OpenAI launches ChatGPT business information homepage Business Hub and Business Agents
OpenAI has launched the Business Hub business information homepage feature in ChatGPT. Businesses can claim and verify their business information, manage details such as name, address, business hours, and contact information, and obtain a blue verification badge through verification. Retailers can upload product data feeds containing prices and inventory, and eligible Shopify merchants can connect their stores through Business Hub or the Shopify admin and sync products to Shopify Catalog. OpenAI has also launched Business Agents, which allow businesses to create AI assistants trained on their own product and policy information. In the future, these can also serve as promotional entry points within ChatGPT's advertising system, and paid promotional content will be clearly labeled. Businesses in ChatGPT has opened testing to eligible businesses in available regions, while Business Agents is currently only available to eligible e-commerce and online service businesses in the United States.
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According to information released by OpenAI, the new feature will introduce an enterprise management center called "Business Hub." Businesses can claim and verify their business profiles on this platform and manage the information displayed publicly. When users query relevant merchants through ChatGPT conversations, businesses can more accurately control how they are presented in AI answers.
After completing claiming and identity verification, business owners can update multiple core profile details, including business name, business category, address, operating hours, contact information, and service offerings. For retailers, the platform also supports uploading product data feeds containing item prices and inventory status, enabling ChatGPT to cite more timely and accurate information when answering consumer questions. Verified business profiles will also receive a blue verification badge to enhance credibility and recognizability.
OpenAI also announced an integration with Shopify. Eligible Shopify merchants can connect their stores directly through Business Hub or the Shopify admin, simplifying the identity verification process and automatically syncing product information to the Shopify Catalog system. This means merchants can let ChatGPT access the latest product information without maintaining multiple data sources repeatedly.
In addition to information display features, Business Hub will also provide businesses with analytics tools. Merchants can view data such as the number of times they are mentioned in ChatGPT, the number of users clicking through to the business's official website, and the topics most frequently discussed in conversations that cite content from the business's website, thereby better assessing brand exposure and user engagement.
At the same time, OpenAI also launched a new feature called "Business Agents." With this service, businesses can create AI assistants trained on their own product and policy information to answer customer questions.
When users open a business's page, they can directly enter a separate conversation interface with that business's dedicated AI agent to ask about product details, compare different products, or learn more about service offerings. OpenAI said that in the future, businesses will also be able to promote these AI agents and use them as targeted entry points within ChatGPT's advertising system. However, all paid promotional content will be clearly labeled to distinguish it from organic display results.
Currently, "Businesses in ChatGPT" has opened testing to eligible businesses in regions where ChatGPT is available. "Business Agents," meanwhile, is temporarily available only to eligible e-commerce businesses and online service businesses in the United States.
With the launch of business pages, product catalogs, and dedicated AI agents, OpenAI is further expanding from a pure chat assistant platform into the fields of commercial search and customer acquisition. This move not only strengthens ChatGPT's commercialization capabilities, but also means that OpenAI is beginning to compete more directly with Google in the markets for local business information display and online business exposure.