These are cross-border e-commerce features and only appear on e-commerce sites that have them (Cross-border → Cross-border e-commerce in the admin menu: Multi-currency, Cross-border payments, Cross-border tax). Other sites do not see these pages and the AI cannot call these tools there.
Multi-currency
- US visitors see USD, euro-area visitors see EUR, UK visitors see GBP — and checkout charges that currency. Money still goes to your own Stripe, which converts it to your payout currency.
- Product prices stay as you entered them; only the copy shown to the visitor and sent to checkout is converted.
- Rates are the ECB daily reference rates, refreshed every 24 hours. If a refresh fails the previous rates are used; if rates were never fetched, the original currency is used.
- Optional rounding: none / whole / .99 / .95 (always rounds up).
- Visitors can also switch currency on the shop page.
- Tell your AI: "Turn on USD, EUR and GBP and round to .99" — set_ecom_currency; read with get_ecom_currency; preview with preview_ecom_price; refresh now with refresh_ecom_fx_rates.
- To try the flow, set the rate source to test (fixed fake rates) with Stripe test keys — switch back to frankfurter before selling for real.
- Current limits: subscriptions stay in the original currency; JPY / KRW cannot be used as a checkout currency yet.
Cross-border payments
- In admin → Cross-border payments: Apple Pay / Google Pay, Klarna / Afterpay·Clearpay / Affirm (buy now pay later), PayPal via Stripe (cart checkout).
- Only you can change these in admin, with a two-factor code each time. Your AI can only read them (get_ecom_payments).
- Apple Pay needs your domain registered with your Stripe — use "Register this site's domain" on that page (also needs the code).
- Methods that cannot take an order's currency are hidden automatically at checkout.
- PayPal via Stripe is available only to Stripe accounts registered in Europe / the UK, and must also be enabled in your Stripe dashboard.
Cross-border tax
- Rates live on your shipping zones (the same zones as shipping) and can be set per country or state inside a zone.
- Tell your AI: "Apply the EU VAT preset with tax-inclusive prices for Europe" — apply_ecom_tax_preset (eu_vat / uk_vat); "Set 7.25% sales tax for California" — set_ecom_tax_rate; read with list_ecom_tax_rates; preview with quote_ecom_tax.
- Presets are transcribed standard rates — have you or your accountant check them. Reduced rates are not included.
- Tax-inclusive display: on sites that add tax at checkout, visitors from zones with this option see gross prices on product pages; the cart still shows a tax line and the same total.
- This system calculates and records tax based on the rates you configure. It does not file or remit tax for you and does not guarantee the rates are current.