> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.droplinked.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Platform model

> The core objects and surfaces you'll work with across the Droplinked API.

Droplinked is commerce infrastructure: merchants publish inventory, customers buy it on
storefronts, and — increasingly — **AI agents discover and purchase it** on the merchant's
behalf. The same core objects power all of it.

## Core objects

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Shop" icon="store">
    A merchant's store (slug, design template, payment methods, currency). Public read via
    `/shops/v2/public/name/{name}`; managed via `/shops/v2`.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Product" icon="box">
    Physical, digital, or print-on-demand (POD). Carries SKUs, pricing, and — for physical/POD —
    a `shippingProfileId`. Public catalog via `/product-v2/public/shop/{name}`.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Cart" icon="cart-shopping">
    `/v2/carts/...` — add items, attach a customer, prepare for checkout (address verification +
    shipping rates), and pay.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Order" icon="receipt">
    The result of a completed checkout (`/order-v2`), including fulfillment for POD via Printful.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Surfaces

* **Storefront** (`droplinked.io`) — where customers browse and buy.
* **Shop Builder** (`droplinked.com`) — where merchants design the storefront and manage inventory.
* **Checkout** (`checkout.droplinked.io`) — the single-page purchase flow (contact → delivery →
  shipping → payment), supporting card (Stripe), PayPal, crypto/stablecoin, and regional PSPs per
  the shop's configured `paymentMethods`.

## Payments & settlement

Droplinked is **payment-rail-neutral**: merchants connect the PSP of their choice and it's
turnkey through the checkout. Card, PayPal, regional processors, and **crypto/stablecoin**
settlement are all first-class — the stablecoin path is the on-chain, low-cost differentiator.

## Agentic commerce

The same public catalog is exposed to AI agents via the **MCP server** and a **Stripe Agentic
Commerce Protocol (ACP) feed**, so a merchant's existing inventory becomes shoppable inside
ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, and other agent surfaces. See [Agentic Commerce](/agentic/overview).