What Happens When AI Becomes the Buyer?
AI agents are moving beyond assisting with purchases to making them, raising new questions about trust, marketing,…
AI Buying Agents Raise New Accountability Questions
Earlier this year, eBay updated its user agreement to explicitly ban third-party “buy for me” agents and…
Engineer Quits, Launches Online Art School
Florence Morin is an artist-turned-engineer-turned-entrepreneur. She graduated from Canada’s Polytechnique Montréal in 2013, only to realize she…
Better Product Images Build Buyer Trust in Resale Marketplaces
As resale marketplaces grow, a platform’s ability to process and verify visuals at the point of upload…
Creating a VCF Workload Domain Fails
VCF June 4, 2026 Creating a VCF Workload Domain Fails Read moreDrupal 8.8.0 is available Not enough…
‘JD.com eyes Very Group takeover’
JD.com is looking to make another move to strengthen its position in the European ecommerce market. The…
How Foreign Brands Sell into Africa
Foreign brands rarely rely on a single channel when selling into Africa. They layer marketplaces, retail partnerships,…
Ecommerce without Merchant-Owned Carts
Google announced a comprehensive shopping cart that could soon be available across the search giant’s app ecosystem….
Digital Catalogs Become Adaptive Commerce Tools
Many digital catalogs still prioritize visual design over shopper behavior, limiting their ability to drive conversions. Digital…
In-person payments and Point of Sale are live in 13 new countries
If you sell at markets, pop-ups, or brick-and-mortar stores in one of these countries, you’ve probably been…
New Ecommerce Tools: May 20, 2026
This installment of our weekly rundown of new services for merchants includes rollouts for quick commerce, SMS…
Cross-Document View Transitions: The Gotchas Nobody Mentions
I wasted an entire Saturday on this. Not a lazy Saturday either, but one of those rare,…
How to start selling online: Nail the decisions that matter most
Starting an online store means making a handful of early decisions that you’ll live with for a…
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…
AI Reshapes Print-on-Demand Ecommerce
Starting a print-on-demand ecommerce business has never been easier — or more difficult. On the one hand,…
New Ecommerce Tools: May 12, 2026
Every week we hand-pick new services to highlight for ecommerce merchants. This installment includes updates on predictive…
Fulfilmentcrowd: ‘stock localization to become more important’
Online sellers are increasingly dividing their stock across warehouses in several markets to provide a more local…
What I’d tell every ecommerce merchant about hosting before they launch
I’ve spent over a decade as a partner and consultant to some of the largest hosting companies….
New Ecommerce Tools: May 6, 2026
This installment of our weekly rundown of new services for merchants includes updates on supply chain software,…
New Ecommerce Tools: May 6, 2026
This installment of our weekly rundown of new services for merchants includes updates on supply chain software,…
YouTube Shopping is live for WooCommerce — here’s how to make the most of it
You can now tag products directly in your YouTube videos, Shorts, live streams, and channel page —…
New Ecommerce Tools: April 28, 2026
This week’s rundown of new services for merchants includes updates on AI-powered advertising, video ad generators, shoppable…
Choosing the best WooCommerce hosting in 2026: A practical guide
The right host is invisible. Your checkout loads fast, your site stays up during the campaign spike,…
Surviving D2C’s Boom and Bust
Chris Wichert is an investment banker turned direct-to-consumer entrepreneur. His luxury shoe brand, Koio, launched in 2015…