The Dialog blog: AI and ecommerce guides
Comparison
The best AI shopping assistant for Shopify in 2026: 5 options compared
Five Shopify AI shopping assistants, priced for the same store, and the two checks that beat any feature list.
Oct 8, 2026
Essay
Your search bar isn’t discovery
A shopper arrives from ChatGPT with questions, and your site has nowhere to ask them. Being discovered is the assistant’s job; showing people around is yours. The three jobs a brand agent does that a search bar never could: turn a vague intent into a structured query, use your unstructured content, and apply your own rules.
Louis Pinsard · Sep 30, 2026
Essay
Who speaks for your brand when the human stops clicking?
Checkout was never the hard part, and discovery is moving to the assistant. What is left is the middle of the funnel, interest and consideration: the one part a brand can still own. Why that means owning the agent, and what identity, responsibility and expertise it has to encode.
Louis Pinsard · Sep 16, 2026
Comparison
6 Shopify product recommendation apps, by approach
Wiser AI, Dialog, Klaviyo and more: the best Shopify product recommendation apps, with merchant reviews and real pricing.
Sep 14, 2026
Comparison
Ecommerce product discovery: the best tools to boost your revenue in 2026
Diagnose your ecommerce product discovery bottleneck, then fix it. Dialog, Nosto and Octane AI compared on real pricing.
Sep 7, 2026
Comparison
7 ecommerce AI solutions, matched to the bottleneck they actually fix
Ecommerce AI solutions compared: Dialog for discovery, Gorgias for support, Klaviyo for email, and more.
Sep 1, 2026
Comparison
The best conversational commerce platforms compared (2026)
Explore what conversational commerce means in the LLM era and compare 4 platforms to equip your store.
Aug 11, 2026
Comparison
The best Shopify quiz builder tools, tested and compared (2026)
From Recomma to Constructor to Dialog: the best Shopify quiz apps compared on price, AI, and real reviews.
Jul 31, 2026
Comparison
The best product recommendation engine: 8 tools compared (2026)
Traditional vs genAI product recommendation engines: compare Dialog, Constructor, Dynamic Yield and 5 more on strategy, price and reviews.
Jul 17, 2026
Comparison
The 8 best AI shopping assistants for ecommerce in 2026
Dialog, Bloomreach, Rep AI, and 5 more AI shopping assistants compared on features, pricing, and real G2 reviews.
Jul 10, 2026
Essay
Everyone's talking about agentic commerce. Nobody agrees on what it means.
Everyone's talking about "agentic commerce," but no two people seem to mean the same thing by it. We break down the four definitions competing for the term, and why each company defines it around the part it already controls. The real question hiding underneath: when an agent does the shopping, whose agent is it?
Louis Pinsard · Jun 29, 2026
Case study
Dialog AI: The virtual assistant that boosts OhMyCream’s conversions
Discover how Dialog AI is revolutionizing the online shopping experience by instantly answering customer questions directly on product pages.
Nov 13, 2024
Guide
Addressing Cart Abandonment: 5 Strategies for E-Commerce Success
Overcome cart abandonment in e-commerce and boost sales with a seamless checkout and a customer-focused approach.
Sep 25, 2024
Guide
Guide to Product Recommendation Quizzes & Diagnostics
Product quizzes enhance e-commerce by offering personalized experiences, helping customers, and gathering data. Key practices: solve issues, keep quizzes short, collect emails. Examples like Spoiled Child show their impact. AI tools like Dialog provide 24/7 recommendations, boosting conversions and customer experience.
Aug 6, 2024
Guide
Product Bundles in E-commerce: Definition, Trends, and AI-Driven Perspectives
Product bundling combines complementary items, often at a discount, to enhance customer experience and boost sales. It includes strategies like cross-selling and upselling, offering related or higher-quality products. Bundles can be fixed or customizable, and may include offers like "Buy One Get One." Conversational AI in e-commerce personalizes these bundles by tailoring recommendations based on customer interactions.
Aug 5, 2024
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