Scroll-Driven Sticky Heading
Scroll-driven animations are great! They’re a powerful tool that lets developers tie the movement and transformation of…
How to Survive a Million-Dollar Loss
This year I’ve sprinkled occasional “Ecommerce Conversations” episodes with real-life master classes from Beardbrand, my company. To…
Scroll. Click. Buy: How Deals, Data, and Dialogue Power Social Commerce
In social commerce, attention is currency, and deals are the magnet that attracts and keeps customers. With…
The ten best organic marketing ideas for ecommerce
Organic marketing helps ecommerce stores grow without having to rely on paid strategies. While advertising drives quick…
The End of Traffic-Only Content
For years, businesses published blogs to attract traffic, any traffic. An online appliance store, for example, might…
PIM Software Is Now a Growth Tool
Today’s shoppers buy from a store’s website, marketplaces, and a half dozen social media networks. And every…
German ecommerce continues to rise
“The upswing is here”, writes bevh above a report on online retail spending in Germany. According to…
Better CSS Shapes Using shape() — Part 4: Close and Move
This is the fourth post in a series about the new CSS shape() function. So far, we’ve…
5 Content Marketing Ideas for August 2025
Marketers hoping to drive traffic and convert visitors in August 2025 can produce content tailored to students,…
MNLY’s At-Home AI Powers Men’s Health
Next-gen health and wellness is an apt description of MNLY. Luke Hartelust launched the platform in 2021,…
‘Smaller online stores in DACH struggle as revenue declines’
Smaller online businesses in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland are not benefiting from the restored growth in online…
WooCommerce pricing: How much does it cost to run a store?
WooCommerce is more than just a popular ecommerce plugin for WordPress. It’s a highly-flexible, open source ecommerce…
New Ecommerce Tools: July 3, 2025
Every week we select and publish a rundown of new products and services from vendors to ecommerce…
10 Books on Slowing Down, Stepping Away
In the summer, busy people are supposed to relax and rejuvenate. Yet ecommerce owners and team members…
The Gap Strikes Back: Now Stylable
Four years ago, I wrote an article titled Minding the “gap”, where I talked about the CSS…
USPS Warns of ‘Brushing’ Scam Behind Surprise E-Commerce Deliveries
The U.S. Postal Service is warning consumers about a growing scam called “brushing,” where unsolicited packages are…
Almost 87% of Dutch consumers shop online
Compared to other European countries, the Netherlands has the highest share of online shoppers. In the last…
Using CSS Cascade Layers With Tailwind Utilities
Adam Wathan has (very cleverly) built Tailwind with CSS Cascade Layers, making it extremely powerful for organizing…
7 Ways to Prep for Holiday Selling
For retailers, holiday sales are too important to leave to guesswork. Last year’s data holds the key…
CSS Blob Recipes
Blob, Blob, Blob. You hate them. You love them. Personally, as a design illiterate, I like to…
Ecommerce to Real Estate: An Owner’s Story
Shakil Prasla once owned 12 ecommerce consumer brands generating $50 million in combined annual revenue with 50…
What are business goals? How to use the SMART approach to create them
People start businesses for all kinds of reasons. Some want to fill a need in the market. Others…
Westwing enters more European markets
German seller of furniture and home decorations Westwing has recently entered three new markets. It has launched…
‘Ecommerce is the driving force of the circular economy’
Buying second-hand products online has become common in Germany: 55 percent of consumers bought a used product…