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Latest · Checkout & Protocols · Sep 19, 2026

From recommended to transacted: agentic commerce

Getting recommended is the on-ramp; being transactable is the destination. Adobe has AI-referred retail visits converting 60% higher than other traffic in July 2026, yet most brands still make an agent find them and then dead-end it at a checkout it cannot complete. The series finale: why discovery without transactability leaks the value, what ACP, UCP and AP2 do, and how a recommendation becomes a purchase inside the chat.

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Checkout & Protocols · Sep 17, 2026

Returns, Refunds and Chargebacks on Agent-Placed Orders

The question every ops team asks second, right after "can an agent buy from us". Here is how returns, refunds and disputes actually work on agent-placed orders.

Checkout & Protocols · Sep 17, 2026

Who Is Liable When an AI Agent Makes a Fraudulent Purchase

Three parties could plausibly carry an unauthorised agent purchase. Today, in most cases, it is the merchant. Here is why, and what reduces the exposure.

Checkout & Protocols · Sep 17, 2026

PayPal in Agentic Commerce: The Wallet Advantage

Most agentic payments coverage is merchant-side. PayPal's position is different, and the difference matters when there is no human present to enter a card.

Checkout & Protocols · Sep 17, 2026

Visa, Mastercard and the Agent Trust Frameworks

The card networks are solving the one problem agentic checkout cannot solve for itself: proving the agent is allowed to spend. Here is what that means for merchants.

Checkout & Protocols · Sep 17, 2026

Stripe vs Adyen vs PayPal vs Checkout.com for Agentic Commerce

Stripe, Adyen, PayPal and Checkout.com are all moving on agentic payments from different starting positions. A side-by-side for merchants deciding where to sit.

Checkout & Protocols · Sep 17, 2026

Stripe and Agentic Commerce: What the Payments Layer Actually Does

When people say "Stripe does agentic commerce", they mean a payments primitive, not a storefront. Here is the line between what Stripe handles and what stays yours.

Checkout & Protocols · Jul 22, 2026

Agentic Payments Explained: Rails, Protocols, Liability

Six live rails, five protocols, one merchant of record: you. A Stripe Shared Payment Token carries a currency, a maximum amount and an expiry set by the agent; Shopify charges no fee on Meta's direct checkout; OpenAI's 4% was retired in March 2026.

Checkout & Protocols · Jul 21, 2026

The Agent Collections Problem: Who Invoices an AI Agent That Owes You Money?

Every agentic-checkout tool solves outbound spend: an agent buying from you. Almost none solve the reverse - invoicing, billing, or collecting from an agent-run account. That gap sits squarely in Layer 03, and it's still open.

Checkout & Protocols · Jul 18, 2026

Zepto, Swiggy Instamart and Blinkit MCP: Official Status

Official Zepto and Swiggy Instamart MCP documentation, current endpoints, and the distinction between verified access and unofficial Blinkit automation.

Checkout & Protocols · Jul 17, 2026

India's Agentic Payments Infrastructure: P3P, UPI ReservePay, OTM, and What It Means for Merchants

India built the most sophisticated agentic payments infrastructure in any major market. Pine Labs' P3P on NPCI's UPI ReservePay and OTM rails, with the Grantex identity + audit layer, is what the US ACP + AP2 + TAP stack is still catching up to.

Checkout & Protocols · Jul 14, 2026

ACP, UCP, AP2, MCP, A2A: A Brand's Guide to AI Commerce Protocols

Five acronyms, five different jobs. They're not competing standards fighting for the same layer - they stack into distinct floors of the same building. Here's what each one actually does, who's

Checkout & Protocols · Jul 14, 2026

Amazon Buy for Me: Should Your Brand Opt In?

Buy for Me is Amazon's first outbound-agent product - Rufus can now complete a purchase on your DTC site, with Amazon acting as the front end. The question isn't "is it real?" (500+ retailers

Checkout & Protocols · Jul 14, 2026

Unified Checkout for AI Agents: The Complete Guide

Winning visibility is half the work. If the shopper taps Buy inside ChatGPT and gets kicked to a desktop form on your website, you've lost 30-50% of the conversion lift agentic commerce is

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