Set up your Shopify store for the Agentic plan

Summary

Set up your Shopify store for the Agentic plan

Before you configure the Akeneo App for Shopify, make sure your Shopify store is ready for the Agentic plan. This ensures your products can be discovered in Shopify Catalog and purchased through AI channels.

Prerequisites

Shopify prerequisites (Agentic plan)

Shopify provides the complete set of prerequisites for Agentic plan stores. Follow their guide and come back here to configure the Akeneo App for Shopify: Setting up agentic storefronts for stores on the Agentic plan.

Akeneo App for Shopify prerequisites

Before you start, confirm the following prerequisites in Akeneo:

  • You have a dedicated Akeneo PIM instance and a dedicated Shopify store for the integration.
  • The Akeneo App for Shopify is enabled on your Akeneo PIM instance (activated by your Customer Success Manager).
  • Your Akeneo PIM role includes the permissions to manage and open apps.

Learn more: Prerequisites & Compatibility.

Step 1: Set up product discovery

Product discovery makes your products eligible for agentic storefronts and AI channels. Shopify owns the setup steps.

Follow Shopify’s product discovery setup

Complete Shopify’s Step 1 tasks:

What the Akeneo App for Shopify does for Shopify Catalog

The app creates products in Shopify Admin as part of the sync. Creating products in Shopify Admin contributes to making products eligible for Shopify Catalog (as long as your store and products meet Shopify’s requirements).

 

Step 2: Configure your checkout experience

Checkout configuration is required so customers can complete purchases when shopping in AI channels.

Follow Shopify’s checkout setup

Use Shopify’s guide for the complete steps:

Step 3: Set up order management

Orders placed through agentic storefronts are managed from Shopify. Follow Shopify’s documentation for the complete setup steps: Set up order management.

Step 4: Activate AI channels in Shopify

After completing product discovery, checkout configuration, and order management setup, you can activate agentic storefronts and start selling through AI channels.

To opt in or out, follow Shopify’s steps: Opt in or out of agentic storefronts.

Step 5: Configure the Akeneo App for Shopify

After Shopify prerequisites are complete, configure the Akeneo App for Shopify in Akeneo PIM.

Connect and open the app

Use Akeneo’s setup instructions to connect or open the Akeneo App for Shopify: Configuration setup.

Set your store configuration

In the Akeneo App for Shopify, go to Configuration and define your store configuration.

Follow Akeneo’s documentation for the exact fields and constraints (locale, channel, currency, and optional settings): Setting up Store Configuration.

To sell on agentic storefronts, your products must meet Shopify Catalog requirements, plus additional Agentic plan requirements.

Required fields in the mapping (Agentic plan)

To make your products eligible for distribution through Shopify Catalog and AI channels, make sure your mapping to Shopify includes at least the following fields.

  • Title
  • Description
  • Images
  • Price
  • External product URL (external URL standard metafield): Shopify requires an external product URL for each product that links to the product listing on your existing online store, so checkout can be completed.

For Shopify’s requirement definition, see: Shopify: Setting up agentic storefronts for stores on the Agentic plan.

The following fields are not strictly required, but they improve product quality and reduce the risk of issues with checkout, shipping, and returns.

  • Inventory quantity: zero inventory can exclude a product from AI recommendations.
  • Weight: required if you use weight-based shipping rates.
  • Compare-at price
  • Product type
  • HS code
  • Barcode
  • SEO title
  • SEO description

Agentic storefront requirements (ChatGPT, Google, and Copilot)

Each agentic storefront can have additional eligibility requirements and limitations. Review Shopify’s requirements and considerations before you go live: Requirements and considerations for selling on agentic storefronts.

Next steps

Once your Shopify Agentic plan setup and Akeneo App for Shopify configuration are complete, you can proceed with mapping and synchronizing your catalog from Akeneo to Shopify.

If you need a reminder of Agentic plan constraints, refer to Shopify’s Agentic plan documentation:

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