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Agentic checkout
Definition
A checkout initiated or completed by an AI agent for a shopper, either inside the AI surface the shopper is using or on the merchant's site, using payment credentials the shopper has authorized. The merchant remains the seller and merchant of record; the agent handles the steps a person would otherwise click through.
Defined in What Is Agentic Checkout? The 2026 Variants, Who Sells, and What to Configure.
Where Agentic checkout comes up
The guides that put this term to work, rather than just defining it.
- AI Shopping ChannelsUniversal Commerce Protocol (UCP): Getting Google Checkout in AI Mode and Gemini
- AI Shopping ChannelsInstant Checkout Is Gone: How Buying Inside ChatGPT Works Now
- Agentic CommerceCopilot Checkout: The Configuration Guide
- AI Shopping ChannelsStripe Agentic Commerce: The Agentic Commerce Protocol, the Agentic Commerce Suite and Shared Payment Tokens
- Agentic CommerceWhat Is Agentic Commerce? The Plain-English Definition and How It Works
- Agentic CommerceAgentic Commerce on Shopify: The 2026 Guide
- Agentic CommerceAgentic Commerce vs Traditional E-commerce: What Changes and What Doesn't
- ShopifyCheckout Extensibility: What to Customize, What to Leave
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