I'll be honest: writing product descriptions is my least favorite part of selling anything online. I once spent an entire Sunday writing descriptions for 12 products and ended up with 12 versions of "high quality, great value, buy now." Nobody buys because of that.
AI fixed this for me — not by replacing the writing, but by doing the boring 80% so I can spend my energy on the 20% that actually persuades. Here are the 10 prompts I keep coming back to. Tap any one to copy it.
Key takeaways:
- Feed AI the details (materials, size, who it's for) — vague input gets vague descriptions.
- Ask for benefits, not features — nobody cares about "304 stainless steel," they care that it won't rust.
- Always rewrite the last 10% yourself so it sounds like you.
The Core 4: Descriptions from Scratch
"Write a product description for [product name], a [type of product] made of [materials], sized [dimensions]. It's for [target customer]. Keep it under 120 words, conversational tone, and end with one sentence on why they'd regret not buying it."
"Rewrite this product description so a 12-year-old understands it: [paste your draft]. Keep the important details, cut the jargon."
"Turn these features into benefits for my product listing: [paste feature list]. One short punchy line per benefit, no corporate speak."
"Write 3 versions of this product description — one playful, one premium, one no-nonsense: [paste product details]. I'll pick the vibe that fits my store."
Make It Sell: Headlines, Bullets, and SEO
"Give me 5 headline options for this product listing, each under 8 words, curiosity-driven: [product details]."
"Write 5 bullet points for the top of my listing that answer the questions a skeptical buyer would ask about [product]."
"Rewrite this description with these keywords woven in naturally — it should read like a human wrote it, not an SEO robot: keywords: [list], description: [paste]."
The Finishing Touches
"Add a short 'perfect for' section to this description — 3 scenarios where this product saves the day: [paste description]."
"Write a 2-sentence returns-and-guarantee blurb that sounds confident, not defensive, for a small [type of store] shop."
"Read this product description like a picky customer and tell me the 3 weakest lines, then rewrite each one: [paste description]."
One Rule That Makes All of This Work
The prompt is only half the magic. The other half is what you paste into it. I learned this the hard way: "write a description for a candle" gives you garbage. "Write a description for a hand-poured soy candle, 8oz, cedarwood and amber scent, burns 45 hours, for a cozy-winter-gift buyer" gives you something you'd actually publish.
Spend two minutes gathering the details — materials, sizes, who it's for, what makes it different — then let the prompts do their thing. And when you're done, steal a trick from our AI competitor research workflow: paste your three best competitors' listings into AI and ask what's missing from yours. That's how you find the angle they all skipped.
Once a description is pulling its weight, reuse it — our social media prompt pack turns one good listing into a week of posts.