--- title: Vercel and Shopify make agents first-class shoppers description: Vercel Shop, an open source Next.js storefront template for Shopify built on the rebuilt Hydrogen SDK, is now generally available. It exposes product data... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/vercel-and-shopify-make-agents-first-class-shoppers-6oikecizv twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Vercel and Shopify make agents first-class shoppers | daily.dev og:description: Vercel Shop, an open source Next.js storefront template for Shopify built on the rebuilt Hydrogen SDK, is now generally available. It exposes product data... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/vercel-and-shopify-make-agents-first-class-shoppers-6oikecizv og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/6oIKeCiZV.png og:image:alt: Vercel and Shopify make agents first-class shoppers og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Vercel and Shopify make agents first-class shoppers **[Vercel](https://daily.dev/sources/vercel)** · 4 min read · 6 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Vercel Shop, an open source Next.js storefront template for Shopify built on the rebuilt Hydrogen SDK, is now generally available. It exposes product data (price, availability, options) in machine-readable form alongside the normal visual page, supports Shopify's Universal Commerce Protocol so AI agents can search catalogs, build carts, and check out via MCP, and ships with a shopping assistant powered by Vercel's eve. Vercel launched its own merch store at vercel.store built on the template, and cites a Shopify/Next.js/Vercel customer (PAIGE) that saw a 22% revenue increase and 76% conversion increase over Black Friday/Cyber Monday after re-architecting on this stack. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What is Shopify's Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) and what does it let AI agents do on a store? UCP is a protocol co-developed by Shopify that gives AI agents a standard way to search a store's product catalog, read product details, check availability, build a cart, and obtain a checkout link. Vercel Shop exposes these UCP capabilities at the merchant's own domain, letting agents use MCP to search products and build carts without navigating the website. _Developers wiring agent checkout flows can follow UCP and MCP coverage on daily.dev._ ### How do I create a new Shopify storefront using the Vercel Shop template? Run the command 'pnpm create next-app@latest my-store --example https://github.com/vercel/shop' to scaffold a new storefront from the open source Vercel Shop template. The template is built on Next.js and Shopify's Hydrogen SDK, and the documentation at vercel.shop/docs covers connecting an existing Shopify store and configuring the storefront afterward. _Teams scaffolding Shopify storefronts can track Next.js and Hydrogen updates on daily.dev._ ### What results did PAIGE see after re-architecting its ecommerce platform on Shopify, Next.js, and Vercel? PAIGE saw a 22% increase in revenue and a 76% increase in conversion over Black Friday and Cyber Monday with no downtime after re-architecting its ecommerce platform on Shopify, Next.js, and Vercel. This performance case is cited as evidence for the combined stack's reliability during peak shopping traffic. _Teams evaluating ecommerce stacks can compare real performance case studies on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Hydrogen now deploys to Vercel](https://daily.dev/posts/hydrogen-now-deploys-to-vercel-4rgnkc5cg) · Shopify Developer changelog · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#ai-agents](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-agents), [#nextjs](https://daily.dev/tags/nextjs), [#ecommerce](https://daily.dev/tags/ecommerce), [#vercel](https://daily.dev/tags/vercel), [#shopify](https://daily.dev/tags/shopify) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/vercel-and-shopify-make-agents-first-class-shoppers-6oikecizv) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Vercel and Shopify make agents first-class shoppers","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/vercel-and-shopify-make-agents-first-class-shoppers-6oikecizv","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/vercel-and-shopify-make-agents-first-class-shoppers-6oikecizv"},"datePublished":"2026-10-16T16:10:06.303Z","dateModified":"2026-10-16T16:12:35.779Z","description":"Vercel Shop, an open source Next.js storefront template for Shopify built on the rebuilt Hydrogen SDK, is now generally available. 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