Agent checkout and loyalty.

Short technical articles from Paygent Labs on agent checkout and loyalty: what the standards define, what stores have switched on, and what it takes for members who shop with AI agents to earn and spend points.

  1. Paying with points and a card, step by step

    When points pay part of an order and a card pays the rest, nothing should be irreversible until both are secured. One way to sequence it, the sequences e-commerce already uses, and what didn't carry over to agent checkout.

  2. An AI agent can apply a discount code. It can't yet spend a member's points.

    An AI agent can apply a discount code, but no released standard lets it pay part of an order with points beside a card. Why that is harder than a discount code, and who could close the gap.