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title: "Agentic commerce, defined | Agent Ready Checkout"
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# Agentic commerce, defined | Agent Ready Checkout

> Agentic commerce: Buying and selling where a software agent acting for a person or business searches, selects and pays. Dated and sourced.

Source: https://agentreadycheckout.com/glossary/agentic-commerce
Site: Agent Ready Checkout
Last reviewed: 2026-11-04

Glossary

# Agentic commerce

In short

Agentic commerce: Buying and selling where a software agent acting for a person or business searches, selects and pays, with the person approving by instruction or per purchase. Agentic commerce appears in 21 sourced facts on this site, the first in Stripe. After Agentic commerce the glossary lists Agentic Commerce Protocol (ACP).

## Definition

Buying and selling where a software agent acting for a person or business searches, selects and pays, with the person approving by instruction or per purchase.

## Example

Meta's Muse buys from online merchants and checks out through Stripe Link after the user approves the total. [stripe.com](https://stripe.com/newsroom/news/stripe-helps-meta-muse-shop-with-link), read 4 Nov 2026.

## Where it appears in the sourced facts

-   Stripe announced the Agentic Commerce Suite on 11 Dec 2025 as a low-code way for businesses to sell across AI agents with one integration, handling Shared Payment Tokens. [stripe.com](https://stripe.com/newsroom/news/agentic-commerce-suite), read 4 Nov 2026. In [Stripe](https://agentreadycheckout.com/processors/stripe).
-   In Agentic Commerce Suite's default flow, Stripe shares the catalog with agents, manages checkout, processes the SPT payment and sends checkout.session.completed; the seller fulfills and handles refunds and disputes. [docs.stripe.com](https://docs.stripe.com/agentic-commerce/sellers/use-cases/retail/how-it-works.md), read 4 Nov 2026. In [Stripe](https://agentreadycheckout.com/processors/stripe).
-   Agentic commerce services are Agent Ready (payments) and Store Sync (product discovery and order placement into the merchant's order system). [developer.paypal.com](https://developer.paypal.com/agentic-commerce-services/about), read 4 Nov 2026. In [PayPal agentic commerce services](https://agentreadycheckout.com/processors/paypal).
-   Merchants must complete a form to the PayPal AI team to request access to agentic commerce services. [developer.paypal.com](https://developer.paypal.com/agentic-commerce-services/about), read 4 Nov 2026. In [PayPal agentic commerce services](https://agentreadycheckout.com/processors/paypal).
-   Access to PayPal agentic commerce services, including Agent Ready, is by request form. [developer.paypal.com](https://developer.paypal.com/agentic-commerce-services/about), read 4 Nov 2026. In [Braintree (PayPal Enterprise Payments)](https://agentreadycheckout.com/processors/braintree).

## Nearby terms

-   [Agentic Commerce Protocol (ACP)](https://agentreadycheckout.com/glossary/agentic-commerce-protocol-acp)
-   [Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP)](https://agentreadycheckout.com/glossary/universal-commerce-protocol-ucp)
-   [Agent Terms (Amazon)](https://agentreadycheckout.com/glossary/agent-terms-amazon)
-   [All terms](https://agentreadycheckout.com/glossary)

## Sources

1.  [Stripe helps Muse shop across the internet with Link](https://stripe.com/newsroom/news/stripe-helps-meta-muse-shop-with-link), read 4 Nov 2026
2.  [stripe.com/newsroom/news/agentic-commerce-suite](https://stripe.com/newsroom/news/agentic-commerce-suite), read 4 Nov 2026
3.  [docs.stripe.com/agentic-commerce/sellers/use-cases/retail/how-it-works.md](https://docs.stripe.com/agentic-commerce/sellers/use-cases/retail/how-it-works.md), read 4 Nov 2026
4.  [developer.paypal.com/agentic-commerce-services/about](https://developer.paypal.com/agentic-commerce-services/about), read 4 Nov 2026

Last reviewed 4 Nov 2026

## Edition

Matrix edition of 4 Nov 2026.

Reviewed 4 Nov 2026, [4 sources](#sources-h).

## Method

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