ChatGPT
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ChatGPT Operator runs an agentic browser that navigates retailer sites on a shopper's behalf — searching products, filling carts, and advancing through checkout with human approval at sensitive steps. For ecommerce leaders, it signals a shift in how discovery and conversion happen: traffic increasingly arrives via agents, not sessions. Merchandising, PDP structure, and checkout friction all need reassessment. Relevant for CMOs and heads of digital mapping readiness for agent-driven commerce.
> what it does for ecommerce
- Operates a browser agent that completes checkout flows autonomously
- Handles product research across retailer sites in one session
- Executes multi-step tasks like cart building and form filling
- Supports natural-language prompts for comparison shopping and reorders
- Runs inside ChatGPT with user oversight at checkpoints