# Cider

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/cider/  
**Website:** https://www.shopcider.com/  
**APIs profiled:** 0

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.

## Kin Score — 5.0 / 100 (minimal)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 5.0).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 50.0 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 0.0 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 0.0 |
| Commercial Clarity | 0.0 |
| Access Clarity | 0.0 |

## Agent readiness — 0.0 (human-only)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | no |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Unknown — onboarding: unknown, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: low).

## Security (1)

- **Cider Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · DMARC

## Tags

Company, Fashion, E-Commerce, Direct to Consumer, Retail, Consumer, Apparel, Gen Z

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/cider/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.