21 Feb 2023
How ChatGPT changes copy for online shops
ChatGPT is useful for the texts of an online shop in several ways. These are examples, not a publishing pipeline. Generated text has to be read and edited before it goes into the shop.
Product descriptions
The tool writes in a human register, so a product description can be drafted from the product data. The description can be fuller than a technical list. Time is saved. The merchant’s own knowledge of the product decides whether a sentence is true.
Customer service
The same kind of tool can answer questions and help a customer find a product. A recommendation stays useful only when it rests on the shop’s own range, not on a general guess.
Marketing and languages
It can also draft a blog, a newsletter, or a social post. It translates from one language to another, which helps a shop reach customers whose language is not the shop’s default. Translation and tone still need a check. The model is still AI, and an unread draft is not yet the voice of the shop.