How purchasing agents route orders to cut failures: merchant API, protocol, browser or human handoff
jeff_weinstein · x · 2026-09-28
tongxgalaxy asks developers building purchasing agents how they route purchases to minimize failures, noting an emerging pattern: merchant-specific API → protocol → browser automation → user handoff. The hard part is deciding when to attempt the purchase vs. avoiding a crappy first UX. jeffweinstein signals boost for more practitioners to share their approaches.
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