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Products are no longer just inventory. They are instructions to the algorithm.

In AI-driven commerce, products are signals. We help companies structure products around profitability, demand, and strategic value so algorithms scale the right things.

Sophia Båge · AI & E-Commerce

Products are no longer just inventory. They are instructions to the algorithm.

Most companies still treat products as something static: a SKU, a title, a price, and a stock status.

But in AI-driven commerce, products are signals.

Every product teaches algorithms what to prioritize, who to target, what to recommend, and what deserves visibility. The problem is that most businesses still give all products equal opportunity to scale, even though they create completely different business outcomes.

Some products drive profitable growth. They recruit new customers, strengthen the brand, and increase lifetime value over time. Others destroy margin, generate expensive traffic, confuse recommendation systems, and create weak signals that make it harder for algorithms to understand what the business should actually prioritize.

AI systems cannot understand these differences on their own. They only optimize based on the signals they receive. That means businesses need to structure products according to profitability, strategic importance, demand, and customer value, so algorithms can distinguish between products that create sustainable growth and products that simply create activity.

That is where we come in

We help companies structure products around profitability, demand, strategic value, customer intent and AI visibility

The result: better recommendations, more profitable advertising, and stronger long-term growth.

About the author

Sophia Båge

Co-Founder, Untangle Collective

Sophia Båge is Co-Founder of Untangle Collective. She works with ecommerce leaders to reconnect performance marketing with profitable growth. Identifying where revenue and margin become disconnected, and what should scale instead.

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