The promise of personalized commerce sounded revolutionary. Customized product recommendations. Tailored emails. A homepage that “knew” who you were, and even through your name above the fold.
But let’s be honest, most personalization feels like a slightly shuffled version of the same old deck. Shoppers are still clicking through static pages, dropdown menus, and templated layouts. It’s more “you might also like” than “what do you actually need right now?”
Meanwhile, consumers have evolved.
They’re not impressed by recycled guesses. They want agency.
They want experiences that respond to their context, not just their cookies.
And that’s where the next evolution begins.
eCommerce is on the verge of a fundamental rearchitecture. Agentic commerce is not a feature. It’s not a personalization tool. It is a full a philosophy shift, from serving content to serving control. Agentic commerce gives consumers the ability to prompt, configure, explore, simulate, and transact on their own terms, within systems that understand intent and context, not just past behavior.
In this model:
This is the inevitable future of shopping as AI, spatial computing, voice interfaces, and intelligent search converge. Agentic commerce is what happens when the “interface” disappears and the experience takes over.
Let’s be clear: 3D configurators, AR try-ons, and immersive product demos are not agentic commerce by themselves. They’re enablers. The real power comes when these tools are deployed in service of contextualized, situational, user-led decision-making.
That’s where Dopple operates.
Situational commerce is Dopple’s framework for how agentic commerce comes to life. Where shopping isn’t about targeting a segment, but supporting a scenario. Instead of assuming who the user is, we ask: "What situation are they in right now?"
This could mean:
Situational commerce is responsive, adaptive, and embedded in real life. It assumes people’s needs are dynamic, and that real confidence comes from seeing a product in action in their world and their context, not a template.
To get there, brands need more than great UI. They need:
AI search is evolving fast. Interfaces are disappearing. Attention spans are shorter. Expectations are higher. In this climate, static PDPs and one-size-fits-most funnels are going extinct.
Brands that win won’t just personalize. They’ll contextualize, empower, and adapt. They’ll build systems that invite the shopper to drive. THAT is the core of agentic commerce.
TL;DRWhen we look back on flat, friction filled ecommerce, we’ll see it for what it was: a necessary first draft.
Agentic commerce is the rewrite.
Situational commerce is the narrative.
And Dopple is the one bringing it to life.
Let’s give shoppers the power they’ve been waiting for.
Let’s get out of their way.