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CopThis

CopThis is the company behind Merchbar, the official online merchandise retailer for musicians and artists, selling authenticated band and artist merch (vinyl, apparel, accessories) across thousands of artist stores. CopThis operates the Merchbar Partner API — a REST contract that merchandise and fulfillment partners implement so Merchbar can list a partner's stores and merchandise and place, track, update, and cancel orders on behalf of Merchbar customers. The API uses HTTP Basic authentication over HTTPS, a JSON envelope with a top-level data key and pagination for collections, URI-path versioning (v1), and an error envelope for 4xx/5xx responses. CopThis is a portfolio company of 500 Global.

CopThis publishes 2 APIs on the APIs.io network: Orders API and Stores API. Tagged areas include Company, Music, Merchandise, E-Commerce, and Retail.

CopThis’ developer surface includes documentation, API reference, authentication, and 13 more developer resources.

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35.2/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 51/100 agent ready Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
AccessSelf serve
2 APIs 1 MCP Servers
CompanyMusicMerchandiseE-CommerceRetailOrdersFulfillmentPartner APIMarketplace

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 35.2/100 · thin
Contract Quality 15.9 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 8.3 / 20
Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20
Operational Transparency 1.7 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 9.3 / 10
Agent readiness — 51/100 · agent ready
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 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 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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APIs 2

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

CopThis Orders API

Order previews, creation, tracking, address updates, and cancellation.

CopThis Stores API

Partner stores (typically one per artist) and their merchandise.

MCP Servers 1

Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.

copthis-mcp.yml

MCP SERVER

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Copthis Authentication

http · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Copthis Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation
 APIReference
APIReference

Agent Surfaces 3

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

MCPServer
MCPServer
 AgentSkill
AgentSkill
 LLMsTxt
LLMsTxt

Design & Contract 5

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

ErrorCatalog
ErrorCatalog
 Conventions
Conventions
 DataModel
DataModel
 Lifecycle
Lifecycle
 Conformance
Conformance

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Deprecation
Deprecation

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website
Website

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Overlay
Overlay

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: copthis
name: CopThis
description: CopThis is the company behind Merchbar, the official online merchandise retailer for musicians and artists, selling
  authenticated band and artist merch (vinyl, apparel, accessories) across thousands of artist stores. CopThis operates the
  Merchbar Partner API — a REST contract that merchandise and fulfillment partners implement so Merchbar can list a partner's
  stores and merchandise and place, track, update, and cancel orders on behalf of Merchbar customers. The API uses HTTP Basic
  authentication over HTTPS, a JSON envelope with a top-level data key and pagination for collections, URI-path versioning
  (v1), and an error envelope for 4xx/5xx responses. CopThis is a portfolio company of 500 Global.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/copthis/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- 500-global
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-18'
image: https://merchbar.com/favicon.ico
tags:
- Company
- Music
- Merchandise
- E-Commerce
- Retail
- Orders
- Fulfillment
- Partner API
- Marketplace
apis:
- aid: copthis:copthis-orders-api
  name: CopThis Orders API
  description: Order previews, creation, tracking, address updates, and cancellation.
  humanURL: https://github.com/CopThis/partner-api
  baseURL: https://api.partner.example.com/v1
  tags:
  - Orders
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/copthis-orders-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/CopThis/partner-api/blob/master/partner_api.md
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/copthis-authentication.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/copthis-problem-types.yml
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/copthis-conventions.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/copthis-data-model.yml
  - type: Lifecycle
    url: lifecycle/copthis-lifecycle.yml
  - type: Deprecation
    url: lifecycle/copthis-lifecycle.yml
  - type: Conformance
    url: conformance/copthis-conformance.yml
- aid: copthis:copthis-stores-api
  name: CopThis Stores API
  description: Partner stores (typically one per artist) and their merchandise.
  humanURL: https://github.com/CopThis/partner-api
  baseURL: https://api.partner.example.com/v1
  tags:
  - Stores
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/copthis-stores-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/CopThis/partner-api/blob/master/partner_api.md
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/copthis-authentication.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/copthis-problem-types.yml
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/copthis-conventions.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/copthis-data-model.yml
  - type: Lifecycle
    url: lifecycle/copthis-lifecycle.yml
  - type: Deprecation
    url: lifecycle/copthis-lifecycle.yml
  - type: Conformance
    url: conformance/copthis-conformance.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/copthis-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://merchbar.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://github.com/CopThis/partner-api/blob/master/partner_api.md
- type: APIReference
  url: https://github.com/CopThis/partner-api/blob/master/partner_api.md#api-endpoints
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/CopThis
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/copthis-authentication.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/copthis-problem-types.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/copthis-conventions.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/copthis-data-model.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/copthis-lifecycle.yml
- type: Deprecation
  url: lifecycle/copthis-lifecycle.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/copthis-conformance.yml
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/copthis-partner-api-overlay.yaml
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/copthis-mcp.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/copthis-llms.txt
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence