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Shopify Opens Store Checkouts to AI Agents

ByPYMNTS |September 28, 2026 | Shopify now enables browser agents to check out on the websites of all its eligible merchants, Gil Greenberg , staff product manager, checkout at Shopify, wrote in a. . .
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September 28, 2026
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Shopify Opens Store Checkouts to AI Agents
WHAT HAPPENED
Shopify already enabled agents to search products, browse collections and add items to a cart through structured tools via the platform’s support for WebMCP for storefront and carts, according to the article. Now, Shopify also allows agents to read the checkout, update it and submit it with the buyer’s authorization via WebMCP support for checkout, including Shopify’s Shop Pay , per the article. There are different access methods to the same protocol, to support wherever your agent runs. Please add us to your preferred sources list so our news, data and interviews show up in your feed. This announcement came a week after Shopify CEO Tobias Lütke said that the company partnered with Meta to enable that firm’s Muse agent to shop andcheck outwith Shop Pay on all Shopify stores.
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