Your Ecommerce Coffee Break Newsletter ⭐ (Issue 178)

👋 Happy Tuesday! Here’s your latest ecom news roundup: See how ChatGPT’s new Instant Checkout changes online buying, why better product data gives you an edge, and how new tools from Amazon, TikTok, and PayPal can boost your holiday sales.

Grab your coffee, it’s a 1-min skim or a 3-minute to make you a smarter online seller.

In Today’s Edition:

• Today’s Headlines Handpicked For You!
• 🎧 On the Pod: How AI Is Changing The Way Amazon Is Managed
• Shopify x OpenAI: What to Know

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📰 WHAT’S HAPPENING

📈 General Ecommerce News

• Google's Halloween search trends [read more]
• Trump softens tone on China tariffs [read more]
• Amazon is Looking to Hire 250K Seasonal Employees [read more]
• Prime Big Deal Days sales drop 20% [read more]

🛒 Platforms & Marketplaces

• Most sellers active on 6 marketplaces [read more]
• How Etsy sellers feel about ChatGPT Checkout [read more]
• How Amazon sellers are prepping for holiday season [read more]
• Instacart launched a ChatGPT plugin [read more]

📱Social Media & Advertising

• TikTok updated its AI-powered ad suite [read more]
• PayPal launched Ads Manager [read more]
• Instagram is officially exploring a TV app [read more]
• Google Ads has added AI-powered image quality checks [read more]

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🎙️ ECOMMERCE COFFEE BREAK PODCAST

How AI Is Changing The Way Amazon Is Managed

In this episode, we dive into how AI is reshaping Amazon store management and the critical importance of focusing on profitability over just top-line revenue.

Jerry Vida, Co-founder of Peak ROAS, shares how his agency helps seven- and eight-figure brands scale by leveraging AI to streamline time-consuming tasks like PPC and listing optimization.

He explains why a clean ad account structure eliminates wasted ad spend and offers a 90-day profit guarantee for new clients.

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🛒 SHOPIFY X OPENAI: WHAT TO KNOW

OpenAI’s Instant Checkout is here — Etsy’s live, Shopify’s next. Everyone else? You’ll need to build a product feed and enable Stripe checkout.

Why it matters: This isn’t a search index. It’s a conversational database. No keyword fields. No custom labels. Your usual Google Shopping SEO tricks? Useless.

💡 The new game: Win with data density.

ChatGPT doesn’t search keywords — it parses structured fields like:

• Category
• Description
• Price
• Delivery

Your edge: Most brands won’t bother filling every optional field. Their data’s a mess. That’s your advantage.

📋 3 smart plays:

• Fill 100% of relevant fields.
• Treat your description (5,000 chars!) like a mini knowledge base.
• Build a data moat — add every detail: material, size, color, shipping, reviews.

👉 The goal: When shoppers describe what they want, your product is the only logical answer. 🔗 Learn more here.

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