Vendor profile, agent surface
Perplexity (shopping and Comet)
In short
Perplexity's shopping is free for users in the United States and checks out through PayPal inside the same conversation, with the retailer acting as merchant of record, so retailers keep returns, loyalty and the post-purchase relationship. It started on desktop and web, with phone apps to follow. Perplexity runs no payments itself, and the launch post offers nothing elsewhere.
At a glance
- What it is
- AI answer engine and Comet browser with in-chat shopping; checkout runs through PayPal Instant Buy with the retailer as merchant of record, and Comet's agent can shop on websites.
- Type
- Agent surface
- Homepage
- perplexity.ai
- Matrix column
- 0 live, 0 pilot, 1 announced, 0 not supported, 11 with no statement found
Perplexity in the matrix - Last read
What it does for this layer
- Perplexity launched its shopping experience free to all U.S. Perplexity users, describing it as discovery that knows the user's taste plus instant checkout with PayPal. perplexity.ai, read 5 Nov 2026.
- Perplexity says checkout with PayPal happens inside the same conversation, which continues after the purchase. perplexity.ai, read 5 Nov 2026.
- Perplexity says retailers keep visibility into who the customer is, process returns, build loyalty and own the post-purchase relationship. perplexity.ai, read 5 Nov 2026.
- Perplexity launched shopping on desktop and web first, with iOS and Android following in the next weeks. perplexity.ai, read 5 Nov 2026.
- Perplexity says instant checkout makes shoppers less likely to abandon carts between decision and purchase. perplexity.ai, read 5 Nov 2026. Vendor claim
- Perplexity says the retailer is the merchant of record for purchases made through its PayPal partnership. perplexity.ai, read 5 Nov 2026.
Products and plans
| Product | What it is | Price on file |
|---|---|---|
| Perplexity shopping with Instant Buy | In-chat product discovery and PayPal checkout for U.S. users. | No price on file |
| Comet | Perplexity's agentic browser that can carry out shopping tasks on websites. | No price on file |
Standards
| Standard | Matrix status and cell | Source and read date |
|---|---|---|
| ACP | no statement found 4 Nov 2026 | |
| UCP | no statement found 4 Nov 2026 | |
| AP2 | no statement found 4 Nov 2026 | |
| Visa TAP | no statement found 4 Nov 2026 | |
| Visa IC | announced 4 Nov 2026 | usa.visa.com, read 4 Nov 2026 |
| Mastercard Agent Pay | no statement found 4 Nov 2026 | |
| Agent Pay for Machines | no statement found 4 Nov 2026 | |
| Amex ACE | no statement found 4 Nov 2026 | |
| x402 | no statement found 4 Nov 2026 | |
| MPP | no statement found 4 Nov 2026 | |
| Link for agents | no statement found 4 Nov 2026 | |
| Verifiable Intent | no statement found 4 Nov 2026 |
Checks on this vendor's domains
| Check | Result | Domain read | Dated | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ora agent-readiness score (cached) | 68/100 (C) | perplexity.ai | 23 Oct 2026 | ora.ai |
| robots.txt | HTTP 200, 2 user-agent groups | perplexity.ai | 4 Nov 2026 | perplexity.ai |
| llms.txt | HTTP 404 | perplexity.ai | 4 Nov 2026 | perplexity.ai |
| UCP profile at /.well-known/ucp.json | HTTP 404 | perplexity.ai | 4 Nov 2026 | perplexity.ai |
| Cloudflare isitagentready scan | 27/100 (L1 Basic Web Presence) | perplexity.ai | 5 Nov 2026 | POST /api/scan on isitagentready.com, documented in llms-full.txt |
| Homepage fetch at build | HTTP 200 | perplexity.ai | 5 Nov 2026 | perplexity.ai |
What it does not do
- Perplexity does not process payments; PayPal runs checkout and the retailer is merchant of record.
- Perplexity's shopping launch post does not offer checkout outside the U.S.
Related pages on this site
- Perplexity shopping and Comet, agent surface profile
- All agent surfaces in the vendors section
- All vendors
- The protocol support matrix
Sources
- perplexity.ai, read 5 Nov 2026
- Shopping That Puts You First (Perplexity blog), read 5 Nov 2026
- Perplexity blog index, read 4 Nov 2026
- Find and Buy with AI: Visa Unveils New Era of Commerce, read 5 Nov 2026
- Ora cached score record for perplexity.ai, read 5 Nov 2026
- robots.txt of perplexity.ai, read 4 Nov 2026
- llms.txt of perplexity.ai, read 4 Nov 2026
- UCP profile path on perplexity.ai, read 4 Nov 2026
- isitagentready scan service documentation (llms-full.txt), read 5 Nov 2026
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