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AI Search & Emerging
Perplexity Merchant Program
Free Perplexity program where retailers share product data to improve their chances of being recommended and enable one-click checkout; placement cannot be bought.
By Brandon Mina·CEO, BrandPilot AI·Updated November 2026
Short answer
The Perplexity Merchant Program is a free program in which retailers share product data with Perplexity to improve their chances of being recommended in shopping answers. Participation can also enable one-click checkout for shoppers. Placement in results cannot be bought, so recommendations remain based on relevance and data quality.