The Starting Point
In April 2026, a Shopify merchant running a 200-product home goods store ran the AgentReady AI Readiness Scanner. Their score: 34 out of 100. Grade D.
The breakdown was brutal:
| Dimension | Score | Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Discovery & Access | 15 | F |
| Structured Data | 22 | D |
| Product Data | 38 | D |
| Protocol Support | 10 | F |
| Security & Trust | 72 | B |
| Technical Performance | 55 | C |
| Payment Readiness | 18 | D |
The store was human-friendly but machine-invisible. Product pages had beautiful images and detailed descriptions - but no JSON-LD markup. The checkout worked perfectly for humans - but had no guest checkout option and hid shipping costs behind a postcode wall.
The Fix Plan
The merchant booked the AgentReady Setup Service. Our team delivered a fix plan in 48 hours:
Phase 1: Structured Data (Days 1-3)
- Added Schema.org Product JSON-LD to all 200 product pages
- Included Offer, Review, and FAQ schema
- Added GTIN identifiers where available
- Created an automated feed at /products.json
Phase 2: Discovery (Days 4-5)
- Created llms.txt with store summary and product categories
- Updated robots.txt to allow GPTBot, ClaudeBot, and Google-Extended
- Submitted updated sitemap to Google Search Console
Phase 3: Checkout (Days 6-7)
- Enabled guest checkout (removed forced account creation)
- Exposed shipping costs on product pages
- Added visible payment method logos (Stripe, PayPal, Apple Pay)
- Configured Stripe Link for one-click checkout
Phase 4: Protocol Support (Days 8-10)
- Added UCP manifest at /.well-known/ucp.json
- Created ACP endpoint for inventory queries
- Added payment protocol signals to checkout flow
The Results
After 10 days, we ran a second scan.
| Dimension | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Discovery & Access | 15 | 68 | +53 |
| Structured Data | 22 | 85 | +63 |
| Product Data | 38 | 78 | +40 |
| Protocol Support | 10 | 55 | +45 |
| Security & Trust | 72 | 88 | +16 |
| Technical Performance | 55 | 82 | +27 |
| Payment Readiness | 18 | 75 | +57 |
| Total | 34 | 82 | +48 |
Grade D to Grade A. In 10 days.
What the Merchant Said
"I had no idea we were invisible to AI shoppers. Our human sales were fine, but this opened a completely new channel we did not know existed. The fixes were technical but the team handled everything. We just approved the plan and watched the score climb."
Can You Replicate This?
Yes. The Setup Service follows the same process for every merchant:
- Scan to establish baseline
- Audit to identify specific blockers
- Fix with prioritised implementation
- Verify with a second scan
Starting from $297 for small stores. Large catalogues and custom builds quoted individually.
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