Cluster · 7 articles
AI Shopping Channels
The channels where AI assistants list and sell products: ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, Google AI Mode and Gemini, Perplexity. Which feed each one reads, what Shopify sends for you, where the sale closes, and what each channel costs.
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