July 17th, 2025
Summary: Kevin King discusses the groundbreaking news of ChatGPT becoming an e-commerce marketplace, Amazon's AI initiatives including Starfish project, Prime Day 2025 analysis, OpenAI's Shopify integration, and strategies for scaling product launches with micro-influencers.
Key Points Discussed:
- ChatGPT's secret preview of checkout features to become a marketplace by Holiday 2025
- OpenAI planning to take a cut of sales and compete with traditional marketplaces
- Amazon's Starfish AI project cataloging world's products with $7.5B projected impact
- Prime Day 2025 analysis: 99% increase in orders but 35% drop in average order value
- OpenAI quietly integrating Shopify as shopping search partner
- Dream 100 member spotlight: Athena Severi's journey from Hollywood to Amazon community building
- Micro-influencer strategies using Stack Influence platform for product launches
- AI user adoption statistics showing ChatGPT's unprecedented growth
Links Mentioned:
- Watch the replay - All Day Workshop this Sunday
- Register here for Sunday's AI for Ecom Workshop
- Dream 100
- DragonFish waitlist for bleeding-edge ecom AI optimization
- Stack Influence Platform (10% off by signing up this month)
- Micro Influencer campaign case study
- The Rise of AI Answer Engines (AEO): Why SEO Is in Trouble...
- The 5 Amazon PPC Campaigns That Took Us to $1M/Month
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