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The Agentic Commerce Gauntlet: Why AI Agents Fail at Checkout

Skyfire's testing found AI agents complete more than 90% of attempted transactions at some merchants, but success rates fall to 30% to 40% at others and reach 100% failure at some merchants. The payments company attributed the wide variance in agentic commerce success rates to differences in how merchants implement checkout. The findings highlight that reliable agent-driven purchasing remains unresolved across the merchant ecosystem.

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Why is an agentic commerce transaction still so difficult? Agentic commerce success rates are all over the map. In our own testing at Skyfire, we’ve seen merchants where AI agents successfully complete more than 90% of attempted transactions. At others, success rates hover between 30% and 40%. And at some merchants, agents fail 100% of […]

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