# Tock

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/tock/  
**Website:** https://www.exploretock.com/  
**APIs profiled:** 2

Tock is a Chicago-founded reservation, ticketed events, takeout, and delivery management platform for restaurants, wineries, and hospitality venues. Founded in 2014 by Nick Kokonas, Brian Fitzpatrick, and Grant Achatz to support prepaid and ticketed dining (originated at Alinea Group), Tock pioneered the prepaid reservation model and expanded into takeout, wine delivery, and experience ticketing through the pandemic. Squarespace acquired Tock for approximately $400 million in 2021, then sold it to American Express in June 2024 as part of Amex's strategy to deepen its dining and premium-experience footprint. Tock is operated as an Amex-owned property today and continues to serve restaurants globally through exploretock.com. Tock publishes API documentation and data-model specifications at api.exploretock.com covering its Reservation and Guest data models. Programmatic access is delivered through a Data Exports API (twice-daily reservation and guest exports), a Guest Profile Ingest API (create/update of basic guest information), and a real-time Reservation Webhook. API and webhook access is an entitlement of the Premium and Premium Unlimited plans; partners request an API key by emailing integrate@tockhq.com from a Tock Dashboard Account Owner. There is no self-serve developer signup; deeper POS, CRM, marketing, loyalty, and ticketing integrations are coordinated through Tock's partnerships team.

## Kin Score — 34.7 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-25 under rubric 0.14.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 34.7).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 59.3 |
| Contract Quality | 44.2 |
| Governance | 25.0 |
| Contract Governance | 25.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 10.5 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 26.2 |
| Commercial Clarity | 40.8 |
| Access Clarity | 40.8 |

## Agent readiness — 18.0 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | bearer |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |
| Delegated Identity | no |
| Protected Resource Metadata | no |
| Dynamic Client Registration | no |
| Agentic Commerce | no |

## Access

Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (2)

- **Tock Reservation API** — Reservation data model and delivery surface published at api.exploretock.com. Reservation records (bookings, ticketed experiences, takeout/delivery orders, parties, pricing, pay...
- **Tock Guest API** — Guest (CRM) data model and ingest surface published at api.exploretock.com. Guest profiles capture contact details, dietary restrictions and preferences, tags, per-business and ...

## Security (2)

- **Tock Authentication** — apiKey · 1 scheme
- **Tock Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Tock Plans Pricing**

## Use cases (5)

- **Fine Dining Reservations** — Prepaid and deposit-backed reservations for tasting menus and high-demand seatings, reducing no-shows and stabilizing per-cover revenue.
- **Wine Country and Tasting Rooms** — Ticketed tasting flights, tours, and member experiences for wineries and vineyards with capacity and SKU constraints.
- **Chef Events and Pop-Ups** — Ticketed dinners, collaborations, and limited-run events where prepayment and assigned seating are essential.
- **Takeout and Wine Delivery** — Direct-to-consumer pickup, delivery, and retail wine sales launched and expanded during and after the pandemic.
- **American Express Dining Benefits** — Surfacing curated dining and experience inventory to Amex cardmembers as part of Amex's premium-experience portfolio.

## Tags

Hospitality, Reservations, Restaurant, Wineries, Ticketed Events, Takeout, Delivery, Experience, Dining, American Express

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