What is the difference between the License API and the Coupon API?
License API: your firm buys licenses from us at discounted license pricing and your server issues them. Traders buy and download on your website, and you set their price. Coupon API: you give the trader a single-use discount code and they buy their license from PropFirmConnector directly. We handle checkout, billing and renewals, your firm is never invoiced, and the API shows whether each code was redeemed.
Is the License API worth building if we sell only a few NinjaTrader licenses?
Yes. The integration is what gives traders NinjaTrader access the moment they check out on your website, with no manual step, so build it at any volume, even one customer a month. It is three endpoints, with an OpenAPI spec and a Markdown reference you can hand to an AI coding assistant.
Can our support team use Claude, ChatGPT or Codex instead of the API?
Yes. Our MCP server is an alternative to the API for AI agents. An administrator connects an AI app with their Vendor Admin sign-in and chooses what it can do. Your support staff and developers can then check, activate and change licenses, create discount codes and get download links by prompting. Each change applies immediately, like an API call, under the same pricing and license rules, and an owner can turn AI changes off at any time.
Can we earn a commission for referring traders?
Yes, through the affiliate program, which needs no API. Your customers get a discount with your affiliate coupon, and you earn a revenue share on each one you refer. The License API and Coupon API pay no revenue share: the whole coupon discount goes to the trader, and with the License API you earn by charging traders more than we bill you.
Do we need Tradovate accounts to offer NinjaTrader to our traders?
No. With PropFirmConnector your traders connect the Rithmic logins they already have in NinjaTrader 8. You keep your existing Rithmic data feed, risk management system and account types, and we handle NinjaTrader connection support. Adding Tradovate accounts instead means a second data feed, a second risk system and an approval process with NinjaTrader that prop firms tell us takes 6 to 12 months and is not guaranteed.
Is the Vendor API only for prop firms?
No. Prop firms use it so traders can run the firm’s Rithmic accounts in NinjaTrader 8. NinjaTrader vendors (add-ons, indicators, trade copiers, VPS hosting) use it to offer their customers a discounted PropFirmConnector license.
Can we use both APIs?
Yes. They are separate permissions on one vendor account, so you can start with coupon codes and add the License API later. An existing coupon key keeps working.
Which accounts can traders connect?
Rithmic evaluation, funded and live brokerage accounts, including account types with no native NinjaTrader connection. Send us your website and account types and we will confirm your setup.
What does the trader need to connect?
NinjaTrader 8 on Windows, the PropFirmConnector add-on with an active license, and valid Rithmic credentials from their firm or broker. The Vendor API does not create trading accounts, supply market data or replace NinjaTrader’s own requirements.
What happens if the customer already has PropFirmConnector?
With the License API we match the email you send to their account and add a separate license slot from your firm. Licenses they already hold stay independent. If the email is new, we create an account.
How is each API billed?
License API: your firm collects customer payments and we invoice your firm monthly at your agreed license pricing. A monthly license is charged every 30 days while enabled; a lifetime license is charged once. Status checks, downloads and retries are free. Sponsored-access terms are agreed separately. Coupon API: your firm is never invoiced. The trader buys the license from PropFirmConnector directly.