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Shift4Shop

Shift4Shop (formerly 3dcart) is an e-commerce platform providing a REST API for managing products, categories, orders, customers, coupons, and store configuration data. The API enables developers to build integrations, automate fulfillment, synchronize inventory, and manage the full lifecycle of an online store programmatically.

Shift4Shop publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include E-Commerce, Shopping Cart, Products, Orders, and Customers.

Shift4Shop’s developer surface includes documentation, engineering blog, pricing, and 9 more developer resources.

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24.5/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 3/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1
AccessFreemium
1 APIs
E-CommerceShopping CartProductsOrdersCustomersCategoriesCouponsInventory

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scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1
Composite quality — 24.5/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 2.2 / 20
Commercial Clarity 10.0 / 20
Operational Transparency 5.5 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.9 / 10
Agent readiness — 3/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10
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 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 1

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

Shift4Shop REST API

RESTful web service for managing all aspects of a Shift4Shop online store including products, categories, orders, customers, coupons, and store configuration. Supports GET, POST...

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Shift4Shop Plans Pricing

5 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Shift4Shop Rate Limits

2 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Shift4Shop Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 1

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

Shift4Shop Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrg
GitHubOrg

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

StatusPage
StatusPage
 RateLimits
RateLimits

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing
Pricing
 Plans
Plans
 FinOps
FinOps

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Blog
Blog

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

X
X

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: shift4shop
name: Shift4Shop
description: Shift4Shop (formerly 3dcart) is an e-commerce platform providing a REST API for managing products, categories,
  orders, customers, coupons, and store configuration data. The API enables developers to build integrations, automate fulfillment,
  synchronize inventory, and manage the full lifecycle of an online store programmatically.
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/shift4shop.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/shift4shop/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: 2026-06-13
modified: 2026-06-13
specificationVersion: '0.19'
tags:
- E-Commerce
- Shopping Cart
- Products
- Orders
- Customers
- Categories
- Coupons
- Inventory
apis:
- aid: shift4shop:shift4shop-rest-api
  name: Shift4Shop REST API
  description: RESTful web service for managing all aspects of a Shift4Shop online store including products, categories, orders,
    customers, coupons, and store configuration. Supports GET, POST, PUT, and DELETE HTTP methods. Authentication is via OAuth2
    or application API keys managed through the Store Manager.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://apirest.3dcart.com/
  baseURL: https://apirest.3dcart.com/3dCartWebAPI/v1/
  tags:
  - E-Commerce
  - REST
  - Products
  - Orders
  - Customers
  - Categories
  - Coupons
  - Inventory
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://apirest.3dcart.com/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://support.3dcart.com/Knowledgebase/Article/View/370/6/how-can-i-create-an-app-for-shift4shop
  contact:
  - FN: Shift4Shop Support
    url: https://www.shift4shop.com/support.htm
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/shift4shop-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.shift4shop.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://apirest.3dcart.com/
- type: GitHubOrg
  url: https://github.com/3dcart
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/shift4shop
- type: Blog
  url: https://blog.shift4shop.com/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.shift4shop.com/plans.html
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://shift4payments.statuspage.io/
- type: X
  url: https://twitter.com/Shift4Shop
- type: Plans
  url: plans/shift4shop-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/shift4shop-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/shift4shop-finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com