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title: "Buying without an account · Specoria"
description: "Buying without an account: If an account is required, a browser agent can’t get to payment."
source_url: "https://specoria.com/method/checks/guest-checkout/"
lang: "en"
---

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guest_checkout

# 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.

- Passed With a real browser we reached the checkout page; there’s an option to continue as a guest.
- Passed With a real browser we reached the checkout page; signing in isn’t required.
- Failed The 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 →](https://specoria.com/method/#criteria)

[← PreviousIs the cart button accessible?](https://specoria.com/method/checks/cart-accessible/)[Next →Order tracking](https://specoria.com/method/checks/order-tracking/)

[Run the free test](https://specoria.com/method/checks/guest-checkout/#test) [See the sample report →](https://specoria.com/reports/sample-report/)

## Related

- [Add-to-cart button in the initial HTML](https://specoria.com/method/checks/add-to-cart/)
- [Is the cart button accessible?](https://specoria.com/method/checks/cart-accessible/)
- [Agent simulator](https://specoria.com/agent-simulator/) Watch AI agents shop a store in a real browser
- [Agent protocol map: UCP, ACP, AP2, MCP, WebMCP](https://specoria.com/agent-protocols/) What each protocol does and what the free test checks

FREE TEST

## Test your store now

Enter your store’s address: 27 checks on your public pages, the way a shopping agent reads them.

The free test runs in your browser and needs JavaScript. [Request the free deep audit by email instead →](https://specoria.com/#contact)

Your result opens on its own page. Want the full picture? The free deep audit and panel come next, by email.