New Ecommerce Tools: October 14, 2026
Our curated rundown this week of new services for merchants includes agentic checkouts, AI-powered marketing, same-day deliveries,…
Move beyond default checkout: How shoppers prefer to pay in 2026
Most merchants try standard fixes for cart abandonment: fewer steps, a mobile-friendly checkout, and more payment options…
WordPress PHP-Only Block Registration
You want to build a custom WordPress block. But you don’t want to learn React, manage a…
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…
Using and Styling the Dialog Element
Wasn’t it great — nay, amazing – the day we got a native HTML <dialog> element? It’s,…
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…
Standalone CDPs Fade as Enterprise Suites Expand
The customer data platform (CDP) industry is entering a new phase as standalone CDPs give way to…
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…
AI is shifting commerce — here’s what 225 leaders told us they’re betting on
We set up a booth at Stripe Sessions 2026 and asked 225 commerce leaders where agentic commerce…
New Ecommerce Tools: April 22, 2026
Every week we publish a list of new products and services for ecommerce merchants. This week’s rundown…
A Well-Designed JavaScript Module System is Your First Architecture Decision
Writing large programs in JavaScript without modules would be pretty difficult. Imagine you only have the global…
How to write product descriptions for SEO, AI agents, and shoppers in 2026
If your product pages were written for Google in 2022, they may not be working as hard…
How to prepare your store for AI-driven commerce
The way people find products has a new channel. AI assistants like ChatGPT, Google’s AI Mode, Gemini,…