AI prompts for ecommerce and online sellers

Write a product description.

PRODUCT: [WHAT IT IS]
KEY SPECIFICATIONS: [MATERIALS, DIMENSIONS, CAPACITY, COMPATIBILITY, WHATEVER APPLIES]
PRICE: [PRICE AND POSITIONING - budget, mid, premium]
WHO BUYS IT: [CUSTOMER AND THEIR SITUATION]
WHAT PROBLEM IT SOLVES: [THE JOB IT DOES]
WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT: [VS ALTERNATIVES]
WHAT CUSTOMERS ASK BEFORE BUYING: [PRE-PURCHASE QUESTIONS]
COMMON RETURN REASONS: [IF KNOWN]
PLATFORM: [own site / Amazon / Etsy / marketplace]

Produce:

1. THE TITLE - platform-appropriate. For marketplaces, front-load the terms people search. For your own site, prioritise clarity.

2. THE OPENING - two sentences: what it is and who it is for. Buyers scanning ten products need to eliminate quickly; help them.

3. THE BENEFIT SECTION - what it does for them, each tied to a specific feature. Never a benefit floating free of a fact.

4. THE SPECIFICATIONS - complete and scannable. Include the ones people have to email to ask about: exact dimensions, weight, materials, compatibility, what is in the box, care instructions, warranty.

5. THE PRE-PURCHASE QUESTIONS - each one I listed, answered in the description. Every question answered here is a sale that does not need a support conversation to happen.

6. WHO IT IS NOT FOR - the single highest-value section for reducing returns and bad reviews. Name the use case it does not suit.

7. THE RETURN-REASON FIX - for each return reason I gave you, what the description should say to prevent it. Most returns are expectation mismatches created by the listing.

Rules:
- Every claim must be checkable. 'Premium quality' says nothing; '3mm full-grain leather' says something.
- No superlatives without substantiation
- Do not hide dimensions or compatibility
- Sensory and concrete over abstract
- If the price is premium, justify it with specifics rather than adjectives
- Never invent a specification. Mark [NEED SPEC] where I have not given you one.

Write a marketplace listing.

PLATFORM: [Amazon / Etsy / eBay / other]
PRODUCT: [WHAT IT IS]
SPECIFICATIONS: [FULL DETAILS]
PRICE: [PRICE]
WHO BUYS IT AND WHY: [CUSTOMER AND OCCASION]
HOW PEOPLE SEARCH FOR THIS: [SEARCH TERMS YOU KNOW OF]
COMPETING LISTINGS: [PASTE TITLES, if you have them]
WHAT MAKES MINE DIFFERENT: [DIFFERENTIATOR]

Marketplace search is not Google. Relevance comes from the listing fields, and ranking is heavily influenced by conversion and sales velocity, so a listing that converts is a listing that ranks.

Produce:

1. THE TITLE - built to the platform's conventions and character limit (state it). Front-load the terms people actually search. Include the attributes buyers filter and scan by: size, colour, quantity, material, compatibility. Readable, not a keyword string.

2. THE SEARCH TERM SET - the terms this listing should be findable for, grouped as: the core product term, attribute variations, use-case terms, occasion terms, and problem-phrased searches. Note which go in the title, which in bullets, and which in the platform's backend keyword field.

3. THE BULLETS - benefit-led, each opening with the point and then the specification. Cover the buying criteria and the pre-purchase questions.

4. THE DESCRIPTION - for the buyer who scrolled this far and is close to deciding. Fuller detail, care, compatibility, what is in the box.

5. THE ATTRIBUTES AND FIELDS - every structured field the platform offers should be filled. Unfilled attributes mean your listing is excluded from filtered searches, which is invisible lost traffic.

6. IMAGE PLAN - what each image slot should show, in order. On marketplaces, images drive conversion more than copy: main image on white, in use, scale reference, detail, what is included, and any size or comparison graphic.

7. AGAINST THE COMPETITION - if I pasted competing titles, what mine does differently and which terms they are all missing.

Rules:
- No keyword stuffing. Platforms penalise it and buyers distrust it.
- No claims the platform prohibits - check for restricted terms in this category
- Do not repeat the same keyword across every field; use the space for variations
- Never invent a specification

This product page gets traffic but does not convert. Diagnose it.

PAGE CONTENT: [PASTE OR DESCRIBE EVERYTHING - title, description, images, price, reviews, shipping info]
PRODUCT AND PRICE: [DETAIL]
TRAFFIC AND CONVERSION RATE: [NUMBERS]
TRAFFIC SOURCE: [WHERE VISITORS COME FROM]
COMPETITOR PAGES: [PASTE OR DESCRIBE, if you have them]
WHAT CUSTOMERS ASK BEFORE BUYING: [SUPPORT QUESTIONS]

Work through the reasons people do not buy, in order of frequency:

1. THEY CANNOT TELL WHAT IT IS - assess whether the page makes the product immediately clear.

2. A QUESTION IS UNANSWERED - the most common cause. Every unanswered question is an exit. Check for: sizing, dimensions, compatibility, materials, what is included, how long delivery takes, total cost including shipping, returns policy, and whether it fits their specific situation. Use my support questions as evidence.

3. THE IMAGES ARE INSUFFICIENT - for physical products, images do more than copy. Check for: scale reference, the product in use, all angles, detail shots, what is in the box, and colour accuracy. Say what is missing.

4. THE PRICE IS A SURPRISE - shipping cost revealed at checkout is the largest single cause of abandonment. Is the total cost clear on the page?

5. TRUST - is there enough for a stranger to give money? Reviews, returns policy, contact information, secure payment signals, a real address.

6. THE TRAFFIC IS WRONG - if visitors arrive expecting something else, the page is not the problem. Check the match between traffic source and product.

7. FRICTION - how many steps to buy, is an account required, are there too many options, is the call to action obvious.

8. AGAINST COMPETITORS - if their pages answer more questions or show more, yours loses regardless of product quality.

Then:
- THE MOST LIKELY CAUSE, with evidence from what I gave you
- THE THREE CHANGES ranked by expected impact
- THE QUESTION YOUR PAGE DOES NOT ANSWER that it most needs to

Analyse my product feedback.

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PRODUCT: [WHAT IT IS AND PRICE]
CURRENT LISTING: [PASTE OR DESCRIBE]

Produce:

1. WHAT PEOPLE LIKE - themes, with counts and representative quotes. These are your selling points, in customers' own words - which is better copy than anything you would write.

2. WHAT PEOPLE DISLIKE - themes with counts. Separate into:
   - PRODUCT PROBLEMS: genuinely needs changing
   - EXPECTATION PROBLEMS: the product is fine, the listing set the wrong expectation. These are the cheapest to fix and the most common.
   - WRONG CUSTOMER: people who bought something that was never going to suit them. A targeting or listing problem.

3. THE LISTING FIXES - for every expectation problem and wrong-customer case, the specific change to the description, images or title that would prevent it. This is the highest-return output here.

4. THE LANGUAGE MINE - the exact phrases customers use to describe the product's benefits and its uses. Use these verbatim in the listing and in ads; they outperform marketing language and match how people search.

5. THE UNEXPECTED USES - ways people use it that you did not anticipate. Often a new market or a new keyword.

6. THE SILENT MAJORITY CAVEAT - reviewers are a small and skewed sample. Note where a theme is based on very few reviews and should not drive a product decision.

7. THE PRIORITY - the three changes that would most improve satisfaction and reduce returns, ranked by (impact / effort).

8. WHAT NOT TO CHANGE - complaints from customers who were never the target. Changing the product to satisfy them would damage it for everyone else. Name them.

Help me think through pricing.

PRODUCT: [WHAT IT IS]
COSTS: [UNIT COST, SHIPPING, FEES, AND ANY FIXED COSTS TO COVER]
CURRENT PRICE: [IF ANY]
COMPETITOR PRICES: [WHAT SIMILAR THINGS COST]
WHO BUYS IT: [CUSTOMER]
WHAT THEY COMPARE IT TO: [THE ALTERNATIVE IN THEIR MIND - not necessarily a direct competitor]
MY POSITIONING: [budget / mid / premium]
VOLUME: [CURRENT OR EXPECTED]

Produce:

1. THE FLOOR - the price below which this loses money. Include everything: unit cost, shipping, payment fees, marketplace fees, returns at your actual return rate, and a share of fixed costs. Show the arithmetic. Most small sellers price above their true floor by accident because they forget returns and fees.

2. THE REFERENCE PRICE - what the customer mentally compares this to. This anchors their sense of value more than competitor pricing does, and it is often not another product at all.

3. THE VALUE CASE - what the product saves or delivers, expressed in the customer's terms. Where the value is quantifiable, quantify it.

4. PRICE POINTS TO CONSIDER - three, with the reasoning for each: what it signals, who it attracts and excludes, and the margin at my volume.

5. THE POSITIONING CHECK - does my stated positioning match my price? A premium position at a mid price confuses buyers and leaves money on the table; a budget position at a premium price does not sell.

6. PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS - where charm pricing helps and where it undermines a premium position. Round numbers signal quality; .99 signals discount. Match to positioning.

7. WHAT TO CHANGE INSTEAD OF THE PRICE - if the price is right and it is not selling, the problem is elsewhere: the listing, the images, the trust signals, the traffic. Say so.

8. THE TEST - how to test a price change without damaging existing customers, and what to measure. Note that revenue, not conversion rate, is the metric; a price rise that converts less and earns more is a win.

I am not asking for financial advice, only for this reasoning laid out clearly.

Help me reduce cart abandonment.

ABANDONMENT RATE: [PERCENTAGE, if known]
CHECKOUT PROCESS: [DESCRIBE EVERY STEP AND FIELD]
WHAT IT COSTS: [PRODUCT PRICE, SHIPPING, TAX, ANY FEES, AND WHEN EACH IS REVEALED]
PAYMENT METHODS: [WHAT YOU ACCEPT]
DELIVERY: [OPTIONS, COST, TIMEFRAME, AND WHERE THIS IS SHOWN]
RETURNS POLICY: [WHAT IT IS AND WHERE IT IS STATED]
ACCOUNT REQUIRED: [yes / no / optional]
PLATFORM: [WHAT YOU USE]

Produce:

1. THE COST SURPRISE AUDIT - the single largest cause of abandonment. Walk through my checkout and identify every point where the total increases. Any cost revealed after the cart is a problem. State what should be shown on the product page instead.

2. THE FRICTION COUNT - number of steps, number of form fields, and number of decisions. For each field, ask: is this needed to fulfil the order? Remove anything that is not. Phone number, company name, and address line 2 as required fields are common offenders.

3. THE ACCOUNT REQUIREMENT - if an account is required, that alone is a major cause. Guest checkout with an optional account after purchase is almost always better.

4. THE TRUST GAPS - at the payment step specifically: is the returns policy visible, is there a contact route, are payment methods shown, does the page look secure? Doubt at the payment step is fatal.

5. THE DELIVERY QUESTION - is the delivery date or window clear before payment? 'Ships in 3-5 days' is not a delivery date, and the ambiguity costs sales.

6. PAYMENT OPTIONS - missing methods that my customers likely expect.

7. MOBILE - specific mobile problems: field types that do not bring up the right keyboard, small tap targets, forced zoom, and the address form.

8. THE RECOVERY EMAILS - a 2-3 email abandoned-cart sequence. First within a few hours and helpful rather than salesy; second addressing a likely concern; third only if you have something genuine to add. Do not lead with a discount - it teaches customers to abandon.

9. THE PRIORITY LIST - ranked by expected impact over effort.

Be specific to my described checkout, not generic best practice.

Help me use AI to create product scenes.

THE PRODUCT: [WHAT IT IS, MATERIAL, SHAPE]
WHAT I HAVE: [a clean product shot on white / a cut-out with transparency / nothing yet]
WHAT SCENE I WANT: [DESCRIBE THE SETTING]
TOOL: [generative background tool / image model with inpainting / other]
WHERE IT GOES: [PURPOSE AND PLATFORM]

Produce:

1. THE RULE THAT GOVERNS THIS - the product itself must be a real photograph of the actual product, unaltered in shape, colour, texture and proportion. Only the environment around it is generated. Generating the product itself misrepresents what the customer receives, and it is both a returns problem and, in many jurisdictions and on most marketplaces, a rules problem. State this plainly before anything else.

2. THE SOURCE SHOT REQUIREMENTS - what the product photograph needs for this to work:
   - Lighting that can plausibly match the intended scene. A product lit flat and frontally cannot convincingly sit in a scene with strong side light.
   - A clean, separable edge
   - The right perspective and camera height for the scene
   - Shot at sufficient resolution
   If my current shot does not meet these, say what to reshoot.

3. THE SCENE PROMPT - describing the environment, with the properties that must match the product shot: light direction, light quality, colour temperature, perspective, and depth of field. Specify a clear placement area for the product.

4. THE MATCHING CHECKLIST - what makes a composite convincing:
   - Light direction consistent between product and scene
   - Colour temperature matched
   - Contrast and black levels matched
   - Perspective and horizon consistent
   - Depth of field appropriate to the apparent distance
   - Grain and noise level matched

5. THE SHADOW - the product needs a contact shadow where it meets a surface, and a cast shadow consistent with the scene's light. Without these it floats. This is the element that most determines whether the image reads as real.

6. THE REFLECTION - if the surface is reflective, the product needs a reflection, and if the product is reflective, it should show something of the scene.

7. THE SCALE CHECK - generated scenes frequently render the product at an implausible size relative to its surroundings. Verify against real-world proportions.

8. THE MARKETPLACE RULES - many platforms restrict main images to plain backgrounds and have rules about what may be shown. Say what applies to my platform, and that generated scenes usually belong in secondary images only.

9. THE DISCLOSURE QUESTION - whether the context requires noting that the setting is not a real photograph.

10. THE ALTERNATIVE - a simple, clean, well-lit shot is often more persuasive than a generated scene that looks slightly wrong. Say when that is the better choice.

Help me photograph my product with a phone.

THE PRODUCT: [WHAT IT IS, SIZE, MATERIAL, COLOUR]
PHONE: [MODEL, if you know it]
WHAT I HAVE AVAILABLE: [any surfaces, paper, lamps, window, clips, boxes]
WHERE I AM SHOOTING: [ROOM AND LIGHT AVAILABLE]
WHERE THE IMAGES GO: [PURPOSE]

Produce:

1. THE LIGHT - the single biggest factor, and free. Find a window with indirect daylight. Place the product to the side of it, not facing it directly. Use a sheet of white paper or card on the opposite side to bounce light back into the shadows. Avoid direct sun, avoid mixing window light with room lights of a different colour, and turn the overhead light off.

2. THE SURFACE AND BACKGROUND - what to use from what I listed. A large sheet of white paper curved from a wall down onto a table gives a seamless background with no visible horizon line. Say specifically how to set this up with what I have.

3. THE PHONE SETTINGS - what to change from default:
   - Lock focus and exposure on the product by tapping and holding
   - Turn the flash off, always
   - Use the main camera, not the ultra-wide, which distorts at close range
   - Step back and zoom slightly rather than moving very close, which distorts shape
   - Turn off portrait mode for product shots; it blurs things you want sharp and produces edge errors
   - Shoot in the highest quality setting available, and RAW if the phone offers it

4. THE STABILITY - anything that holds the phone still: a stack of books, a clip, propped against something. Camera shake is the main cause of soft phone product photos, more than the lens.

5. THE DISTANCE AND ANGLE - for this product's shape, where to shoot from and at what height. Shooting down at an angle is the default and is often wrong; many products look better shot at their own height.

6. THE PROBLEMS TO WATCH - your own reflection in anything shiny, shadows cast by the phone, dust and fingerprints on the product, and colour cast from a coloured wall or carpet bouncing light.

7. THE MATERIAL-SPECIFIC ADVICE for what I described.

8. THE EDIT - the minimum afterwards: white balance correction, straightening, cropping consistently, and brightening the background to clean white if that is the requirement. Keep the product's colour accurate.

9. WHAT A PHONE CANNOT DO WELL - very small products needing macro detail, highly reflective items, and anything needing precise colour matching. Say if my product falls into one of these and what the workaround is.

Write Pinterest pins for my products.

PRODUCTS (name, what it is, price, key feature, who it is for): [LIST]
SHOP STYLE: [DESCRIBE]

For each product write:
- Pin title with product type + key feature + use case
- Description with how it is used, who it suits, and one styling or usage idea
- 2 lifestyle image ideas showing the product in use
- 3 board suggestions it fits

Rules: accurate details only - no claims about materials, results or certifications I did not give.

Help me reply to customer chat messages (WhatsApp Business, Instagram DM, website chat).

MY BUSINESS: [WHAT YOU SELL, WHERE YOU DELIVER]
KEY INFORMATION: [PRICES, DELIVERY TIMES, PAYMENT METHODS, RETURN POLICY, OPENING HOURS]
MESSAGES TO ANSWER: [PASTE]
LANGUAGE(S) MY CUSTOMERS USE: [e.g. English, Urdu, Roman Urdu, Arabic]

For each message: a reply under 60 words, in the customer's language and style (formal or casual), that answers the question first.

Then create QUICK REPLIES for the 10 most common questions (price, availability, delivery, payment, returns, order status, location, hours, bulk orders, complaints), each with a short shortcut name.

Rules: never promise delivery dates or stock I have not confirmed; for complaints, apologise once, state the fix, and ask for the order number.

Write a professional email to a [SUPPLIER / IMPORTER / DISTRIBUTOR / CUSTOMER].

RELATIONSHIP: [new / long-standing / strained]
PURPOSE: [e.g. request a quotation, confirm an order, chase a delayed shipment, dispute an invoice, negotiate price, request samples]
KEY FACTS: [ORDER NUMBERS, PRODUCT CODES, QUANTITIES, DATES, AMOUNTS, INCOTERMS if relevant]
WHAT I NEED BACK AND BY WHEN: [ACTION AND DEADLINE]
THEIR LANGUAGE LEVEL: [native English / English as second language]

Write:
1. A subject line with the reference number and topic
2. The email: purpose in the first sentence, the facts in a short list, the exact request and deadline, a polite close
3. A shorter follow-up for if there is no reply in [DAYS] days
4. If the reader uses English as a second language: simple sentences, no idioms, numbers written clearly (e.g. 12 October 2026, not 12/10)

Keep the tone professional and firm where needed. Do not invent any figures or dates I did not give.

Help me write a one-page business plan.

BUSINESS: [WHAT YOU SELL OR WILL SELL]
CUSTOMERS: [WHO BUYS AND WHY]
WHERE AND HOW YOU SELL: [shop, online, WhatsApp, marketplace, B2B]
PRICES AND COSTS (as known): [NUMBERS]
COMPETITORS: [WHO ELSE CUSTOMERS COULD BUY FROM]
MONEY AVAILABLE: [BUDGET]
GOAL FOR THE NEXT 12 MONTHS: [GOAL]

Produce one page with:
1. The problem and who has it
2. The offer and why customers would choose it over the alternatives
3. How customers find and buy it
4. The money: price, cost per unit or job, gross margin (show arithmetic), monthly fixed costs, and how many sales to break even
5. The 3 biggest risks and how to reduce each
6. A 90-day action plan with weekly milestones
7. The 3 numbers to track every week

Rules: use my numbers only; mark missing ones [NEED NUMBER]. Keep it to one page - cut, do not cram.