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Shopify Catalog and agentic commerce
When a shopper asks an AI assistant what to buy, the answer is built from the Shopify Global Catalog, not your storefront. These guides cover how that catalog works, what decides your rank in it, how to tell where you stand, and how to fix the gaps that keep you out of AI recommendations.
- July 23rd, 2026AICatalog
Why Some SprueSentry Products Don't Show in AI Answers (and What We Fixed)
A dated Labs receipt: which SprueSentry offerings failed to show, the requirement that failed, the fix we applied, and what we observed after.
- July 21st, 2026AICatalog
How We Built spruesentry.com for the AI Catalog Era
We built SprueSentry to dogfood AgentReady. What changed on the site, what the product measured, and the dated receipts from our Labs program.
- July 4th, 2026AIAgentic commerce
The Shopify Sidekick Masterclass: Getting Real Work Out of Your Admin Assistant
A complete guide to Shopify Sidekick: what it does, the prompts that earn their keep, where it stops, and how apps make it far more powerful, safely.
- July 3rd, 2026AIAgentic commerce
Are You Actually in the Shopify Catalog? The Eligibility Checklist
Shopify Catalog inclusion is automatic, invisible, and easy to fail. The documented eligibility rules as a checklist, plus how to verify you are in.
- July 2nd, 2026AIAgentic commerce
None of Them Are Stores: What the New Catalog API Apps Mean for Your Shopify Products
Shopify's president just showcased apps built on the Catalog API, and none of them are stores. Each one is a new surface where your products show up or don't.
- July 1st, 2026AIAgentic commerce
Does Shopify Sidekick Use Real-Time Store Data?
Sidekick reads your live admin data, so answers reflect recent changes. The assistants that recommend you to shoppers update on their own clock. Why it matters.
- June 30th, 2026AIAgentic commerce
How to Get Your Products Found in the Shop App
The Shop app has its own search, feed, and AI assistant. How products get in, what its ranking rewards, and the product data work that moves you up.
- June 30th, 2026AIAgentic commerce
What Shopify Sidekick Can and Cannot Do for Your Catalog
Sidekick can edit products, draft descriptions, and stage bulk changes, all with your approval. What it can't do is publish your catalog to AI search. The line.
- June 29th, 2026AIAgentic commerce
Making Your Store Answerable by Shopify Sidekick
When Sidekick gives vague answers about your store, the problem is usually your data, not the assistant. How to make your catalog legible enough to query.
- June 29th, 2026AIAgentic commerce
How to Track Where Your Store Ranks in AI Shopping Recommendations
A repeatable system for tracking your AI shopping rank: the query list, the log, which surfaces to probe, and when a rank tracker earns its keep.
- June 27th, 2026AIAgentic commerce
Stale Catalog, Wrong Answer: Why Data Freshness Decides What AI Shopping Tells Buyers
AI assistants read a copy of your catalog, not your live store. When that copy goes stale, they quote the wrong price and stock. How catalog freshness works.
- June 27th, 2026AIPerplexity
Perplexity Shopping for Shopify Merchants: How It Finds and Recommends Products
How Perplexity's shopping features work for Shopify merchants: where product data comes from, what Buy with Pro is, and what actually improves visibility.
- June 27th, 2026AIAgentic commerce
What Data Can Shopify Sidekick See in Your Store?
Shopify Sidekick reads your store data to answer questions, but not all of it, and nothing outside your admin. Here's exactly what it can see and what it can't.
- June 27th, 2026AIAgentic commerce
Why Can't AI Shopping Assistants See My Product Details?
AI lists your product but gets the specs wrong or leaves them blank. Here is why assistants miss details on Shopify and how to put them where the machine reads.
- June 26th, 2026AIAgentic commerce
How to Ask Shopify Sidekick Whether You Show Up in AI Search
Ask Shopify Sidekick where you rank in AI search, what blocks a product, and which AgentReady questions reveal the next fix.
- June 26th, 2026AIAgentic commerce
Buy It in ChatGPT: What It Means for Shopify Merchants
What ChatGPT shopping means for Shopify merchants after Instant Checkout was retired: Catalog discovery, referral checkout, and what to do now.
- June 25th, 2026AgenciesPartnerships
AgentReady for Agencies: run your whole book of client stores from one account
The new AgentReady Partner tier puts every client store on one account: a Fleet Monitor, pooled AI credits, switch-in editing, and 20% recurring commission.
- June 25th, 2026AgenciesPricing
One Price for Your Whole Book: How AgentReady for Agencies Is Priced
$299 a month for ten client stores, then $19 each. Billed off-Shopify so one price covers the book, with pooled credits and 20% recurring commission.
- June 25th, 2026AIAgentic commerce
Returns and Shipping Policy Data: What AI Shopping Assistants Need to See
Shoppers ask AI assistants 'does it ship here' and 'can I return it.' If your policy data is unstructured, the assistant cannot answer, and you lose the sale.
- June 23rd, 2026Agentic commercePlatform
Building for Shopify Sidekick: App Extensions and the New App Store Rules
A builder's guide to Sidekick app extensions: data vs action tools, the content rules reviewers now enforce, auth, limits, and how to ship one.
- June 23rd, 2026AIAgentic commerce
How AI Shopping Assistants Handle Product Variants and Options
When a shopper asks for 'size 10 in black,' an AI assistant resolves it against your variant data. Here is how to model options so it picks the right one.
- June 23rd, 2026AIAgentic commerce
How to Make Your Shopify Store Agent Ready
What agent ready actually means, the four layers behind it (crawlable, structured, quotable, transactable), and an honest checklist for getting a store there.
- June 23rd, 2026AIAgentic commerce
Shopify Sidekick App Extensions, Explained: What They Mean for Your Store
Shopify's built-in AI assistant can now pull answers and actions from the apps you install. Here's what Sidekick app extensions are and why they matter.
- June 22nd, 2026AIAgentic commerce
Why Does AI Describe My Products Inaccurately?
An AI assistant got your product's material, size, or use wrong. Here is why that happens on Shopify and how to give it facts it cannot misread.
- June 21st, 2026AIAgentic commerce
AI Shopping Readiness for Apparel and Fashion Stores on Shopify
Apparel has the hardest data to get right for AI shopping: sizes, fit, materials, and returns. Here is the readiness work specific to fashion stores on Shopify.
- June 21st, 2026AgenciesFleet monitor
Run AI Readiness Across Your Whole Client Book From One Console
One account, every client store. The Fleet Monitor triages worst-first, switch-in editing fixes on the spot, bulk audits scale, and a weekly digest watches it.
- June 20th, 2026AIAgentic commerce
How to Check If AI Shopping Assistants Can See Your Shopify Store
A ten-minute diagnostic any merchant can run: robots.txt, agents.md, structured data, and catalog checks that show whether AI assistants can find your store.
- June 20th, 2026AIAgentic commerce
Did the Shopify Global Catalog Absorb Your Products? How to Check and Prove the Lift
Your products don't surface in AI shopping until the Global Catalog ingests them. How to confirm absorption, spot what's stranded, and prove the lift.
- June 19th, 2026AIAgentic commerce
Why Is AI Showing the Wrong Price or Availability for My Products?
An AI assistant quoted an old price or said you were out of stock when you are not. Here is why that happens on Shopify, and how to make the data match reality.
- June 16th, 2026AgenciesAi commerce
How to Offer AI Shopping Readiness as a Service to Your Clients
AI readiness is a retainer line item your clients will pay for. How to package it: audit, fix the structure, send a branded report, monitor it monthly.
- June 15th, 2026AIAgentic commerce
Shopify Sidekick Prompts That Save Time (and How to Save Them as Skills)
A working set of Shopify Sidekick prompts for data, content, and operations, plus how to save the good ones as reusable skills with a slash shortcut.
- June 13th, 2026AIAgentic commerce
How to Use Shopify Sidekick: A Practical Guide for Merchants
What Shopify Sidekick can actually do, the prompts that get useful answers, where it stops, and how to point it at the questions that move your store.
- June 12th, 2026AIAgentic commerce
Shopify Sidekick vs ChatGPT: Which AI for Which Job
Sidekick reads your store; ChatGPT reaches your shoppers. Where each AI fits for a Shopify merchant, what neither one does, and how to cover the gap.
- May 2nd, 2026Ai readinessData study
We Scanned 2,704 Shopify Stores for AI Readiness. Here's What We Found
A data study of 2,704 public Shopify storefronts: median AI-readiness score 89, the full grade spread, and the one pillar almost everyone fails.
- December 23rd, 2025AIPerformance
Lighthouse's New Agentic Browsing Score, and What It Means for Shopify
Google added an agentic browsing category to Lighthouse, and it does not score your schema. What it measures and what a Shopify store can do about it.
- December 12th, 2025AIAgentic commerce
MCP for Shopify Stores: What It Is and Why It Matters
MCP lets an AI agent call your store like an API instead of scraping it. What MCP is, how it fits Shopify, and how to make agent answers good.
- December 9th, 2025AICatalog
Preparing Your Catalog for AI-Driven Commerce: ACP, MCP, and Agentic Checkout
A grounded look at agentic commerce protocols after Instant Checkout, what they need from your catalog, and the work that still pays off.
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