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TikTok Unveils One-Click Checkout and AI Shopping Assistant

TikTok is shortening the path from discovering a product in a video to buying it.

At Advertising Week New York on Oct. 5, TikTok announced Buy Direct, an in-app checkout tool, and Shopping Assistant, a conversational AI shopping agent. Available through eligibility-based advertiser testing, the tools aim to help brands answer product questions and complete purchases within TikTok.

The new features form the foundation of what TikTok calls its “Agentic Commerce” framework, aiming to eliminate friction across digital retail. TikTok says Buy Direct enables one-click purchases from brands in the For You feed using stored payment methods and saved addresses.

TikTok says Shopping Assistant understands conversational context and remembers users’ needs. Its detailed product page describes a chat window on merchant product pages inside TikTok’s in-app browser, offering answers based on merchant-provided information. Shoppers can then continue to checkout on the merchant’s website within the browser.

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