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Our analysis of interaction dynamics between the platform and non-human actors suggests that static posted-price models are a weak match for an economy in which software agents mediate search and purchase. If one pushes toward direct-revelation or auction-like pricing, volatility rises: prices behave more like traded claims than like sticky retail quotes, though without the fungibility of securities.
E-commerce goods differ from financial assets in a hard way: unit economics and reservation values set a floor. The market might ``want'' an iPhone at \$1; the platform cannot honor that. Pricing therefore needs an anchor $P_{0}$ (cost plus target margin) around which offers may move. In that setting, large language model (LLM) agents resemble institutional liquidity providers: they quote, probe, and clear subsets of flow. As autonomy of agentic systems increases, end users may delegate browsing and checkout to assistants rather than to retailer sites directly, which shifts where demand signals originate. The scenario presumes agents eventually hold delegated payment authority; until then, our results bound a near-term reconnaissance-heavy regime.
E-commerce goods differ from financial assets in a hard way: unit economics and reservation values set a floor. The market might ``want'' an iPhone at \$1, however that is not permissible. Pricing therefore needs an anchor $P_{0}$ (cost plus target margin) around which offers may move. In that setting, large language model (LLM) agents resemble institutional liquidity providers: they quote, probe, and clear subsets of flow. As autonomy of agentic systems increases, end users may delegate browsing and checkout to assistants rather than to retailer sites directly, which shifts where demand signals originate. The scenario presumes agents eventually hold delegated payment authority; until then, our results bound a near-term reconnaissance-heavy regime.
\subsection{Risk Assessment and Limitations}
\label{sec:limitations_risks}