Can AI shopping agents use the biggest online stores?

We checked 44 large online stores. 18 blocked our automated test completely, so we could not check them.

Of the other 26: 8 of 26 block at least one AI assistant (ChatGPT, Claude or Perplexity), in robots.txt or in their firewall. 7 show little or no content without JavaScript, which most AI crawlers do not run.

Each store is re-checked every week. Last check 2026-10-01. Click a store for the full report.

StoreScorerobots.txt lets assistants inFirewall lets assistants inReadable without JavaScript
aliexpress.com100YesYesYes
apple.com100YesYesYes
dell.com100YesYesYes
everlane.com100YesYesYes
ikea.com100YesYesYes
samsung.com100YesYesYes
gap.com93YesYesPartly
shein.com93YesYesPartly
walmart.com93YesYesPartly
glossier.com90YesYesYes
ulta.com90YesYesYes
uniqlo.com90YesYesYes
nordstrom.com88YesYesYes
costco.com85YesYesYes
temu.com83YesYesYes
nike.com80YesNoYes
patagonia.com76YesYesPartly
warbyparker.com75YesNoYes
booking.com73YesYesNo
gymshark.com70YesYesNo
lenovo.com70YesNoYes
zara.com68YesNoYes
airbnb.com63YesNoYes
asos.com48NoYesYes
bestbuy.com48NoYesYes
amazon.com33NoYesNo
chewy.comn/aYesUnknownUnknown
wayfair.comn/aYesUnknownUnknown
allbirds.comn/aYesUnknownUnknown
bombas.comn/aYesUnknownUnknown
etsy.comn/aYesUnknownUnknown
expedia.comn/aYesUnknownUnknown
hm.comn/aYesUnknownUnknown
homedepot.comn/aYesUnknownUnknown
kohls.comn/aYesUnknownUnknown
lowes.comn/aYesUnknownUnknown
lululemon.comn/aYesUnknownUnknown
macys.comn/aYesUnknownUnknown
newegg.comn/aYesUnknownUnknown
sephora.comn/aYesUnknownUnknown
target.comn/aYesUnknownUnknown
zalando.comn/aYesUnknownUnknown
ebay.comn/aYesUnknownUnknown
adidas.comn/aNoUnknownUnknown

n/a: the store blocked our test request itself, so we could not check it fully.

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