Agentic Commerce

Five different protocols now control how AI agents find, recommend, and sell your products. If that sentence made your eyes glaze over, you’re not alone. The agentic commerce protocol landscape is moving fast. Google launched UCP in January 2026. Anthropic donated MCP to the Linux Foundation. OpenAI and Stripe built ACP. Google added AP2 for […]

Last month, a customer bought an $89 skincare set from a Shopify store. The store owner never saw the visit. No pageview in GA4. No add-to-cart event. No checkout session. The entire purchase happened inside ChatGPT. This is zero-click commerce, and it’s already changing how products get discovered and sold on Shopify. Here’s the short […]

73% of shoppers are already using AI in their shopping journey (Riskified, 2025). AI agents are browsing, comparing, and buying products on behalf of consumers. Shopify launched Agentic Storefronts. Google rolled out the Universal Commerce Protocol. ChatGPT added instant checkout. The shift is real, and it’s accelerating. But here’s what the hype cycle isn’t telling […]

Agentic AI in retail and ecommerce is projected to be worth $60.43 billion in 2026, growing at 29.29% CAGR to reach $218.37 billion by 2031 (Mordor Intelligence, 2026). Every major tech company launched agentic commerce features between late 2025 and early 2026: Shopify’s Agentic Storefronts, Google’s Universal Commerce Protocol, ChatGPT’s Instant Checkout, Amazon’s Rufus upgrades, […]

Your customers are already asking ChatGPT and Perplexity to find products instead of typing into Google. Traffic to U. S. retail websites from generative AI sources jumped 1,200% year-over-year in early 2025 (Adobe Analytics, 2025). That’s not a trend on the horizon. It’s already reshaping how products get discovered and purchased. ChatGPT has 800 million […]

Google just announced it’s bringing ads directly into AI Mode, the conversational AI search experience that launched in 2025. The February 11, 2026 announcement from Vidhya Srinivasan, VP/General Manager of Ads & Commerce, confirms what many suspected: AI-powered search is becoming a paid advertising channel. For Shopify merchants, this changes the game. If your products […]

AI agents need seven categories of product data to discover, evaluate, and sell your products: core product information, structured attributes, product identifiers, Schema.org markup, real-time inventory, shipping data, and conversational commerce fields. Without complete, machine-readable data, AI agents skip your products and recommend competitors instead. That’s the uncomfortable truth for most Shopify merchants right now. […]

Implement Agentic Commerce on Shopify (No Code Required) Your customers are already asking AI assistants to find products. “Hey ChatGPT, find me a sustainable water bottle under $30.” “Gemini, what’s the best project management software for small teams?” The question isn’t whether AI shopping will matter to your store. It’s whether your store will show […]

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Google AI Mode lets customers buy products without visiting your website. A customer types a question into Google Search. Instead of receiving a list of links, they receive an AI-generated answer. If the question involves shopping (e.g., “best running shoes under $150”), the AI can now recommend products and complete the purchase right there in […]

Imagine opening your Shopify admin on a Monday morning and noticing something unusual. An order came through. But the referral source shows: “ChatGPT via Agentic Storefront.” The customer never visited your website. They asked ChatGPT to “find a retinol serum under $50 with good reviews for sensitive skin.” The AI found your product, compared it […]

It’s Black Friday, something unusual happens on Amazon. 38% of all shopping sessions involve Rufus, Amazon’s AI agent. Not a chatbot. Not a search bar. An AI that shoppers talked to like a knowledgable friend. “Find me running shoes under $150 with good arch support that will arrive by Friday.” Rufus doesn’t just list results. […]

Most Shopify stores run on automation. An order comes in, an email goes out, inventory updates, and the customer gets a tracking number. It works, and it works well for what it does. But automation isn’t agentic. The difference between these two approaches is becoming increasingly important as AI reshapes how e-commerce operates, and understanding […]

On January 11, 2026, Google and Shopify announced the Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP). This open standard changes how AI assistants interact with online stores. If you run a Shopify store, this affects you directly. UCP means customers can now discover and buy your products through AI interfaces like Google’s AI Mode, Gemini, ChatGPT, and Microsoft […]

Agentic commerce is an approach to online shopping where AI agents autonomously perform tasks on behalf of customers, including product discovery, price comparison, and purchase completion, with minimal human intervention. This represents a fundamental shift from traditional e-commerce. Instead of customers browsing websites and making decisions themselves, AI systems handle these responsibilities. If you run […]