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Agentic commerce converges on merchant-owned checkout via UCP standard
The Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) is emerging as the first industry-wide standard for agentic commerce, enabling AI agents to interact directly with merchant systems while preserving merchant control over checkout and customer data. Early experiments show that merchant-owned AI experiences significantly outperform LLM-native checkout flows in conversion, reinforcing that agents are a discovery layer, not the point of sale. While adoption remains early, UCP positions the ecosystem for interoperable, agent-driven commerce at scale.
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