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From Discovery to Transaction - Part 2: UCP and the "Digital Passport"— Why E-E-A-T is Your New Currency

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In the era of Agentic Commerce, Google’s Universal Commerce Protocol requires products to carry a "Digital Passport" of verified credentials. Unlike entertainment IPs, cultural institutions provide the E-E-A-T (Expertise, Experience, Authoritativeness, Trustworthiness) that AI demands. Licensing from museums creates "trust anchors," ensuring products secure top rankings in an AI-mediated marketplace where credibility outweighs popularity.

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Yizan He, Founder & CEO of ARTiSTORY

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Part 2 of a three-part series: "From Discovery to Transaction: Navigating the Era of Agentic Commerce with Cultural Authority"

Google’s new Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) is essentially a "Digital Passport" for your products. But in an era of "Agentic Commerce," AI agents don't just look at photos—they look for credentials.

The Power of Cultural Authority. As AI increasingly mediates discovery and recommendations, systems tend to favor information sources that demonstrate consistent signals of credibility, provenance, and institutional trust—principles closely aligned with Google’s E-E-A-T framework. In this environment, popularity alone is no longer a sufficient proxy for authority.

While entertainment and cartoon IPs may achieve massive global reach, they often lack the archival depth, scholarly attribution, and historical verification that underpin high-confidence knowledge systems. Museums and cultural institutions, by contrast, function as custodians of verified human heritage. Their collections are embedded in academic research, curatorial practice, and long-standing citation networks, making them exceptionally strong trust anchors within the digital knowledge ecosystem.

When a product is officially licensed by a museum, it gains verifiable provenance and institutional legitimacy that can be recognized and reinforced across AI-indexed sources. To an AI-mediated system, a Starry Night–inspired product is not merely a design reference—it is a culturally anchored artifact connected to a globally trusted institution - MoMA where the masterpiece is currently held. This gives cultural IP a distinct advantage in credibility-driven, meaning-focused, and long-term brand narratives, where authority matters as much as attention.

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By Yizan He, Founder & CEO of ARTiSTORY USA Corp.

ARTiSTORY is a global leader in art and cultural IP licensing, transforming museum masterpieces into "AI-ready" stories and products that bridge the gap between cultural heritage and modern commerce.

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