Zero Click Project curates agentic commerce news for operators tracking AI shopping agents, zero-click commerce, and the industry updates shaping how products are discovered, evaluated, and bought. Use this page to follow platform launches, retailer moves, protocol changes, and payment infrastructure developments across the emerging agentic commerce stack.
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New Logica Research for Commerce and PayPal finds that shoppers see value in agents that save time and money across the U.S., U.K. and Australia. Purchase confirmation, security and control remain adoption requirements, suggesting delegated shopping will expand in stages rather than arrive as fully autonomous buying overnight. Recent examples include Schnucks introduces an agentic assistant for personalized grocery s…; Study finds Amazon and Walmart agents detect but do not flag false….
A U.S. appeals court overturned the temporary ban on Perplexity’s AI shopping tools accessing Amazon. The ruling does not settle every liability question, but it raises the stakes for marketplaces: agents may increasingly act as a user’s interface to catalogues that platforms have historically controlled directly. Recent examples include Appeals Court Lets Perplexity’s AI Shopping Tools Access Amazon; Synchrony Partners With OpenAI on ChatGPT Shopping Payments.
Synchrony’s partnership with OpenAI points to the next constraint in agentic commerce: connecting recommendations to authorized payment. With full integration estimated at six to 12 months, the work ahead is less about conversational product discovery than tokenization, permissions, fraud controls and issuer participation. Recent examples include ESW links Microsoft Copilot discovery to global checkout; Universal Commerce Protocol Outlines Open Rails for Agentic Commerce.
Adobe data cited by WWD shows AI-referred traffic to retail sites rose 62% in July and outperformed on conversion and engagement. For brands, the immediate implication is practical: product data, availability and landing pages must serve both human shoppers and the systems that increasingly influence what they see. Recent examples include Retail AI Shopping Bot Exploit Exposes Security Risks; Grocery retailers are bringing conversational AI into the shopping….
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Amazon's legal win against Perplexity highlights a larger strategic battle over who controls the product data, traffic flows, and monetization layers that will shape AI-mediated shopping.
Macy's has rolled out Ask Macy's, a conversational shopping assistant designed to help customers discover brands and receive personalized recommendations, offering another signal that major retailers are training shoppers to browse through AI interfaces.
Fenty Beauty's new WhatsApp-based AI advisor points to a broader shift toward messaging-led shopping journeys, where conversational interfaces increasingly shape product discovery and purchase intent.
Sephora has launched an app within ChatGPT that gives beauty shoppers conversational product discovery, tailored recommendations, and a path toward in-chat purchasing in its US pilot.
Bloomberg reports that Macy’s new Gemini-powered shopping assistant is materially lifting online spend among users, offering an early signal of AI’s revenue impact on retail journeys.
Chain Store Age reports that Walmart is expanding its shopping experience inside ChatGPT, a notable move in how large retailers are testing agent-mediated discovery and purchase flows.
CX Dive covers Gap’s new partnerships around fit and Google’s Universal Commerce Protocol, offering a useful look at how major brands are preparing for agent-aware commerce infrastructure.
Visa leadership outlines how AI agents will transform retail through secure, automated shopping experiences while maintaining consumer trust and rigorous payment protocols.
OpenAI details richer shopping discovery in ChatGPT, including visual comparisons and merchant integrations built on the Agentic Commerce Protocol.
TechCrunch reports that World has launched AgentKit, a verification layer meant to help merchants confirm that a real person is authorizing purchases made by AI agents.
TechCrunch reports Shopify president Harley Finkelstein's view that agentic shopping could become a new front door for merchants as AI assistants take on discovery and purchase tasks.
CyberScoop reports that the Ninth Circuit has temporarily stayed the injunction against Perplexity, keeping the fight over whether user-authorized AI agents can access Amazon accounts in play.
Shopify says merchants will soon be able to make products discoverable and purchasable inside ChatGPT through new agentic storefronts, as OpenAI steps back from Instant Checkout.
Amazon is widening Shop Direct, a program that lets shoppers discover and buy products from other retailers even when those items are not sold on Amazon.com.
OpenAI apparently no longer wants to handle commerce payments, cancellations, refunds and travel bookings. ChatGPT will redirect shoppers to merchant apps to make purchases.
