The Vergio Agentic Commerce Index
Vergio Agentic Commerce Index
#70.7
The Vergio Agentic Commerce Index (VACI) stands at 70.7, measured across all of the 52,274 Shopify stores in Vergio's continuously monitored panel (July 2026).
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Crawler block rate
#0.2%
0.2% of the 59,379 Shopify stores in Vergio's continuously monitored panel block AI shopping crawlers in robots.txt (July 2026).
llms.txt adoption
#97.5%
97.5% of the 59,276 Shopify stores in Vergio's continuously monitored panel serve an llms.txt file (July 2026).
Product schema adoption
#81.2%
81.2% of the 52,274 Shopify stores in Vergio's continuously monitored panel publish machine-readable Product schema (July 2026).
Per-vertical breakdown
#The four facet rates and the Agent-Ready rate, split by the vertical Vergio classifies each store into (July 2026).
| Vertical | Blocks AI | llms.txt | Product schema | FAQ schema | Agent-Ready |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| activewear | 0.1% | 98.9% | 83.1% | 1.8% | 82.9% |
| apparel | 0.1% | 97% | 84.1% | 3.3% | 82.8% |
| arts crafts | 0% | 98.4% | 81.2% | 2.4% | 81% |
| automotive | 0.2% | 97.5% | 81.1% | 4.9% | 80.8% |
| baby kids | 0% | 98.5% | 82.6% | 1.6% | 82.4% |
| beauty | 0.3% | 95.7% | 83.3% | 7.7% | 81.9% |
| cbd wellness | 0% | 96.4% | 77.5% | 10.4% | 77.2% |
| electronics | 0.4% | 94% | 75.9% | 4.4% | 75% |
| eyewear | 0% | 98.6% | 79% | 3.3% | 78.7% |
| food beverage | 0.3% | 94.1% | 79.8% | 4.9% | 78.8% |
| footwear | 0.2% | 98.7% | 83.6% | 2.8% | 83.2% |
| garden plants | 0.1% | 97.8% | 82.1% | 4.9% | 81.8% |
| home | 0.4% | 97.2% | 84.1% | 7.1% | 83.3% |
| jewelry accessories | 0% | 100% | 70.8% | 1.3% | 70.8% |
| kitchen appliances | 0.1% | 98.2% | 81.5% | 5.4% | 81% |
| lingerie intimates | 0% | 98.4% | 66.1% | 2.3% | 66.1% |
| luggage bags | 0% | 97.6% | 73.2% | 1.1% | 73.2% |
| musical instruments | 0% | 97.9% | 57.6% | 1% | 57.6% |
| office stationery | 0% | 98.3% | 80.6% | 4.5% | 80.3% |
| outdoor sporting | 0.1% | 98% | 83.2% | 3.4% | 82.7% |
| pet | 0.3% | 97.9% | 78.4% | 4.5% | 78% |
| supplements | 0.4% | 96.6% | 79.9% | 10% | 79.4% |
| swimwear | 0% | 98.6% | 83% | 1.4% | 82.8% |
| tools hardware | 0.2% | 97.6% | 80.2% | 5.5% | 79.6% |
| toys games | 0.1% | 97.7% | 80.3% | 3.4% | 79.8% |
Agent-Ready rate
#80.7%
80.7% of the 52,161 Shopify stores in Vergio's continuously monitored panel are Agent-Ready: they do not block AI shopping crawlers, they publish Product schema, and they offer llms.txt or FAQ schema (July 2026).
Agent-Ready score distribution
#share of stores at each component count 0..4; denominator = stores definitive on ALL four facets (same as agent_ready_rate)
Based on 52,161 stores definitive on all four Agent-Ready checks (July 2026).
VACI over time
#1 month of published data.
Monthly notes
July 2026
No material movement this month (change within the margin of error).
Frequently asked questions
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Updated monthly since July 2026 · Data collected May 18, 2026 to July 17, 2026 · Methodology v1.0 · CC BY 4.0
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