Shopify Sidekick Fall '26: bulk edits, A/B testing and smarter recommendations

Daily usage of Shopify Sidekick grew 4.2x last year. After the Fall ‘26 updates, it’s easy to see why: Sidekick has evolved from a helpful chatbot into a fully-fledged operations tool that can save hours every week.

New to Sidekick? Start with the basics: Shopify Sidekick: what is it and what can it do for your store?

What’s new in Fall ‘26?

Feature	What it does
Bulk edits	Edit multiple products at once via a single instruction
SimGym integration	A/B test changes before going live
App & market awareness	Recommendations based on your apps + web research
Floating chat	Sidekick available on every admin page
Smart Pricing	Market-based pricing advice per product
Checkout integration	Control the checkout editor via text instruction
Payout insights	Questions about payouts and chargebacks answered

1. Bulk edits: one instruction, dozens of products

Until now, Sidekick worked on one product at a time. Now you can give an instruction that runs across an entire collection.

Examples:

• “Rewrite all product descriptions in the ‘sale’ collection with an urgency tone”
• “Add the tag ‘bestseller’ to all products with more than 50 sales”
• “Update the meta titles of all products in the ‘winter’ collection”

Sidekick queues the changes in an overview. You review and approve — only then are they applied. No surprises.

2. SimGym: test before you go live

Instead of making a change live and hoping for the best, SimGym simulates the effect of your adjustments in advance.

How it works:

1. Set a goal in Sidekick (more conversions / higher AOV / better add-to-cart)
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2. Sidekick suggests improvements
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3. SimGym tests the scenarios in simulation
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4. You see which change has the most impact
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5. You approve the winning variant → goes live

You also get a visual overview of where the change is applied in your store. No more guesswork.

3. App and market awareness

Sidekick now makes recommendations that take into account the apps in your stack:

• Running Klaviyo? Sidekick knows when an email flow is missing.
• Have a review app? Sidekick sees which products have no reviews.
• No analytics app? Sidekick suggests one.

It also does web research about your market. Ask: “What are trending products in my category?” — the answer is based on current internet data, not just your own store’s history.

4. Floating chat in the redesigned admin

Shopify’s admin has been fully redesigned. Sidekick now floats as a floating prompt across every admin page, so you can always ask context-relevant questions:

• On the orders page? Sidekick understands and helps with order questions.
• On a product page? Sidekick offers writing help and SEO tips.
• On the analytics page? Sidekick explains trends and outliers.

When you open the admin, you immediately see a personalised dashboard: your priorities, open tasks and Sidekick recommendations for the day.

5. Smart Pricing: pricing advice per product

Ask Sidekick a pricing question and it automatically connects to Shopify Smart Pricing. You get:

• Market-based pricing advice at product level
• Comparison with similar products in the market
• A recommended starting price based on current data

Especially useful when launching new products or optimising your pricing strategy.

Time savings in practice

Task	Before	With Sidekick Fall ‘26
Bulk product description edits	Hours of manual work	One instruction, batch processing
A/B testing store changes	Separate app needed	Built in via SimGym
Pricing advice for new product	Manual market research	Sidekick + Smart Pricing
Understanding chargebacks	Digging through reports	Direct answer in chat
Editing checkout	Manual editor work	Instruction to Sidekick
Discovering trending products	Manual research	Sidekick does web research

Getting started

Sidekick is free and built into every Shopify plan. Open your admin, click the chat button in the bottom right and try these prompts:

1. “Give me an overview of my top 5 products this month”
2. “Which products in my store have no description?”
3. “Suggest an A/B test for my homepage hero section”

Want to know how to get the most out of Sidekick for your specific store? Get in touch — we’re happy to help.