Improving user experience with pop-ups and gamification
Bad user experience on websites leads to high percentages of abandoned carts. Gamification, the process of applying…
What is profit margin? How to optimize it for store growth
Your ecommerce store’s success relies on many factors, and profit margin is one of them. When you…
Breaking Boundaries: Building a Tangram Puzzle With (S)CSS
For years, I believed that drag-and-drop games — especially those involving rotation, spatial logic, and puzzle solving…
Nine steps to a successful business strategy
You’ve written a business plan. You’ve chosen a business model. You may have even started selling already….
How to reach your target audience and gain loyal customers
Marketing that tries to reach everyone usually ends up reaching no one. That doesn’t mean no one…
Pro Tennis Player Pivots to Ecommerce
For years Jack Oswald was a touring tennis professional. He aimed for top worldwide rankings, the key…
New Ecommerce Tools: June 5, 2025
This week’s rundown of new products from companies offering services to ecommerce merchants includes rollouts for local…
How to run an ecommerce sale that attracts customers and grows profits
If you’re managing an online store, you’ve likely felt the pressure to run more frequent promotions. However,…
Getting Creative With HTML Dialog
Like ’em or loath ’em, whether you’re showing an alert, a message, or a newsletter signup, dialogue…
The ultimate ecommerce website launch checklist
Launching a high-performing ecommerce site requires precision, collaboration, and attention to detail — especially for established businesses…
Great Mom Builds Global Craft Biz
Sally Wilson is a lawyer turned craft entrepreneur. She’s also an involved mother who shares her business…
13 Consumer trends that are reshaping ecommerce in 2025
Ecommerce is an industry that’s always on the cusp of a new trend. Whether it’s a new…
Arvato launches logistics center in Turkey
Arvato, a supply chain service provider from Germany, is opening a new logistics center in Instanbul. It…
Shopify’s New AI Tools Empower Merchants
Last week Shopify released “Editions,” its semi-annual platform update, with a slew of AI-fueled tools to ease…
Why and how to write a powerhouse ecommerce newsletter
You have a great online store, sparkling product photos and descriptions, a seamless checkout process, and a…
Winners Finnish eCom Awards announced
Yesterday the eCom Summit & Awards event, which was organized by Digital Commerce Finland, took place. Prizes…
New Ecommerce Tools: May 15, 2025
We publish a rundown each week of new products from companies offering services to ecommerce merchants. This…
How to start an online business
When you start an online business, there’s a lot to think about. Coming up with a winning…
How to start shipping internationally
We truly live in a global marketplace. When you sell online, there’s no need to limit your…
Revisiting Image Maps
I mentioned last time that I’ve been working on a new website for Emmy-award-winning game composer Mike…
OpenAI Wants ChatGPT To Be Your Shopping Assistant
OpenAI on Monday announced it is adding specialized shopping features to its ChatGPT chatbot. Some tech watchers…
From trends to profits: the best products to sell online in 2025
Whether you’re starting your first business, looking for new products to sell, or launching your tenth brand,…
From Model to Menswear Founder
Weston Jon Bouchér is a California-based menswear brand and the name of its founder. He launched the…
The Lost CSS Tricks of Cohost.org
You would be forgiven if you’ve never heard of Cohost.org. The bespoke, Tumblr-like social media website came and…