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shoesandsox.com.au

Shoes & Sox · Kids · Australia · checked 8 Oct 2026

AI agents can find products on shoesandsox.com.au but didn't get a checkout link.

A block is a response to ARC's automated checker, not a judgment about the store.

Checked 8 Oct 2026. A result is what ARC's automated agent observed on 8 Oct 2026, not a judgment about the store. Is this wrong? / Opt out

Lets AI crawlers in: yesLets AI answer agents in: yesAn agent gets a page back: yesAgents can read price and stock: yesAgent accessUCP profile passes validation: yesOffers agents a product catalog: yesWebMCP on the page: yesReturns a checkout link: noProtocolsDetected on7 of 8checks measured
DetectedNot detected

How far an agent got

The path a shopping agent takes from your homepage to a checkout link. ARC stops before payment.

  1. Reach the storeGet a page back
  2. Find the productSearch or browse to it
  3. Read the detailsPrice, stock, options
  4. Build a cartAdd the productStopped here. Agent found the product, no checkout link came back
  5. Get a checkout linkHanded back to the shopper

What we checked

Each check is a yes or no from the snapshot.

Agent access

4 of 4 passed

  • Lets AI crawlers in · Yes

    robots.txt rules for crawlers like GPTBot and ClaudeBot

  • Lets AI answer agents in · Yes

    robots.txt rules for agents that fetch pages when a shopper asks

  • An agent gets a page back · Yes

    ARC's automated HTTP check on 8 Oct 2026

  • Agents can read price and stock · Yes

    From the product page or the agent catalog

Protocols

3 of 4 passed

  • UCP profile passes validation · Yes

    The profile ARC's validator accepts

  • Offers agents a product catalog · Yes

    A catalog an agent can search, like Shopify's UCP MCP

  • WebMCP on the page · Yes

    A WebMCP adapter in the page HTML

  • Returns a checkout link · No

    The agent asks for a cart and gets a checkout URL back

The fix

Keep an in-stock option available to agents. The product we tested had no option an agent could add to a cart.

Against other kids stores

418 kids stores in the 30 Oct 2026 snapshot, sorted by how far an agent got. Shoes & Sox is ringed. Hover any dot to see who it is.

ARC's agent got a checkout link 274Found it, checkout not detected 21ARC's agent didn't find a product 123
  • ARC's agent got a checkout link
    Kids: 274 of 418 (66%)
    All stores: 7,219 of 10,113 (71%)
  • Turned away ARC's check
    Kids: 23 of 441 attempted
    All stores: 497 of 10,610 attempted
  • robots.txt blocks AI crawlers
    Kids: 13 of 409 (3%)
    All stores: 154 of 9,923 (2%)
Every number is from ARC open-data snapshot 2026-10-30 (CC BY 4.0). ARC is independent and not affiliated with the stores it checks.
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