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ChatGPT

ChatGPT adds Shopping Research

A guided, multi-step buyer’s guide built into the chat — another step in ChatGPT becoming a commerce surface.

TThe Age'X Channel Desk
Dec 2025 · 4 min read

OpenAI launched Shopping Research in ChatGPT: a guided experience that asks clarifying questions, researches across the web, and compiles a personalised product comparison in minutes.

Commerce moves into the chat

It builds on Instant Checkout, which lets people buy inside ChatGPT starting with Etsy and Shopify merchants, with Walmart following. More of the discovery-and-decision journey now happens before a buyer ever reaches your site.

Product feeds and PDPs

Behind the scenes, direct product-feed retrieval has grown sharply and tends to win the top offer slot, according to Profound's network analysis — which makes feed integration and clean product-detail-page data a real ranking lever inside ChatGPT.

What ecommerce brands should do

Invest in structured product data, keep specs and reviews consistent across the sources models read, and integrate your product feed so your offers are eligible to be surfaced and compared.

Key takeaways

  • Shopping Research compiles guided, personalised product comparisons inside ChatGPT.
  • It extends Instant Checkout (Etsy, Shopify, Walmart) — buying happens in-chat.
  • Direct product-feed retrieval increasingly wins the top offer slot (Profound).
  • Prioritise structured product data, consistent specs/reviews, and feed integration.
Sources
  1. 1OpenAI — Introducing Shopping Research
  2. 2Retail Dive — ChatGPT shopping research
  3. 3Profound — ChatGPT shopping deep dive
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