Which stores can AI agents reach checkout?
ARC publishes a public index of stores where its browser cart shoppers added a product to the cart. In snapshot 2026-10-12.r3, all five shoppers succeeded at 32 of 77 scored stores with Measured evidence, including Allbirds, Everlane. Snapshot 2026-10-12.r3, 12 October 2026. The full list is on the ARC Index and in the open dataset.
Short answer
On this page, a cart add means the browser shopper added the tested product to the cart. ARC did not place an order. A store that is not listed may simply be unscored.
Stores where every shopper succeeded
ARC open dataset snapshot 2026-10-12.r3 (2026-10-12). Index browser tests stop at add-to-cart. ARC does not place an order.
Measured scored stores: 77MeasuredA published score whose dataset row is evidence=measured. Rates below use only these stores.Snapshot 2026-10-12.r3, 12 October 2026.
Inferred scores: 6InferredKept out of the rates. An inferred score is not treated as a failure or a success.Snapshot 2026-10-12.r3, 12 October 2026.
No published score: 6Not measuredRetest pending or not finished. A missing score is not a zero, and it is not a mark against the store.Snapshot 2026-10-12.r3, 12 October 2026.
5 of 5 shoppers added to cart: 32 of 77MeasuredSnapshot 2026-10-12.r3, 12 October 2026.
0 of 5 shoppers added to cart: 18 of 77MeasuredSnapshot 2026-10-12.r3, 12 October 2026.
0 of 5, but a checkout link still came back: 13 of 18MeasuredMeasured scores only. Inferred scores and stores with no published score are outside this count. The protocol check said yes. The browser test did not get the product into the cart.Snapshot 2026-10-12.r3, 12 October 2026.
Median score: 83MeasuredSnapshot 2026-10-12.r3, 12 October 2026.
Highest score in this snapshot: 86 of 100MeasuredIndex tests stop at add-to-cart, so a clean cart pass does not score 100. The formula is on the methodology page.Snapshot 2026-10-12.r3, 12 October 2026.
Published stop reason where at least one shopper missed add-to-cart (45 of 77 Measured stores):
Snapshot 2026-10-12.r3, 12 October 2026.
| Stop reason | Stores |
|---|---|
| Couldn't add it to the cart | 32 |
| Blocked at the size picker | 8 |
| Stopped by a human-check | 3 |
| Turned away ARC's automated check | 2 |
Snapshot 2026-10-12.r3, 12 October 2026.
| Shoppers that added to cart | Measured stores |
|---|---|
| 0 of 5 | 18 |
| 1 of 5 | 6 |
| 2 of 5 | 1 |
| 3 of 5 | 2 |
| 4 of 5 | 18 |
| 5 of 5 | 32 |
Stores where all five Measured shoppers added the product to the cart:
- Allbirds · Index · Footwear
- BÉIS · Index · Home
- Buffy · Index · Home
- Chubbies · Index · Apparel
- Cotopaxi · Index · Apparel
- Daily Harvest · Index · Food & drink
- Everlane · Index · Apparel
- Floyd · Index · Home
- Glossier · Index · Beauty
- Grüns · Index · Supplements
- Huel · Index · Supplements
- Kosas · Index · Beauty
- Liquid Death · Index · Food & drink
- Liquid I.V. · Index · Supplements
- Magic Spoon · Index · Food & drink
- Material · Index · Home
- Momentous · Index · Supplements
- Native · Index · Beauty
- Nisolo · Index · Footwear
- Olaplex · Index · Beauty
- OLIPOP · Index · Food & drink
- Outer · Index · Home
- Parachute · Index · Home
- Princess Polly · Index · Apparel
- Rare Beauty · Index · Beauty
- Saie · Index · Beauty
- Set Active · Index · Apparel
- Tower 28 · Index · Beauty
- Trade Coffee · Index · Food & drink
- UNTUCKit · Index · Apparel
- Vessi · Index · Footwear
- White Fox · Index · Apparel
By category
Categories with fewer than 10 Measured scores are too small to rank. The counts are still shown.
Snapshot 2026-10-12.r3, 12 October 2026.
| Category | Measured scores | 5 of 5 | 0 of 5 | Median score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apparel | 21 | 7 | 5 | 74 |
| Beauty | 15 | 7 | 4 | 83 |
| Food & drink | 13 | 5 | 3 | 79 |
| Home | 11 | 6 | 1 | 83 |
| Supplements (too few to rank) | 9 | 4 | 1 | 83 |
| Footwear (too few to rank) | 8 | 3 | 4 | 59 |
How the test works
Five ARC browser shoppers, one named product, stop at add-to-cart. The leaderboard is a different table: agent paths on a fixed set of 100 stores. It does not rank consumer apps.
Add a store
Add up to 50 at a time, free, at /agent-checkout/submit. A new store is not a score until a test finishes.
Frequently asked questions
- Which stores can AI agents reach checkout?
- ARC publishes a public index of stores where its browser cart shoppers added a product to the cart. In snapshot 2026-10-12.r3, all five shoppers succeeded at 32 of 77 scored stores with Measured evidence, including Allbirds, Everlane. Snapshot 2026-10-12.r3, 12 October 2026. The full list is on the ARC Index and in the open dataset.
- Does 5 of 5 mean checkout completed?
- No. Tests stop at add-to-cart, and ARC does not place an order.
- Can I add a store?
- Yes, up to 50 at a time, for free.
On ARC
Cite this: ARC, arcreport.ai, snapshot 2026-10-12.r3 (2026-10-12), CC-BY-4.0. Protocol figures: Snapshot 2026-10-12.r3, 12 October 2026. Index browser figures: Snapshot 2026-10-12.r3, 12 October 2026. Platform figures: Snapshot 2026-10-12.r3, 12 October 2026.
Every figure is labelled Measured, Inferred or Not measured. Not measured is not zero. A missing result is not a mark against a store. ARC stops before payment.