--- title: Shopify says AI search is driving more traffic and... description: Shopify's Q2 2026 earnings call revealed that AI search is acting as a complement to traditional search rather than a replacement. AI-driven traffic and orders... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/shopify-says-ai-search-is-driving-more-traffic-and-sales-not-replacing-google-2sk7xygrf twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Shopify says AI search is driving more traffic and sales, not replacing Google | daily.dev og:description: Shopify's Q2 2026 earnings call revealed that AI search is acting as a complement to traditional search rather than a replacement. AI-driven traffic and orders... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/shopify-says-ai-search-is-driving-more-traffic-and-sales-not-replacing-google-2sk7xygrf og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/2sk7xYgrf.png og:image:alt: Shopify says AI search is driving more traffic and sales, not replacing Google og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Shopify says AI search is driving more traffic and sales, not replacing Google **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Shopify's Q2 2026 earnings call revealed that AI search is acting as a complement to traditional search rather than a replacement. AI-driven traffic and orders to Shopify stores tripled year-over-year in Q2, while traditional search sessions also grew 1.3x over two years. Shopify President Harley Finkelstein explained that AI agents use richer structured data and multi-dimensional queries to match products to buyer intent, resulting in better conversions. Half of AI-referred sessions land directly on product pages — 2.5x more than traditional search. Revenue rose 36% to $3.6 billion, beating Wall Street forecasts. Shopify has also built connectors to Claude, ChatGPT, Perplexity, and vibe-coding platforms like Lovable. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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