19 pointsby benwerd6 hours ago3 comments
  • nothercastle4 hours ago
    I wish I could easily search Shopify stores And ignore Google I think I’d find more deals that way
    • m463an hour ago
      We all want to search in a trusted way. Mistrust gets in the way of sales.

      But nobody wants that. They want you to buy their product, not the best product. I rarely see a store where you can filter some characteristic OUT of search results.

  • rlgh-abn4 hours ago
    Well, obviously. Slopify itself looks like an SEO website so they are well acquainted with the required tactics.

    What I cannot forgive is the Slopify code base and Ruby core sloppification dictated by Lütke.

  • theturtletalks6 hours ago
    I hope buyers understand that ChatGPT isn’t recommending the best products or the best sellers, they are in a paid partnership with Shopify and will show products from their stores above others. Some of the best e-commerce brands I know have a custom platform or use WooCommerce.

    That’s why I’m building an open-source agent commerce chat where you can connect to any seller. It supports Openfront, our Shopify alternative, but it’s built in a way where any platform can be added as an adapter.

    I truly believe AI will replace these marketplaces and even Google Shopping and we need that way to be open, decentralized, and interoperable.

    • vanuatu5 hours ago
      gotta make it less obvious
    • s0ss2 hours ago
      advertising with extra steps stinks
    • dismalaf3 hours ago
      https://openai.com/index/buy-it-in-chatgpt/

      No, this feature has been open for nearly a year. Shopify integrated it and makes it easy for their customers (the stores) to sell on ChatGPT, it doesn't mean no one else can.

    • asa1235 hours ago
      dude?