AI for merchants, marketplaces and marketing
AI for merchants, marketplaces and marketing
Platform Updates
The get_cart and update_cart tools on Shopify's Storefront MCP server reached their August 31 deprecation date. Agents that have not moved to the UCP Cart MCP will try to add items to a cart that no longer answers.
Chandni Melwani
Aug 31, 2026
Platform Updates
The Additional Scripts field on the Thank you and Order status pages stopped executing for stores on non-Plus plans on August 26. Orders keep flowing, so nothing looks wrong.
Chandni Melwani · Global · Aug 28, 2026
Platform Updates
Four to five cents a message, not a conversation. And on October 1 your human agents' replies start costing money too.
Chandni Melwani · Global · Aug 5, 2026
Platform Updates
Put a product in a campaign and every order it gets counts as the campaign's. TikTok says that's the design, and there's one way to check it.
Chandni Melwani · Global · Jul 29, 2026
Platform Updates
A New York disclosure law took effect in June. Amazon just turned it into a platform rule, with a specific metadata keyword, worldwide.
Chandni Melwani · North America · Jul 24, 2026
Platform Updates
A shorter title cap and a new AI-only field, arriving on a two-week clock.
Chandni Melwani · Jul 17, 2026
Platform Updates
Google's Universal Commerce Protocol debuted at NRF in January 2026 and is now default infrastructure, with Walmart live and Shopify on by default. Here's what ecom operators should do.
Chandni Melwani · US · Jul 14, 2026
Platform Updates
Shopify's Universal Commerce Protocol is now default on every store. Products are auto-discoverable in ChatGPT and Copilot. Here's what operators should do.
Chandni Melwani · Global · Jul 10, 2026
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