Poynt

Poynt (GoDaddy Poynt) is an open commerce platform for merchants built around smart payment terminals and a cloud API. Its Poynt Cloud API (services.poynt.net) lets developers build and distribute business apps that read and write orders, transactions, customers, products, catalogs, inventory, taxes and businesses, register webhooks for real-time events, and tokenize card data in the browser with Poynt Collect. Authentication is OAuth 2.0 using a self-signed JWT bearer grant that is exchanged for a short-lived access token. The platform serves three integration audiences: payment processors, terminal OEMs, and independent app developers.

Poynt publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Consumer, Payments, Point of Sale, and Commerce.

The Poynt catalog on APIs.io includes 1 event-driven AsyncAPI specification.

Poynt’s developer surface includes documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, support, authentication, and 17 more developer resources.

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31.0/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 32/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
AccessSelf serve
1 APIs
CompanyConsumerPaymentsPoint of SaleCommerceMerchant ServicesPayment ProcessingDeveloper Platform

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 31.0/100 · thin
Contract Quality 5.7 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 11.3 / 20
Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20
Operational Transparency 3.8 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 9.3 / 10
Agent readiness — 32/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 9 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 6 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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APIs 1

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

Poynt Cloud API

The Poynt Cloud API lets developers manage a merchant business's orders, transactions, customers, products, catalogs, inventory and taxes, register webhooks for real-time events...

Event Specifications 1

AsyncAPI definitions for this provider's event-driven and streaming APIs.

Poynt Webhooks

ASYNCAPI

Security Posture 2

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

Poynt Authentication

oauth2 · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Poynt Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal
DeveloperPortal
 GettingStarted
GettingStarted

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation
 APIReference
APIReference

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

LLMsTxt
LLMsTxt

Design & Contract 8

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Conventions
Conventions
 Idempotency
Idempotency
 Conformance
Conformance
 ErrorCatalog
ErrorCatalog
 Lifecycle
Lifecycle
 Webhooks
Webhooks
 DataModel
DataModel
 Components
Components

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Build 3

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization
 Packages
Packages
 SDKs
SDKs

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication

Operate 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support
Support
 Support
Support
 StatusPage
StatusPage

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website
Website

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: poynt
name: Poynt
description: 'Poynt (GoDaddy Poynt) is an open commerce platform for merchants built around smart payment terminals and a
  cloud API. Its Poynt Cloud API (services.poynt.net) lets developers build and distribute business apps that read and write
  orders, transactions, customers, products, catalogs, inventory, taxes and businesses, register webhooks for real-time events,
  and tokenize card data in the browser with Poynt Collect. Authentication is OAuth 2.0 using a self-signed JWT bearer grant
  that is exchanged for a short-lived access token. The platform serves three integration audiences: payment processors, terminal
  OEMs, and independent app developers.'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/poynt/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
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
image: https://poynt.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/poynt-logo.png
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- gv
- matrix-partners
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-20'
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-20'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 11
  pass: local-v1
tags:
- Company
- Consumer
- Payments
- Point of Sale
- Commerce
- Merchant Services
- Payment Processing
- Developer Platform
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
apis:
- name: Poynt Cloud API
  description: The Poynt Cloud API lets developers manage a merchant business's orders, transactions, customers, products,
    catalogs, inventory and taxes, register webhooks for real-time events, and collect/tokenize card data. Base host services.poynt.net;
    OAuth 2.0 self-signed JWT bearer authentication; versioned via the Api-Version header; idempotency via the POYNT-REQUEST-ID
    header.
  humanURL: https://docs.poynt.com/api-reference/index.html
  baseURL: https://services.poynt.net
  tags:
  - Payments
  - Point of Sale
  - Orders
  - Transactions
  - Webhooks
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.poynt.com/app-integration/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.poynt.com/api-reference/index.html
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/poynt-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.poynt.com
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://docs.poynt.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.poynt.com/app-integration/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://docs.poynt.com/api-reference/index.html
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://docs.poynt.com/app-integration/
- type: Support
  url: https://support.poynt.com
- type: Support
  url: https://discuss.poynt.net
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/poynt
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://poynt.statuspage.io
- type: Packages
  url: packages/poynt-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/poynt-packages.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/poynt-authentication.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/poynt-conventions.yml
- type: Idempotency
  url: conventions/poynt-conventions.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/poynt-conformance.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/poynt-problem-types.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/poynt-lifecycle.yml
- type: Webhooks
  url: asyncapi/poynt-webhooks.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/poynt-data-model.yml
- type: Components
  url: components/poynt-components.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/poynt-llms.txt