OpenAI pitches ChatGPT Ads: 1.7B weekly shopping prompts become ad inventory
Squiffered · reddit · 2026-10-24
A Reddit user shared OpenAI's promotional email for ChatGPT Ads, now onboarding advertisers for the holiday season.
- Retail and ecommerce conversations now exceed 1.7 billion prompts per week globally, which OpenAI is selling as ad inventory to reach shoppers "while purchase decisions are taking shape."
- Across 11 surveyed markets, 36% of holiday shoppers had started or planned shopping before November; US product-search activity on ChatGPT rose 52% on average during the 2025 holiday season.
- Ads Manager signup is open with limited-time ad credit for first campaigns.
The post's title, "An assistant you can trust," is pointedly ironic about ChatGPT's shift toward monetization.
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