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The merchant control tag covers discussions about how AI agents and conversational commerce platforms handle the checkout process while keeping merchants as the merchant of record. Topics include Microsoft's Copilot Checkout, which enables in-chat purchases through integrations with Shopify, PayPal, and Etsy, and Google's Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP), an open standard for AI agent checkout. A recurring theme is that these systems aim to collapse discovery-to-purchase into a single conversational surface without stitching together bespoke integrations for every assistant and merchant. The tag focuses on the technical and business implications of maintaining merchant control in AI-driven commerce scenarios.
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    Universal Commerce Protocol: Open Standard for AI Agent Checkout

    Google has unveiled the Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP), an open standard designed to let AI agents carry a customer from discovery through checkout and post‑purchase support without stitching together bespoke integrations for every assistant and merchant. Background The last 18 months have...
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    Copilot Checkout: In Chat Purchases with Shopify PayPal Etsy

    Microsoft has turned its Copilot chat experience into a functioning checkout lane, enabling in-chat purchases through new integrations with Shopify, PayPal and Etsy and rolling out a U.S.-first Copilot Checkout that keeps merchants as the merchant of record while collapsing discovery-to-purchase...
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    • Forum: Windows News
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    Copilot Checkout: In Chat Purchasing Powered by Agentic AI

    Microsoft’s new Copilot Checkout flips a familiar shopping pattern: rather than redirecting a customer from a conversation to a retailer’s site, the purchase completes inside the AI assistant itself, turning discovery and checkout into a single, uninterrupted flow that Microsoft says will help...
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