Seller's guide · 2026 edition

AI Shopping : how to get ready before your competitors do.

ChatGPT Shopping, Google AI Mode, ChatGPT Ads, MCP. Shopping surfaces are shifting toward assistants, and they all read the same thing : your product feed. This guide explains what to put in it, in what order, and what can wait.

Format Illustrated PDF 15-minute read
For Brands and retailers E-commerce, acquisition, data
Content 3 concrete fronts Get seen, get chosen, get bought
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What's inside

Three fronts, one asset behind them.

The guide doesn't list everything moving in AI. It breaks the topic down into three fronts a brand can act on right now, separating what's urgent from what's just worth watching.

1

Get seen

Assistants don't recommend what they can't interpret. What ChatGPT Shopping and Google's AI surfaces actually read, and the attributes that make the difference.

2

Get chosen

Advertising is arriving inside assistants with rules that have nothing to do with classic auctions. Format, targeting, rollout timeline across Europe.

3

Get bought

Agents that act, not just advise. What the Model Context Protocol exposes from your systems, and how to prepare your operations without rebuilding everything.

The common thread across all three : they all run on your product feed. That's bad news for anyone who's neglected it, and good news for anyone who's already put in the work.

A preview

AI traffic has changed in nature over twelve months.

Evolution of conversion for AI-referred visitors between March 2025 and May 2026
2.5x swing in conversion over twelve months

We've moved from browsing to buying.

In early 2025, a visitor arriving from an AI assistant converted significantly worse than average. That relationship has flipped. This isn't curious traffic anymore, it's intent-driven traffic.

The guide breaks down who these buyers are, what they expect from a product listing, and why feed quality now decides whether you show up in the answer at all.

Source: Adobe Digital Insights, US retail sites, Q2-Q3 2026.

Your competitors are already in the answer. Are you?

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