{"slug": "openai-pins-shopping-to-chatgpt-sidebar", "title": "OpenAI Pins Shopping To ChatGPT Sidebar", "summary": "OpenAI has added a new Shopping tab to the left sidebar of ChatGPT, labeled as \"new\" as of August 18, 2026, for users in the EU. The tab leads to a landing page and a dedicated search page, featuring visual search but no in-app checkout, as spotted by Radu Oncescu on X.", "body_md": "OpenAI has pinned the Shopping tab to the left sidebar on ChatGPT. Clicking on it takes you to a landing page and a dedicated search page focused on shopping.\n\nHere is a screenshot and OpenAI even labeled it as \"new,\" yesterday when it was added:\n\nI spotted this via Radu Oncescu who posted about this on [X](https://x.com/oncescuradu/status/2089713846151737828) - here is his post:\n\n💠OpenAI has now added a new “Shopping” tab for users based in the EU.\n\n— Radu Oncescu (@oncescuradu)\n\n• No in-app checkout.\n\n• Visual search available.[@testingcatalog]/[@btibor91]/[@rustybrick][pic.twitter.com/3KuM70arbI][August 18, 2026]\n\nForum discussion at [X](https://x.com/oncescuradu/status/2089713846151737828).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-pins-shopping-to-chatgpt-sidebar", "canonical_source": "https://www.seroundtable.com/shopping-pinned-to-chatgpt-sidebar-41893.html", "published_at": "2026-08-27 11:11:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-27 11:50:23.575543+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-products"], "entities": ["OpenAI", "ChatGPT", "Radu Oncescu"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-pins-shopping-to-chatgpt-sidebar", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-pins-shopping-to-chatgpt-sidebar.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-pins-shopping-to-chatgpt-sidebar.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-pins-shopping-to-chatgpt-sidebar.jsonld"}}