide. Cider is a consumer retailer;
  it publishes no public developer API, developer portal, or API documentation. This profile was surfaced as an a16z portfolio
  company and added to the API Evangelist network as a company record.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cider/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
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x-tier: stub
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specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-20'
tags:
- Company
- Fashion
- E-Commerce
- Direct-to-Consumer
- Retail
- Consumer
- Apparel
- Gen Z
apis: []
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/cider-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.shopcider.com/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.shopcider.com/policies/terms
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.shopcider.com/policies/privacy
- type: Support
  url: https://www.shopcider.com/support/faq/list
- type: About
  url: https://www.shopcider.com/about_us
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
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  date: '2026-07-20'
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