Cloudflare CAPTCHA on "Add to Cart" defends against AI agents but wrecks CRO
gaganghotra_ · x · 2026-11-14
gaganghotra argues that showing a Cloudflare human-verification challenge when users click "Add to Cart" is about the worst thing you can do from a conversions standpoint. While such checks help defend against AI shopping agents, they wreck the experience for real humans and hurt CRO.
The post highlights a growing e-commerce tension: anti-agent verification is increasingly degrading the normal human checkout flow.
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