How to beat Shopify with AI: write better product descriptions

You can now build Shopify stores with AI in Lovable. A while back Sophia Amoruso told me how difficult, and expensive, it was to get the first ecommerce site up and running for Nasty Gal. Well....fast forward to last week. I’m catching up with a comedian friend. We’re talking about life, and he starts venting about his website. How he paid someone years ago to build it, but now every time he wants to make a small change, he has to message that person, pay more, and wait days. So he just… doesn’t. As he’s talking, I open Lovable. I take a few screenshots of his site, drop them in, and start rebuilding it while we’re chatting. He keeps going saying how frustrating it is that he can’t even sell a few pieces of merch through his site. Meanwhile, I ask Lovable to connect Shopify and add a merch store. A few minutes later I tell him, "Hey, can I share my screen for a sec?” I show him the new version of his site, complete with the merch store. He was speechless. I’ve never seen someone react like that. Well, today, everyone can do it. This update is huge and I can’t wait to see what you build. PS: I love that people on our team, like Rachel Hamilton Ek, CA from finance, are the stars of our launch videos.

OpenAI × Shopify have officially redrawn the map for e-commerce. With the announcement of their Agentic Commerce Protocol, it signals a hard break from the way we shop today. Instead of typing into a search bar, consumers will soon talk to AI shopping agents. Agents who know your intent, your preferences, even your past purchases, and serve up tailored answers. Picture this: Rather than searching “red lipstick,” you tell your agent, “Help me find a red lipstick that works with my skin tone and lasts 8 hours.” What you get back isn’t a product list; it’s curated, personalised recommendations. That shift rewrites the rules: - Dependency on Instagram ads and paid discovery starts to shrink. - Marketplaces lose their monopoly on discovery. - D2C sites evolve into invisible, always-on assistants powering the agent in your pocket. This isn’t a feature release. It’s a power shift. Discovery used to belong to algorithms and influencer feeds. Now it will belong to agents acting on behalf of the consumer. For brands, that means one thing: adapting early is leverage. The first movers will shape expectations, win trust, and lock in loyalty before the rest of the market catches up. The question isn’t if this changes e-commerce. It’s how quickly, and whether your brand is prepared to meet it. #AI #Ecommerce #Beauty #BrandStrategy

💡 What if your store could build and optimize itself? Most small sellers spend weeks setting up online stores — and then stall. Not because their products lack potential, but because running a store still demands expertise across design, copy, pricing, and marketing. 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟭 — 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Launching a Shopify store is easy — scaling it isn’t. Sellers get stuck due to fragmented tools and no optimization support. Today, I’m exploring this gap in my AI Sprint: Can e-commerce become autonomous? ✨ 𝗔𝗜 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗳𝘆 — 𝗔 𝗭𝗲𝗿𝗼-𝗢𝗽𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿 Here’s what I envision it could do: 🛒 Transform a product photo + description into a full online store ✍️ Generate compelling, SEO-ready copy automatically 🎨 Create high-impact hero visuals and ad content 📊 Continuously optimize pricing, recommendations, and campaigns with AI 𝗔𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗴𝗼𝗮𝗹𝘀: ◾ 90% faster time to launch ◾ 2x higher conversions in the first 30 days ◾ Zero operational load for solo founders Huge thanks to Akhil Yash Tiwari and the entire Product Space community 🙌 for making this sprint such an inspiring and collaborative journey. #AISprint #AI #Ecommerce #ProductManagement #NoOps #BuildingInPublic #Shopify #FutureOfWork

Lovable introduces a new update. Lovable × Shopify = Instant eCommerce Store. Building an online store used to take: • Weeks of idea and research • Endless design and development back and forth • Coordination between marketing and technical teams Now it takes just one chat. Lovable’s AI now integrates directly with Shopify. Turning your product idea into a live store in minutes. Here’s what makes it stand out 👇 Launch Faster • Turn product ideas into live stores instantly • Create campaign-specific storefronts in hours • Skip the long setup process and go live quicker Automate Smarter • AI manages design, layout, and checkout flow • Seamlessly connects with Shopify • Lets you focus on strategy, storytelling, and growth Collaborate Better • Developers focus on advanced builds • Marketers experiment freely • Teams build together, faster Lovable and Shopify together are shaping a new era of e-commerce. Where creativity meets execution. Follow me Karthikeyan Muthu for more AI marketing learnings and updates.

 5 Big Ideas from Shopify’s Tobi Lütke That Show Where Commerce Is Going Just finished listening to the new conversation between Tobi Lütke (Shopify) and John Collison (Stripe) and it might be one of the sharpest breakdowns of where commerce is actually heading. Here are the 5 ideas that stood out most 1️⃣ The next frontier is agentic commerce. AI won’t just recommend products. It’ll buy them for you. Tobi said Shopify is building infrastructure so that ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity can connect directly to every Shopify store. “We want every merchant to be discoverable by agents, not just ads.” 2️⃣ Quality kills consumerism. People don’t throw things away because they love shopping, they throw them away because they hate what they bought. “The thing that solves consumerism is quality products.” The brands that win will be the ones people keep. 3️⃣ Small brands now outperform big brands. Large retailers are weighed down by legacy systems and slow UX. “We’re living in an inverted world where small retailers have better e-commerce experiences than large ones.” For once, the rebels are faster than the empire. 4️⃣ Personalized ads aren’t evil. They’re infrastructure. Shopify + Meta became one of the most powerful growth engines in modern history. “The Shopify–Meta alley-oop created more businesses than any government policy in history.” Targeted discovery made niche products finally competitive with mass-market ones. 5️⃣ The future of shopping is meritocratic. AI will reward the best products, not just the loudest ones. “The tail doesn’t matter. Merit matters.” Great news for small, authentic brands that make something actually good. So what does all this mean for small brands? 👉 Focus on quality. 👉 Embrace personalization and tools that make your customer feel seen. 👉 Don’t fear AI, it’s finally tilting the playing field in your favor. Commerce isn’t dying. It’s evolving. Becoming more personal, merit-driven, and intelligent. And small brands might just be leading the charge. #Ecommerce #AI #CommerceTrends #Shopify #Stripe #AgenticCommerce

Retail is such an interesting space. Aside from understanding consumer needs and wants, building products and services, etc. there has never been more ways to reach consumers where they are. Enter OpenAI. OpenAI + Shopify - Agentic Buying -- Shops remain merchant of record -- Not a feed like Google Shopping but products appearing in chats -- Instant checkout for now, fully configured will take time But not to be undone, Etsy beat Shopify into the OpenAI market As a retailer, your audience is getting separated by platforms Amazon - premium buyers, price elastic, high disposable income WalMart - 85% of Americans shop there, value is the name of the game Google Shopping - keep trying to be found, I expect GS will embed Google Pay and you will be able to checkout of Google Shopping soon eBay - make offers on new and used everything - wide assortment of buyers Etsy - custom made products, tend to be higher end customers Retail Stores - mom and pop and experiential stores are coming back Instagram Shopping - Meta wants your ads and a piece of your sales - everyone is there TikTok Shop - younger generation driving quick hits and low ticket sales volumes Your Website - if they should somehow end up here, maybe what's left over It has never been easier to get your products in front of customers. But now, you have to decide which channels are right for you. Which channels are bringing the best customers. Professionals are in ChatGPT 2-4 hours a day - cannot say people are on Amazon 2-4 hours a day. The game keeps changing, you might change too. But you might also wait to see if your customers are there or not. Agentic commerce is here. Whether or not you win from it will depend on if your customers embrace it or not.

✅ 𝘾𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙯𝙚𝙣𝙨 𝙍𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙝 𝙀𝙡𝙚𝙫𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙚𝘽𝙖𝙮 𝙍𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙈𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙚𝙩 𝙊𝙪𝙩𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 $𝟭𝟭𝟱 𝙏𝙖𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙤𝙣 𝘾𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙗𝙡𝙚𝙨 𝙈𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙪𝙢 📢𝘼𝙡𝙡 𝙢𝙮 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙩, + 𝟮𝟴𝟬 % 𝘼𝙣𝙣𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙯𝙚𝙙 + 𝟯𝟬% 𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙄 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙣 𝙀𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙤 Nasdaq100 +175% S&P500 +128% ✅ Citizens Research has raised its rating on eBay stock to Market Outperform from Market Perform, establishing a $115 price target.  This decision stems from the company's upgraded marketplace functionalities and its solid foothold in the collectibles market. The firm projects mid-single-digit growth in gross merchandise volume (GMV) for 2026.Citizens noted that eBay's emphasis on "Focus categories" including trading cards, automotive components, and clothing is improving the user journey for buyers and sellers alike.Innovative tools such as Magical Listings streamline the process of building listings, enhance precision, and boost visibility, while AI features powered by OpenAI’s Operator refine product searches and recommendations. The trading cards niche stands out prominently. Independent data revealed that grading volumes climbed to 4.9 million units in Q3 2025, reflecting a 5.2% quarter-over-quarter gain and a 27% year-on-year surge.Major chains like Walmart and Target have similarly logged impressive trading card revenues.  Citizens emphasized eBay's dominance in Google searches for collectible cards, along with its adaptable filters for factors like item state, geographic area, delivery methods, and certification levels, which deliver a more refined experience than alternatives such as TCGplayer and PriceCharting.Analysts at the firm indicated that eBay's superior SEO performance and extensive catalog have positioned it as the primary online hub for trading card exploration.  Alliances with TCGplayer and PSA bolster eBay's infrastructure, facilitating effortless item storage, verification, and posting.Citizens pegs eBay's intrinsic value at around $115, signaling a 20% appreciation potential. This assessment is supported by consistent GMV expansion, AI-fueled marketplace upgrades, and dynamic category synergies, despite measured expectations for earnings.eBay's platform refinements and commanding role in collectibles establish it as the go-to spot for aficionados, with these innovations set to permeate the entire marketplace and yield wider advantages outside specialized segments. This is not investment advice.  𝙋𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙘𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙠 𝙇𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙞𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙚𝙣𝙟𝙤𝙮𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙩! #eBay #StockAnalysis #Collectibles #TradingCards #Etoro #AICommerce #MarketUpgrade

I saw OpenAI x Shopify partnership. And it resonates with an interesting discussion I had earlier. Last week in Shenzhen, I spoke with Moritz Biersack about a question many clients keep asking our agency “Which LLM chatbot will dominate the market?” On the surface, it feels like a guessing game. Accuracy, intelligence, speed. They matter, but they don’t guarantee dominance. What we agreed on (and what this deal proves just days later) is simpler: Whoever is better at creating “money channel” for business will win. Here are my reasons: - Running LLMs is unlike any other business as the cost base is massive. - Capitalism won’t let AI stay a sealed “black box” forever. - Businesses will demand ways to advertise, rank, and raise awareness inside these ecosystems. THESE won’t just be optional. Platforms will face peer pressure from their biggest customers. If one platform enables monetization and another doesn’t, budgets will flow toward the one that drives visibility and sales. Advertising and ranking will always be the way. Yet again, SEO still is NOT dead. So, if the metric is revenue creation, what do you predict the next moves will be from Google, Meta, or Amazon? PS: Don’t overlook Google. Their UX may not always feel cutting-edge, but they already own the user ecosystem. If they decide to flip the monetization switch for AI, it could change the game in an instant.

Shopify just quietly rolled out AI-powered storefront search. Instead of clunky keyword filters, shoppers can now type questions like: → “Show me vegan leather handbags under $200”. → “I need a birthday gift for my dad who likes running”. Early tests show: → Higher conversion rates (less friction in discovery). → More average order value from better recommendations. → Lower cart abandonment when results feel “human”. This isn’t just about tech. It’s about expectation. Shoppers now assume AI will understand them. So, if your product pages and descriptions aren’t optimized for discovery? You’re already behind.

Enterprise retailers spend millions to personalize checkout—and it works. Until now, that level of capability has been out of reach for most Shopify merchants. Offer Opt changes that by packaging AI-powered personalization into something fast, simple, and effective. Think of it as the missing link between your acquisition efforts and your conversion rate. No more watching expensive traffic leak out in the final step. This isn’t enterprise-only anymore. It’s for every merchant ready to grow smarter. 👉 Do you feel personalization tech has been priced out of reach for smaller brands—or is the gap closing? https://lnkd.in/esMwyDy4