ChatGPT Payments Live: Walmart & Shopify Integrate

Agentic payment checkouts in ChatGPT are now live, opening access to 700 million weekly users. This new system allows ChatGPT to act as a checkout counter. Walmart has already integrated its entire product catalog, making it discoverable through conversational AI. Here's the thing: this launch is currently limited to U.S. merchants and users. Shopify merchants get automatic access, and Etsy sellers are integrated through their existing dashboards. What's interesting is that the system only supports single-item purchases until 2026. This means merchants need to focus on high-converting individual products. Technical integration is key, requiring precise API schema compliance and real-time product feed updates every 15 minutes. Product visibility is purely organic, based on relevance and quality, not paid placement. While the technical complexity is high, early tests show conversion lifts of up to 33%. This could significantly change how customers buy online.