# element 5 AG

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/element-5/  
**APIs profiled:** 0

element 5 AG was a German e-commerce and digital-distribution company founded in 2000 and headquartered in Cologne, Germany. It operated a platform that let software developers and publishers sell their products and licenses directly to customers online, growing to more than 10,000 clients across 150 countries and becoming one of Europe's leading software e-commerce providers. element 5 was acquired by U.S.-based Digital River (its direct competitor) for roughly $120M and subsequently absorbed and renamed Digital River GmbH, ceasing to operate as an independent company. It was an early Earlybird Venture Capital portfolio company; this profile records its identity and exit. No live independent API or developer surface remains to enrich.

## Kin Score — 0.1 / 100 (minimal)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 0.1).

| 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 |

Regulatory layer — **Payments**: 0.0 (matched via tags).

## 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).

## Tags

Company, E-Commerce, Software Distribution, Digital Goods, Payments, Germany, Acquired

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/element-5/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.