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  "title": "Apply for ChatGPT product feed access",
  "description": "Onboarding product feeds in ChatGPT is available to approved partners; apply via chatgpt.com/merchants.",
  "goal": "Without approval OpenAI does not ingest your feed.",
  "note": "Re-verified 2026-10-12. Shopify and Etsy catalogs are already integrated and need no application. Shopping is live in the US. OpenAI's prohibited products policy excludes, among others, adult content, alcohol, nicotine, gambling, weapons and prescription-only medication.",
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  "status_note": "Re-verified 2026-10-12. Shopify and Etsy catalogs are already integrated and need no application. Shopping is live in the US. OpenAI's prohibited products policy excludes, among others, adult content, alcohol, nicotine, gambling, weapons and prescription-only medication.",
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    },
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