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OpenAI and Stripe's ACP and Google's UCP now overlap enough that one checkout core plus two thin adapters is the sane build. The March 2026 pullback changes which adapter you ship first.
Shopify rebuilt Hydrogen with Vercel as a toolkit that runs on Next.js, Astro, SvelteKit and three more. It is the biggest headless change since launch, and the reason most D2C brands should not replatform onto it this
OpenAI shut Instant Checkout in March 2026, six months after launch, with about a dozen merchants live. Google's UCP kept expanding. Here is how UCP, ACP and AP2 actually stack up, and what to build first.
McKinsey projects agentic commerce will drive $3-5 trillion by 2030. Shopify's UCP makes D2C stores AI-shoppable. A readiness guide for product data, schema, and checkout so AI agents recommend and buy from you.
AI agents influenced $262 billion of 2025 holiday sales, and AI traffic now converts 42% better. This guide shows D2C brands how to get recommended by ChatGPT, Google and Perplexity shopping agents in 2026.
