The meeting introduced the Agentic Product Discovery Closed Beta, a new initiative between Perplexity, BigCommerce, and Feedonomics to enable AI-powered product discovery for merchants.
Key features, eligibility, and benefits of the beta were discussed, along with technical details on data integration and checkout experiences.
Attendees included representatives from Perplexity, BigCommerce, Feedonomics, and interested merchants.
Next steps and application processes for joining the beta were clarified.
Action Items
(ASAP – BigCommerce/Perplexity team): Open application form and communicate beta sign-up process to eligible merchants.
(Within 15 days of activation – Merchants): Complete registration process, including valid credit card information for future billing.
(Ongoing – Feedonomics): Ensure optimized and AI-ready product data delivery for participating merchants.
(Ongoing – Perplexity team): Coordinate onboarding of beta participants and monitor beta performance for feedback.
Agentic Product Discovery Closed Beta Overview
Agentic search leverages AI to provide natural language, conversational product discovery across platforms like ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, and Perplexity.
The beta aims to allow BigCommerce and Feedonomics merchants to reach shoppers via these cutting-edge channels, improving search relevance and conversion rates.
The partnership with Feedonomics ensures data quality (structured and unstructured) for optimal AI recommendations and checkout-ready shopping links for BigCommerce merchants.
Eligibility, Benefits, and Offer Details
Beta eligibility: BigCommerce merchants, Feedonomics customers, and those using both platforms.
The beta is free for its duration, with no commitments, and offers early access and insights into new AI-driven commerce channels.
Merchants on Plus or Pro annual plans get a two-month discount off the first year’s subscription, on top of a 25% annual plan discount, with terms and conditions outlined.
Merchants must complete registration within 15 days of activation to retain eligibility.
Technical Implementation and AI Integration
Integration combines product catalog data, reviews, blog content, and FAQs to power AI-driven recommendations.
Feedonomics infrastructure optimizes and delivers product feeds to agentic platforms.
Move forward with launching the Agentic Product Discovery Closed Beta — to provide participating merchants early access to AI-powered product search and new commerce channels.
Open Questions / Follow-Ups
Will additional AI platforms or search partners be added during the beta period?
What are the criteria for beta program success and metrics for evaluation?
How will participant feedback be collected and incorporated into future releases?