Shopify

Fact sheet

Type

Platform

Operator

Shopify Inc.

Homepage

shopify.com

Matrix reach

1 live, 0 pilot, 1 announced, 0 not supported, 10 with no statement found

Published pricing

Agentic plan: 'No monthly fee', 'Only pay when your products sell'; no rate published on the plan page. Agentic Storefronts in ChatGPT for existing merchants: no transaction fees beyond standard processing rates. shopify.com, read 4 Nov 2026

The column in full: every protocol

What Shopify does not do

• No published per-order rate for the Agentic plan on its own page (2026-11-04).
• ChatGPT purchases run on the merchant's Shopify checkout in an in-app browser, not an agent-native ACP checkout.
• Shop MCP has no order webhooks at launch; agents poll get_checkout.

Sourced facts

• Agentic Storefronts give merchants access to ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, AI Mode in Google Search and the Gemini app, managed from the Shopify Admin; merchants remain merchant of record. shopify.com, read 4 Nov 2026.Vendor claim
• In ChatGPT, shoppers check out in an in-app browser on the merchant's own Shopify checkout (a separate tab on desktop), with ChatGPT referral attribution on the order, rather than a native agent-held checkout. shopify.com, read 4 Nov 2026.
• Shopify states selling in ChatGPT through Agentic Storefronts carries no transaction fees beyond standard processing rates. shopify.com, read 4 Nov 2026.Vendor claim
• Shopify announced UCP as an open standard co-developed with Google, endorsed by 20+ retailers and platforms, compatible with any payment processor and supporting REST, MCP, AP2 and A2A. shopify.com, read 4 Nov 2026.
• Spring '26 Edition developer post: building on Shopify's agentic commerce layer no longer requires approval; developers register an agent profile in the Developer Dashboard and call the public MCP endpoint; Catalog access needs only an API key. shopify.com, read 4 Nov 2026.
• Agent profiles are hosted at a well-known URL and referenced on every UCP request; Shopify uses them to verify agents and set rate limits and tool access, with higher trust tiers getting broader access. shopify.dev, read 4 Nov 2026.
• Storefront MCP get_cart and update_cart tools on /api/mcp were deprecated in favour of UCP Cart MCP at /api/ucp/mcp, maintained until 2026-08-31. shopify.dev, read 4 Nov 2026.
• Shop MCP at mcp.shop.com lets any MCP agent search Shopify Catalog, build carts and complete Shop Pay checkout; complete_checkout runs only after the shopper confirms total and payment method; no webhooks at launch. shopify.dev, read 4 Nov 2026.
• Checkout MCP and Cart MCP added support for UCP buyer consent. shopify.dev, read 4 Nov 2026.
• The Global Catalog REST API stops serving traffic on 2026-11-02. shopify.dev, read 4 Nov 2026.
• Universal Cart (agents gather items from any merchant, on or off Shopify, into one cart) is early access through a waitlist. shopify.dev, read 4 Nov 2026.
• The Agentic plan lets brands that do not run a Shopify store add products to Shopify Catalog and sell in ChatGPT, Google AI Mode and Gemini, Copilot, Perplexity and the Shop app; Shopify says it is rolled out globally. shopify.com, read 4 Nov 2026.Vendor claim

In the vendors section

• Shopify, commerce platform profile
• Shop Pay, wallet profile

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