Replit Agent can now buy supplies via Link and Visa and run Google Ads, with owner approval on spend

Replit Agent can now buy supplies for a business and run Google Ads on its behalf, with the owner approving the spend, Replit announced. Agentic Commerce is powered by Link, built by Stripe, and Visa. Agentic Ads works with Google.

Agentic Commerce: Link and Visa

Users can give Agent a purchasing task such as "find 50 shipping boxes that fit this product, under $75 including delivery." Agent uses what it knows about the business to find options and prepare the merchant's checkout. It then waits for the user to approve the final total before anything is charged.

Replit Agent coordinates the purchase while a browser subagent navigates the merchant's site, prepares checkout, and returns the purchase details for approval. The browser is provided by Browserbase, so Replit says it does not need a separate integration with each store. Agent selects product options and fills the cart. If a sign-in is needed, the user can take over and then hand control back.

Replit describes these safeguards:

• The browser session is isolated.
• Agent stops at checkout for approval and never gets open-ended permission to spend.
• During payment, shell access and general browsing are disabled.
• Approval checks are enforced in code, not left to the model.

Link is Stripe's consumer network, which Replit says has more than 300 million users globally. Users choose a saved payment method and approve the final total. Link facilitates the transaction scoped to the approved purchase, while Visa provides payment infrastructure designed to support secure agent-initiated transactions.

Availability: Core and Pro users, starting in the US, limited to one-time purchases.

Agentic Ads with Google

Agent can now run Google ads across Search, YouTube, Display, Discover and more without leaving Replit. Users can connect an existing Google Ads account or have Replit create and manage a new one. Replit analyzes the website or app content, drafts ad copy, generates images, and recommends daily budgets. The user reviews, approves and launches.

The user sets the campaign goal, targeting, budget and landing page. Replit's example prompt: "Get us in front of contractors who bid on public projects. I'm willing to spend $40 a day for 30 days." Because Agent built the app, it can also add conversion tracking, so results can be measured through sign-ups and sales rather than only clicks. Users can ask Agent for current performance stats and optimization suggestions.

Availability: Pro users worldwide, starting today.

Context and customer claims

Replit launched Replit Agent in September 2024. It says the number of entrepreneurs connecting Replit-built businesses to Stripe for monetization has risen ninefold since May. Agent already handles payments, incorporation, prospecting and lead enrichment, app health and security monitoring, and SEO.

Replit cites two customers. Jon Cheney built a website, admin tools and product in a weekend for under $400, after a development shop quoted $105,000. Replit says the business made six figures in its first six weeks. Austin Eckman runs Crafting Table from one Replit project, including an ads engine he built himself, and Replit says he brought in $170,000 in 30 days at a return on ad spend of roughly 4X. These figures come from Replit.

What this means

The design centers on bounded authority. Purchases end at a checkout approval gate, the payment step disables shell access and general browsing, and approval checks are enforced in code rather than by the model. Replit also presents using a browser as a way to avoid per-merchant integrations, though the feature is limited to one-time purchases in the US for Core and Pro users.

On the ads side, Replit points to Agent having built the app as an advantage, since it can add the conversion tracking campaigns depend on. Ads are open to Pro users worldwide, a wider footprint than commerce. Both features keep the owner in control of budget and approval, in line with Replit's stated goal of Self-Driving Companies where agents take on more of the work.