Guest checkout

Letting shoppers buy without creating an account. An agent buying for someone can't easily sign up for them. See guest checkout.

Why it matters

An agent buying for a customer usually can't create an account for them, so a checkout that insists on one is where the sale ends. Guest checkout also helps people who don't want another password. If you require accounts for a reason, make sure the guest route is clear and easy to find.

Read the guide Guest checkout: why AI shopping agents need it Why forced accounts stop AI agents at the last step, how AgentScore checks for guest checkout, and how to offer it without losing accounts. Read it

More terms in getting in

• robots.txt A file at the root of your site that tells crawlers and agents which pages they may visit.
• Bot protection Services such as Cloudflare, Akamai or DataDome that block or challenge automated visitors.
• CDN Content delivery network: the service that sits in front of your site and delivers it quickly around the world.
• CAPTCHA or challenge A test that tries to tell people from bots, such as picking out images or waiting on a “checking your browser” page.
• Rate limit A cap on how many requests a visitor can make in a given time.
• Verification Checking that a visitor claiming to be a known agent really is, using the proof its operator publishes: IP ranges, reverse DNS or a signature.

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