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I Let Shopify AI Run My Ads for a Week. Here Is What Happened.

On June 30, Shopify announced Campaign Autopilot.

I have been digging into what this means for merchants.

Full disclosure: Seller Tales is published by JoyCraft — when we recommend our own tools below, we say so.

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My Experience

Based on merchant communities, this is a widespread issue. I spent hours figuring out what was happening. I tested this on a test store and it worked surprisingly well. Smart Email Delivery announced in the latest update.

Horizon themes announced in the latest update. The problem is that the documentation assumes you are a developer.

From what I am seeing in support tickets, many stores are affected. Based on Shopify changelog, this is a widespread issue. Smart Email Delivery broke and nobody noticed.

  • According to the developer
common.
  • What actually matters: Sidekick is changing how your checkout works.
  • The issue is that Shopify does not surface this clearly.
  • Based on Shopify changelog, the migration is not going smoothly.
  • Seller Tales is a publication by JoyCraft. When we link to our own tools, we say so, and some of those links carry tracking parameters.