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Launch Notes
Read launch updates, buyer guides, and short notes on the APIs featured in the storefront.
Getting Crypto Prices in Code Without Signing Up for a Subscription
Most crypto price APIs sell you a monthly plan for a handful of calls a day. Here is what you actually need, what the free public endpoints do to you at scale, and how to structure a price fetch that does not break.
Free Exchange Rate APIs in 2026: Rate Limits, Staleness, and When You Should Pay
A working comparison of the free FX rate APIs developers actually reach for, what breaks at scale, and the point where paying pennies per call becomes cheaper than the free tier.
RapidAPI Alternatives for Indie Developers in 2026
A blunt look at the options for buying API access as a solo dev or small team in 2026 — marketplaces, direct vendors, self-hosting — and how to pick based on your actual call volume.
Blocking Disposable Emails at Signup: A Practical API Guide
Throwaway inboxes wreck your activation metrics and your free tier. Here is how to detect disposable email domains at signup with one API call, plus the failure modes to avoid.
IP Geolocation APIs: What They Actually Tell You (and What They Do Not)
IP geolocation is great for currency defaults and fraud signals, and terrible for anything requiring precision. A developer guide to using it correctly, with request examples.
Converting Web Pages to Markdown: How to Build AI-Ready Content Pipelines
Clean markdown extraction from any URL for RAG pipelines, scraping, and AI agent workflows. JavaScript rendering, table preservation, and practical Python examples.
DNS Lookup API: A Developer's Guide to Programmatic DNS Queries
How to query A, AAAA, MX, NS, TXT, CAA, SRV, and SOA DNS records in a single API call. Practical examples for email validation, security research, and infrastructure monitoring.
Launch Stack: The Fastest Way to Sell API Access with Prepaid Credits
Why the launch offer is prepaid credits, unified routing, and a catalog built around the highest-demand API categories.
Five API Categories Worth Selling First
A practical launch catalog for revenue: start with the API categories buyers already compare on budget and usage.