AI Studio: Sell Products and Accept Payments Now Live

TL;DR

AI Studio apps now support payments, connecting to HighLevel's native payment system. This is a significant update for agencies using or planning to use AI Studio for client solutions.

Who this affects

HighLevel has not confirmed who is affected. Based on the facts, this impacts anyone building or considering building AI Studio apps, particularly those leveraging HighLevel’s native payment system. Users with existing React projects can migrate them to use payments.

What changed

AI Studio apps can now take payments. This connects to the HighLevel catalog.

Users can instruct the AI Studio agent to add payments. This builds a secure, hosted checkout into the app.

Payments in AI Studio use HighLevel’s native payments. This includes existing products, orders, payment providers, and subscriptions.

A new 'Payments' settings tab is available. Here, users can turn payments on, switch between test/live mode, and select catalog products for sale.

Products can be priced as a fixed price, a selected set of variations, or the full catalog.

The agent builds both a storefront and a checkout into the app.

Payment code is managed by the platform.

Card details are entered and processed in a platform-hosted checkout.

PayPal express checkout is supported.

Coupon codes can be entered at checkout.

Fully discounted orders do not require card details.

Subscriptions work in checkout and with upsells. This includes multiple subscription products in one cart.

Checkout colors pick up the site's color scheme.

Bot protection runs on every purchase.

One-click post-purchase upsells are available after a successful purchase.

One-click upsells work with saved cards from Stripe, Square, Authorize.net, NMI, Adyen, and Mercado Pago.

Upsells can only be charged after the original order is paid. They can only be charged once per order.

Generated storefronts show product listings and detail pages. These include thumbnails and formatted descriptions.

Payments currently work only with apps built on TanStack Start.

Existing React projects can be migrated to use payments via Project Settings → Migrate to SSR.

HighLevel has not confirmed any limits, plan gating, or rollout status for this feature.

Where to find it

HighLevel has not published the exact navigation path for the 'Payments' settings tab within AI Studio. However, based on the description, it will be a new settings tab specifically for configuring payments within an AI Studio app. The migration option for existing React projects is located under Project Settings → Migrate to SSR.

How agencies will use this

An agency could use this to build a custom booking and payment solution directly within an AI Studio app for a client. For example, a spa client needs to sell specific service packages. The agency builds an AI Studio app that lists these packages from the HighLevel product catalog. They then instruct the AI agent to 'add payments.' This integrates a secure checkout for clients to purchase fixed-price packages or subscription-based membership tiers. After a successful purchase, a one-click upsell could offer a related add-on service. This entire process, from product display to payment and upsell, is managed within the AI Studio app, leveraging HighLevel’s existing payment infrastructure.

Our take

This is a major update for AI Studio. Integrating direct payment processing is a foundational capability that significantly expands the types of applications agencies can build and monetize within the HighLevel ecosystem. The support for native payments, subscriptions, and one-click upsells makes AI Studio a more complete platform for e-commerce and service sales. Agencies exploring custom client solutions with AI Studio should pay attention to this development.