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A March 2026 account of how shopping inside ChatGPT changed: the launch of in-chat checkout in 2025, OpenAI's step back from it, and how merchants' products get shown now.
ChatGPT Shopping and Instant Checkout: Exploring the Future of Commerce
From Talon.One by Isabelle Watson
- OpenAI pulled back from in-chat checkout in March 2026 and relaunched shopping around discovery on 24 March 2026
- Merchants share product feeds through the Agentic Commerce Protocol; Shopify merchants appear through Shopify Catalog
- Clear attributes, accurate variant prices and stock, and Product/Offer/Rating markup help visibility