Test OpenAI's Agent on online shopping
The agent got partway through buying dress shoes before the poster had to enter the card, then hit Amazon bot protection and could not reliably shop, book or reserve.
What they did
In the thread, one user said Agent could get through an online purchase flow for dress shoes: it first tried Amazon, struggled there, then switched to the shoe maker’s own site and reached the payment step. The human still had to enter the credit card, and another commenter said they manually took over to solve a press-and-hold bot check that still failed to load.
How it went
It got partway through buying shoes and could navigate some retail tasks, but Amazon and other major sites often blocked it with anti-bot protection. The original poster also said their own testing hit no bookings or reservations and burned through a 40-query allotment quickly.
Worth knowing
One practical catch from the thread: one user said it took a couple of tries to find a workable merchant, and the poster said their access ran out at 40 queries.
Labels
The agent got partway through buying dress shoes before the poster had to enter the card
The agent got partway through buying dress shoes before the poster had to enter the card
Agent could get through an online purchase flow for dress shoes
reached the payment step. The human still had to enter the credit card
it first tried Amazon, struggled there, then switched to the shoe maker’s own site and reached the payment step
In the thread, one user said Agent could get through an online purchase flow for dress shoes: it first tried Amazon, struggled there, then switched to the shoe maker’s own site and reached the payment step.
The “Material” label failed its quality check and is not used for selection.
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- Agents
- ChatGPT Agent
- Source
- Source date
- undated
- Accounts
- 1
- In registry since
- Oct 12, 2026