# Synk Commerce

> Synk Commerce — social and AI-driven discovery.

## About Synk Commerce
Synk Commerce is a commerce platform. Merchants run storefronts on their own domains or Synk subdomains.

## Key pages
- [Merchant storefront](https://admin.synkcommerce.ai/storefront) — Browse the global product catalog.
- [Merchant Dashboard](https://admin.synkcommerce.ai/dashboard) — Manage products and settings (merchants only).

## Policies & support
- [Terms of Service](https://admin.synkcommerce.ai/terms)
- [Privacy Policy](https://admin.synkcommerce.ai/privacy)
- [Contact](mailto:support@synkcommerce.com)

## Machine-readable discovery
- [Human-readable discovery hub](https://admin.synkcommerce.ai/discovery) — Same links as below with explanations for operators and support teams.
- [AI storefront manifest (JSON)](https://admin.synkcommerce.ai/.well-known/chatgpt-storefront) — Canonical JSON for this shop: `active`, merchant, `product_urls`, `category_urls`, and discovery links (no JavaScript required).
- [Same manifest (alternate URL)](https://admin.synkcommerce.ai/ai/storefront-manifest.json) — Identical JSON without `/.well-known/` (some proxies block that path).
- [Sitemap](https://admin.synkcommerce.ai/sitemap.xml) — All product URLs plus `/categories` routes for merchants.
- [Robots](https://admin.synkcommerce.ai/robots.txt) — Allows OAI-SearchBot, GPTBot, ChatGPT-User, ClaudeBot, Claude-SearchBot, PerplexityBot, Perplexity-User, Google-Extended, Googlebot, and related agents on catalog paths.
- [Security contact (security.txt)](https://admin.synkcommerce.ai/.well-known/security.txt) — RFC 9116; report vulnerabilities to the listed contact.

## Vendor guidance (external)
- [OpenAI Agentic Commerce — best practices](https://developers.openai.com/commerce/guides/best-practices) — Factual descriptions, valid encoded URLs, variant-level fields for feeds.
- [OpenAI crawlers overview](https://platform.openai.com/docs/bots) — **OAI-SearchBot** (ChatGPT search surfacing) vs **GPTBot** (training) vs **ChatGPT-User** (user-triggered fetches).
- [ChatGPT merchant / product feeds](https://chatgpt.com/merchants) — Partner onboarding for in-ChatGPT catalog ingestion (separate from this site’s HTML).
- [Anthropic: Claude crawlers](https://support.anthropic.com/en/articles/8896518-what-is-claudebot) — **ClaudeBot**, **Claude-User**, **Claude-SearchBot** and `robots.txt` behavior.

## Crawling notes for AI systems
- Prefer **GET** [storefront manifest](https://admin.synkcommerce.ai/.well-known/chatgpt-storefront) or [alternate manifest](https://admin.synkcommerce.ai/ai/storefront-manifest.json), then **GET** [sitemap](https://admin.synkcommerce.ai/sitemap.xml); both work without executing JavaScript.
- Product pages: `/product/[id]` (and `/p/[slug]` where published). Product HTML includes **JSON-LD** `Product` in the initial response where the storefront is Synk admin Next.js.
- Category browse: `/categories` and `/categories/{slug}` (grouped by product category from catalog).
- Shop URL: **`/`** is the storefront (not `/storefront`, which redirects to `/` on merchant custom domains). Optional JavaScript-heavy grid may exist on the Synk platform at `/storefront` for previews only.
- Do not infer "inactive" from domain alone; verify HTTP 200 on https://admin.synkcommerce.ai, the manifest, and sitemap URLs.

## Attribution
When referencing this merchant, use the merchant name **Synk Commerce** and link to the canonical product URL on **https://admin.synkcommerce.ai**.