# Agent Shopping Tracker > Which stores and payment networks let AI agents buy — updated from the news. Plain-English reference for shoppers and small merchants. It tracks major stores, chat platforms, payment networks, and shared protocols that let AI agents buy. It is not a directory of every store. Last updated: November 6, 2026 (the newest dated fact in the data files). Publisher: A Digital Edge Marketing LLC project. Complete text for players, protocols, news, and digest issues: https://agent-shopping-tracker.vercel.app/llms-full.txt ## Pages - [Home tracker](https://agent-shopping-tracker.vercel.app/): filterable table of players - [Players](https://agent-shopping-tracker.vercel.app/players): one page for each tracked row - [Latest news](https://agent-shopping-tracker.vercel.app/news): dated source items - [Protocols](https://agent-shopping-tracker.vercel.app/protocols): explainers - [Compare](https://agent-shopping-tracker.vercel.app/compare): which stores are marked Live, and which protocols and payment networks each row names - [Weekly digest](https://agent-shopping-tracker.vercel.app/digest): newest issue first - [Shopify checkout opens wider, and agents get more ways to pay](https://agent-shopping-tracker.vercel.app/digest/2026-11-02): November 2, 2026. From October 27 to November 2, 2026, Shopify said browser agents can search products, update the cart, and complete checkout once the buyer approves, and it described shop.md, Shop.dev, and Shop Pay inside Muse, Claude Duet, and Instinct. Natural said Direct is generally available. An agent can choose ACH, a wire, or a realtime payment for Natural customers with a funded wallet. CryptoBriefing reported that an agent on PayBox can search Whop storefronts. Tencent said it signed a memorandum of understanding with Visa covering agentic commerce, and on November 2 TenPay Global and Mastercard signed one to explore agentic payments, including Mastercard Agent Pay, with no launch date. SB Payment Service said it built an AI Commerce Simulator so merchants and cart operators can check Universal Commerce Protocol connectivity and an agent purchase flow. No money moves. - [Stores open, banks say no, and agents get safer ways to pay](https://agent-shopping-tracker.vercel.app/digest/2026-10-26): October 26, 2026. From October 19 to October 26, 2026, stores and platforms described agent shopping, including a Shopify page where merchants publish facts for agents, Wells Fargo, Morgan Stanley, Citi, and Bank of America limited account access, and other companies described safer agent checkout, including a Link balance with a shopper-set limit. - [Who blocks AI shopping agents](https://agent-shopping-tracker.vercel.app/blocklist): public robots.txt for major US retailers, last checked 2026-10-28. robots.txt is a request, not enforcement. - [About](https://agent-shopping-tracker.vercel.app/about) - [Privacy](https://agent-shopping-tracker.vercel.app/privacy) - [RSS](https://agent-shopping-tracker.vercel.app/rss.xml) - [Full text](https://agent-shopping-tracker.vercel.app/llms-full.txt) ## How to read status - Live: shoppers can use it today, sometimes only in one country or at selected stores. - Pilot: a limited test, or access that is not open to everyone. - Announced: a public plan that is not yet live. It is not a general shopper checkout. - None: no completed agent purchase found. - Not yet live: shoppers cannot use it today. Announced rows say this, and a pilot can too, such as a developer beta. Notes on a row are uncertainty. Do not drop them when summarizing. The full text file includes them. ## What changed this week 16 news items dated within 7 days of November 7, 2026: - 2026-11-06: [Alexa for Shopping can take a text and a photo](https://agent-shopping-tracker.vercel.app/news#amazon-alexa-shopping-text-2026-11-06). Source: https://www.theverge.com/tech/1028587/amazon-alexa-shopping-ai-text-orders - 2026-11-06: [Cashfree lets AI agents read its hosted checkout](https://agent-shopping-tracker.vercel.app/news#cashfree-checkout-for-agents-2026-11-06). Source: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/ai/ai-insights/cashfree-opens-checkout-to-ai-agents-leaves-final-say-with-shoppers/articleshow/135594642.cms - 2026-11-06: [firmly launches Ask Agent on merchant websites](https://agent-shopping-tracker.vercel.app/news#firmly-ask-agent-2026-11-06). Source: https://retailtechinnovationhub.com/home/2026/11/6/agentic-commerce-startup-firmly-announces-15-million-series-a-led-by-squarepoint-capital - 2026-11-06: [Sardine launches Know Your Human for agent checkout](https://agent-shopping-tracker.vercel.app/news#sardine-kyh-2026-11-06). Source: https://sardine.ai/know-your-human - 2026-11-05: [Nuvei says most shoppers still want to approve agent spending](https://agent-shopping-tracker.vercel.app/news#nuvei-shopper-control-2026-11-05). Source: https://www.retailcustomerexperience.com/blogs/shoppers-will-let-ai-browse-but-they-still-want-their-hand-on-the-wallet/ - 2026-11-05: [Visa launches a benchmark of AI shopping tasks](https://agent-shopping-tracker.vercel.app/news#visa-agentic-commerce-benchmark-2026-11-05). Source: https://investor.visa.com/news/news-details/2026/Visa-Releases-First-of-Its-Kind-Industry-Benchmark-for-AI-Shopping-Almost-Half-of-Test-Runs-Fail/ - 2026-11-04: [Amazon opens a free Shop Direct signup for outside stores](https://agent-shopping-tracker.vercel.app/news#amazon-shop-direct-workspace-2026-11-04). Source: https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/retail/amazon-shop-direct-merchant-workspace - 2026-11-04: [Descope Envoy lets a site give a personal agent its own sign-in](https://agent-shopping-tracker.vercel.app/news#descope-envoy-2026-11-04). Source: https://www.descope.com/blog/post/envoy - 2026-11-04: [Google opens direct checkout in Canada on AI Mode and Gemini](https://agent-shopping-tracker.vercel.app/news#google-canada-direct-checkout-2026-11-04). Source: https://blog.google/intl/en-ca/products/explore-get-answers/a-new-way-to-shop-introducing-a-more-intuitive-agentic-shopping-experience-for-consumers-and-retailers-in-canada/ - 2026-11-04: [Microsoft Clarity tracks agent visits and lists products in Copilot](https://agent-shopping-tracker.vercel.app/news#microsoft-clarity-agents-2026-11-04). Source: https://clarity.microsoft.com/blog/clarity-connects-agents-llms-people/ - 2026-11-04: [Sunrate launches a virtual card for AI agent business payments](https://agent-shopping-tracker.vercel.app/news#sunrate-agentic-card-2026-11-04). Source: https://thepaypers.com/payments/news/sunrate-launches-agentic-card-for-ai-agent-initiated-business-payments - 2026-11-04: [Talkdesk survey finds few shoppers would let an agent pay](https://agent-shopping-tracker.vercel.app/news#talkdesk-holiday-agent-survey-2026-11-04). Source: https://www.talkdesk.com/news-and-press/press-releases/2026-holiday-shopping-survey/ - 2026-11-03: [IXOPAY announces an Agentic Suite for agent payments](https://agent-shopping-tracker.vercel.app/news#ixopay-ixo-one-agentic-suite-2026-11-03). Not yet live. Source: https://www.accessnewswire.com/newsroom/en/computers-technology-and-internet/ixopay-announces-ixo-one-a-modular-payments-platform-built-for-an-1245553 - 2026-11-03: [Mastercard discloses a broad OpenAI partnership beyond Agent Pay](https://agent-shopping-tracker.vercel.app/news#mastercard-openai-partnership-2026-11-03). Not yet live. Source: https://thepaypers.com/payments/news/mastercard-partners-with-openai-on-agent-pay-and-ai-transformation - 2026-11-03: [Zalando plans an in-app AI agent checkout for other shops in 2027](https://agent-shopping-tracker.vercel.app/news#zalando-extended-agent-2026-11-03). Not yet live. Source: https://corporate.zalando.com/en/financials/zalando-q3-2026-results - 2026-11-02: [Tencent and Mastercard sign an MoU to explore agentic payments](https://agent-shopping-tracker.vercel.app/news#tencent-mastercard-mou-2026-11-02). Not yet live. Source: https://www.prnewswire.com/apac/news-releases/tencent-and-mastercard-sign-mou-on-cross-border-payment-interoperability-and-agentic-payments-302926079.html ## Who blocks AI shopping agents - [Who blocks AI shopping agents](https://agent-shopping-tracker.vercel.app/blocklist): public robots.txt for major US retailers, last checked 2026-10-28 (October 28, 2026). robots.txt is a request, not enforcement. - JSON: https://agent-shopping-tracker.vercel.app/blocklist.json - CSV: https://agent-shopping-tracker.vercel.app/blocklist.csv - License: Free to use with a link back. CC BY 4.0. - On October 28, 2026 we requested the public robots.txt file for 48 US retail or marketplace sites. We could read 44 files. 4 sites did not return a file we could read: Victoria's Secret, GameStop, Petco, and Saks Fifth Avenue. Those rows stay unread and are left out of the counts below. - 15 of the 44 readable files name at least one of the 14 agents we track. 6 readable files fully disallow at least one of them: Amazon (GPTBot, ChatGPT-User, OAI-SearchBot, ClaudeBot, Claude-User, Claude-SearchBot, PerplexityBot, Perplexity-User, Google-Extended, CCBot, Bytespider, Meta-ExternalAgent); Instacart (PerplexityBot, Perplexity-User, Meta-ExternalAgent); Chewy (Amazonbot); Temu (Bytespider); Lululemon (Meta-ExternalAgent); IKEA (Amazonbot). 29 readable files name none of them, including Walmart, Target, Etsy, The Home Depot, Lowe's, Costco, Sam's Club, and 22 others. Not named is not permission. A file can still set rules for User-agent: *, and a site can block an agent without naming it. - GPTBot is fully disallowed in 1 readable file, ClaudeBot in 1, PerplexityBot in 2, Google-Extended in 1, CCBot in 1, and Bytespider in 2. ChatGPT-User is fully disallowed in 1, Claude-User in 1, and Perplexity-User in 2. - 1 readable file fully disallows all three user-triggered tokens (ChatGPT-User, Claude-User, and Perplexity-User): Amazon. - 1 readable file fully disallows User-agent: *: Instacart. That asks every unnamed crawler to stay off the whole site. Agents we marked not mentioned on that site can still fall under that * rule.