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Buying without an account

Why it matters If an account is required, a browser agent can’t get to payment.

Category
Action (cart and orders)
Weight
4 of 100 points
Critical blocker
No. If it fails, it only costs its own weight.
Applies to
Online stores
Effort
Platform setting
Score model
v2.4

How we measure it

Guest checkout can’t be seen from outside without a browser; in the free test it’s always not verifiable and doesn’t count. The deep audit report measures it with a real browser.

What the result page says

These are the sentences in the test result; “…” is replaced by what we found on your site.

  • PassedWith a real browser we reached the checkout page; there’s an option to continue as a guest.
  • PassedWith a real browser we reached the checkout page; signing in isn’t required.
  • FailedThe checkout page requires signing in and offers no guest option; a browser agent can’t get to payment.

How to fix it

Target: Guest checkout is on; few steps, no pop-ups or forced newsletter sign-ups.

How to verify it yourself

Add a product to the cart and go to checkout without signing in.

Fix it with an AI coding agent

Paste this into Claude Code, Cursor or another coding agent working on your store’s code. Review the change before you deploy it.

You are working on my online store. Specoria’s agent readiness test checks the item below. Fix it so AI shopping agents can read the store and act on it.

## 1. Buying without an account (guest_checkout)
Target: Guest checkout is on; few steps, no pop-ups or forced newsletter sign-ups.
Reference: https://specoria.com/method/checks/guest-checkout/

## Rules
- First look through the codebase and tell me which files or templates you will change, before editing anything.
- Change only what these checks need, and keep the visible page and the structured data saying the same thing.
- Never invent prices, stock, shipping or return terms, reviews or product identifiers (GTIN): take them from the store’s real data or ask me.
- Don’t block or slow down real visitors and don’t add tracking.
- After deploying, run the free test again at https://specoria.com/ to verify the fix.

Where it sits in the 196-criteria framework

The result of this check counts as evidence for these items of the readiness framework:

  • 0.guest_checkout Shopping flow (Specoria) section

The framework and its source →

Run the free test See the sample report →