# Introducing the commerce payments protocol

DevFeed: [Introducing the commerce payments protocol](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/introducing-the-commerce-payments-protocol-1349.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://shopify.engineering/commerce-payments-protocol>)

Author: Shopify; Coinbase

Published: 2025-06-12T18:38:14Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Shopify Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/shopify-engineering.md>), [Shopify Engineering - Shopify Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/shopify-engineering-shopify-engineering.md>)

Topics: [Protocol (disambiguation)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/protocol.md>), [Shopify](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/shopify.md>), [coinbase](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/coinbase.md>), [Internet](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/internet.md>), [P2P](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/p2p.md>)

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## AI overview

Shopify and Coinbase introduce the Commerce Payments Protocol, a smart contract protocol for handling complex, multi-stage commercial payments onchain. Available on Base and open to developers, it powers Shopify's USDC payment method and aims to provide faster, cheaper, and globally accessible payments.

## Source excerpt

Learn how we partnered with Coinbase to bring payments onchain at scale with a new smart contract protocol to meet the complex requirements of commerce.