Preparing commerce for the age of AI

Haandshake is an AI commerce consulting agency. We believe the next decade will fundamentally transform how people discover and purchase products. AI agents will become the primary interface between consumers and commerce. We exist to help merchants prepare for this shift.

The problem we're solving

For two decades, e-commerce has optimized for human visitors. Beautiful product photos, persuasive copy, and intuitive checkout flows. But a new customer is emerging: the AI agent.

When ChatGPT, Perplexity, or Google's AI Mode visits your product page, they don't see your carefully crafted visuals. They see raw HTML, JSON-LD schemas, and API endpoints. If that machine-readable layer is broken, incomplete, or missing entirely, AI agents simply can't recommend your products.

Most merchants don't know they have this problem. Their sites look perfect to human eyes but are invisible to machines. That's the gap we fill. Agent Eye, our diagnostic tool, identifies exactly where stores fall short. Our consulting services help fix it.

Our approach

Comprehensive auditing

We evaluate every aspect of AI readiness across six pillars: Access, Comprehension, Confidence, Action Signals, UCP, and ACP. No other tool covers this complete spectrum.

Protocol-first

We're the only auditor validating both UCP (Universal Commerce Protocol) and ACP (Agentic Commerce Protocol). These emerging standards will define AI commerce.

Actionable fixes

Every issue comes with specific, prioritized fixes. We don't just tell you what's wrong. We show you exactly how to fix it, with code snippets you can implement today.

Education-focused

This is a new field. Through our blog and reports, we help merchants understand not just what to fix, but why it matters for the future of their business.

The AI commerce timeline

2024

AI search emerges

ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Mode begin influencing product discovery.

2025

Protocols standardize

UCP and ACP protocols gain adoption among major platforms and merchants.

2026

Autonomous shopping

AI agents begin completing transactions on behalf of consumers.

2027+

AI-first commerce

Majority of product discovery and many purchases happen through AI intermediaries.

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