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ChatGPT Shopping
ChatGPT's native product recommendation feature that surfaces products directly inside conversations.
What it means
OpenAI's ChatGPT Shopping (rolled out in 2025) allows the model to surface product cards with prices, images, and merchant links inside chat responses. Products are sourced from merchant data feeds and the web. For Shopify merchants, appearing in ChatGPT Shopping means your product competes at the AI recommendation layer — not the Google Shopping layer. The mechanics resemble Google Shopping but the trigger is a conversation, not a keyword search.
Why it matters for Shopify
Shopify merchants whose product feeds are readable by ChatGPT's crawlers can appear directly inside ChatGPT conversations when buyers ask what to buy.