New Ecommerce Tools: September 16, 2026
This week’s rundown of new products and services for merchants includes updates on international shipping, cross-border payments,…
How to choose a B2B ecommerce platform
Your B2B buyers want the same convenience they find elsewhere when placing orders; the freedom to manage…
What’s !important #18: , Syntax ::highlight()ing, named-feature(), and More
Well, that’s a wrap. No, not a flex-wrap, but rather today marks a new day, week, month,…
Creating Web Widgets Using the Document Picture-in-Picture API
Firefox 151 recently shipped the Document Picture-in-Picture API. This isn’t the same thing as the (regular?) Picture-in-Picture…
animation-trigger
The CSS animation-trigger property delays the start of a CSS animation until a specific trigger occurs. More specifically, it…
WordPress PHP-Only Block Registration
You want to build a custom WordPress block. But you don’t want to learn React, manage a…
Ecommerce fulfillment: How to know when you’ve outgrown your process
Packing 200 orders a day is manageable, but once you grow to 2,000 orders, you’ll need a…
Ecommerce logistics issues are about visibility and connection
A promotion goes live and a bestselling product runs out while orders keep piling up. Returns come…
New Ecommerce Tools: August 19, 2026
My rundown this week of new services for merchants includes updates on page builders, warehousing, dropshipping, real-time…
Adobe Finds Most Retail Apps Are One and Done
Retail apps often have a short lifespan after customers download them, according to recent Adobe research. Nearly…
What’s !important #17: Custom Highlight API, CSS Navigation Matching, Fixing text-stroke, and More
Plus, how to style skeleton UIs, how to enable diagonal scrolling, how images can overflow themselves, and…
Blocked aria-hidden: The Warning is Right, and Every Fix You’ve Found is Wrong
You closed a dialog and the console went that particular shade of angry mustard. You highlighted the…
VCF – Workload Domain Stuck Deleting After Reimaging Hosts
August 10, 2026 VCF – Workload Domain Stuck Deleting After Reimaging Hosts VCF Workload Domain Stuck Deleting…
Using and Styling the Dialog Element
Wasn’t it great — nay, amazing – the day we got a native HTML <dialog> element? It’s,…
WooCommerce security: Keep your store safe by catching problems early
You’re scrolling through your news feed when a headline grabs your attention: The North Face has experienced…
New Ecommerce Tools: July 29, 2026
Our rundown this week of new services for ecommerce merchants includes updates on post-purchase, in-game commerce, payment…
BigCommerce alternatives: Why it might be time to switch
On June 1, BigCommerce renamed every plan, lowered the GMV thresholds, and added a fee of up…
Native AI Search Is Only Half the Battle for E-Commerce Brands
Shopify launched its AI-powered semantic search functionality in early 2024, giving Shopify Plus merchants more accurate and…
How to prepare your inventory for peak season
When your most popular product sells out on Black Friday, but your store keeps taking orders, that’s…
Deep Product Data Is the New SEO in the Age of AI Discovery
Small and midsize e-commerce brands face growing challenges as AI-driven discovery, social commerce, and conversational search change…
What’s !important #15: Boundary-aware CSS, Time-based CSS, Full-bleed CSS, and More
Similar to last time, What’s !important #15 is pretty stacked — read all about boundary-aware CSS, making…
Meet your customers where they’re already deciding with Reddit Ads for WooCommerce
When a shopper goes online and researches “the best noise-canceling headphones under $200,” they’re often forgoing sponsored…
Drupal 11.4.0 is now available
The fourth feature release of Drupal 11 is another performance breakthrough. Using only a third of the…
How AI Agents Are Rewiring Market Power and Brand Visibility
Across retail, payments, and big tech, AI-enabled checkout, automated product comparison, and autonomous purchasing tools are becoming…