What is the YAAA channel app?
A free Shopify sales channel that will let AI shopping agents buy from your store with your permission. You’ll choose which products and drops agents can buy and set limits per buyer, and orders will arrive in Shopify like any other, labeled as YAAA orders. It’s coming soon to the Shopify App Store; the waitlist gets access first.
My store isn’t on Shopify. Can I join?
Yes. Agents buy through the Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP), which works on any platform. NxisAI publishes your store’s UCP profile and product data so agents can check out through your own checkout, on WooCommerce, BigCommerce, Salesforce Commerce, Adobe Commerce, or a custom stack. Pick your platform on the waitlist form and NxisAI will reach out.
What does it cost?
On Shopify: nothing to install, no monthly fee, and no setup fee. You pay a commission only on orders YAAA sends you, billed through Shopify. The rate will be announced before launch, and waitlist members hear it first. On other platforms, NxisAI shares its terms with your invite.
How do AI agents buy from my store through YAAA?
Today, a shopper asks their agent, such as Claude Code, to buy something. YAAA quotes it within the shopper’s limits and sends them a confirm link, and the shopper completes your store’s own checkout, paying with whatever it offers, so you get an ordinary order in their name. With the YAAA channel, purchases will also follow your rules, and can complete automatically through your checkout using the Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP). You fulfill them the way you fulfill every order.
Will this let resale bots into my drops?
No. Every purchase is a real shopper buying for themselves, at your retail price, through your own checkout; with the channel, also within the per-buyer limits you set. Agents on YAAA are banned from CAPTCHA solving, queue skipping, proxy rotation, and fake identities, and with the channel, drops will open to agents only on the schedule you choose.
What control do I have over what agents buy?
With the YAAA channel, you’ll publish exactly the products and drops agents may buy, set purchase limits per buyer and per drop, choose when agents can buy a drop, allow or block price watches and repeat orders, and be able to pause the channel or uninstall it at any time.
What are demand insights?
Aggregated numbers from shoppers using YAAA, coming with the channel: how many are watching a product and at what target price, how many want repeat orders, and how many are waiting for a drop. You’ll see the totals, never a shopper’s identity until they buy from you.
How does the YAAA channel relate to the Stopping Grinch Bots Act?
The bill, S.3516 / H.R.6822, would ban getting around retailers’ access controls. With the YAAA channel, agents will buy only through the checkout you open to them and only with your permission, so nothing is circumvented. This isn’t legal advice; the bill has not passed.
Which stores can join?
Any online store. Shopify stores join through the YAAA channel; stores on other platforms join through NxisAI. Stores selling limited releases, collectibles, streetwear, and everyday repeat-purchase products are the best early fit, but any merchant can join the waitlist.