I started with a straightforward prompt to make things simple and accurate. I didn't want to give ChatGPT Search any room for hallucinations or the opportunity to let me down.
Here's what I typed: "Find me an affordable handheld vacuum that's lightweight." I wasn't prepared for what happened next, but I was thoroughly pleased with it.
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After a couple of seconds of scouring the internet, ChatGPT provided me with shopping options like you would get on Google and a curated list of its top picks with short reviews. Sources were listed at the end of the results if I wanted to do a deeper dive.
When you see something you like, once you click on the product, ChatGPT provides you with where to buy it and a short description. I was low-key impressed by this initial test.
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Finding my beloved LED star sting lights
Now that I knew what ChatGPT could do for shopping results, I had to know if the new shopping feature could finally find those lights I'd been searching for.
I typed in this prompt: "Find me a string of LED star lights that change colors like the ones from Ikea years ago."
Cue the nostalgia!
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The first option in ChatGPT's shopping results brought back a rush of memories. After multiple failed search attempts on Google and Amazon, ChatGPT presented it to me nicely packaged.
I was so shocked that I didn't even think about tariffs, the price or anything else. I was ecstatic that OpenAI's shopping feature not only found what I had been searching for but also made the experience easy.
I loved not having to scroll through pages and pages of false leads to find what I wanted. ChatGPT search gave me the result I wanted in a precise way. If you have a favorite product you just can't find anywhere, you might want to try ChatGPT shopping too.