specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans
provider: ANN Inc.
providerId: ann
created: '2026-05-04'
# Provenance stamped 2026-08-11: this artifact was written by the API Evangelist
# bulk sweep dated 2026-05-04, not harvested from the provider. See roadmap#35.
method: generated
modified: '2026-05-05'
reconciled: false
tags:
  - Affiliate Marketing
  - Retail
  - Fashion
description: >-
  ANN Inc. (Ann Taylor / LOFT, now under Sycamore Partners) does not publish a
  first-party developer API. Its public "API" surface is the Ann Taylor
  affiliate program operated through third-party networks (FlexOffers, CJ
  Affiliate). Compensation is a sales commission paid by Ann Taylor through
  the network, not a per-request API fee. There is no plan tier, free quota,
  or metered request price published by Ann Taylor itself.
plan_count: 0
verified: '2026-09-02'
notes: >-
  No first-party developer API. Affiliate commission rates are not publicly
  posted by Ann Taylor; publishers see them after joining the network. If ANN
  publishes commission tiers publicly, replace this scaffold with reconciled
  values. plan_count is an honest 0 and is deliberately not the length of
  plans[]: re-checked 2026-09-02, ANN Inc. publishes zero priced plans or tiers
  of its own. The single plans[] entry describes the affiliate program as a
  commercial surface, but every number in it (commission percentage, cookie
  window) is withheld until a publisher is approved inside FlexOffers or CJ, so
  nothing here is a published price.
sources:
  - https://www.flexoffers.com/affiliate-programs/ann-taylor-affiliate-program/
  - https://www.anntaylor.com
plans:
  - id: ann-affiliate-program
    name: Ann Taylor Affiliate Program
    type: usage-based
    description: >-
      Affiliate program operated via FlexOffers and CJ Affiliate. Publishers
      earn a sales commission on completed orders attributed via affiliate
      links. The exact commission percentage is disclosed inside the network
      after approval and is not publicly listed.
    entries:
      - label: Sales Commission
        description: Percentage of attributed sale value paid as commission via the affiliate network
        name: sales_commission
        type: metered
        metric: transaction
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: US
        unit: 1
        price: 'see network (FlexOffers / CJ); not publicly disclosed'
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Cookie Window
        description: Attribution window for affiliate referrals
        name: cookie_window
        type: flat
        metric: varies
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: US
        unit: 1
        price: 'see network'
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: Affiliate Link Generator (network-provided)
      - name: Product Catalog Feed (network-provided)
      - name: Commission Reporting (network-provided)
      - name: FlexOffers Network Membership
      - name: CJ Affiliate Network Membership (alternative)
maintainers:
  - FN: API Evangelist
    email: info@apievangelist.com
x-canonical:
  generated: '2026-10-08'
  vocabulary: all/0-working/economics/plans-canonical.yml
  models:
  - metered
  units:
  - negotiated
  - transaction
  plans:
  - name: Ann Taylor Affiliate Program
    access: other
    model: metered
    model_how: stated
    units:
    - negotiated
    - transaction
    periods:
    - per-use