New Ecommerce Tools: October 21, 2026
This week’s rundown of new services for merchants includes AI-powered marketing, agentic commerce, return platforms, multichannel distribution,…
Shopify, Vercel Arm Stores for AI Agents
Shopify and Vercel are collaborating to build ecommerce shops for humans and AI alike. Sharing a stage…
Allegro opens to consumers in Ukraine
Polish online marketplace Allegro is opening up its platform to consumers in Ukraine. It is not launching…
How SMBs Can Keep AI Website Agents Under Control
As AI agents move from building websites to helping operate them, small and midsize businesses need clear…
AI Platforms Attract a Growing Ecosystem
Artificial intelligence models are becoming platforms, attracting an ecosystem of applications, connectors, marketplaces, and payment systems that…
Commerce Data as Credit Data
Companies that help ecommerce merchants sell, collect payments, and ship orders increasingly know enough about those businesses…
How I Fixed A Failed VCF Managed Services Platform Deployment
October 15, 2026 How I Fixed A Failed VCF Managed Services Platform Deployment TL;DR VCF 9.1.1, 2-host…
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,…
Adeia’s AI Models How Makeup Holds Up Throughout the Day
Virtual try-on lets shoppers preview makeup before applying it. Now, Adeia is using AI to model how…
Fewer Apps, More Done
I’ve worked as a content manager and copywriter for 15 years. Ask me which productivity apps I…
Connect your hosting account to AI with the Pressable MCP
The week before a sale, you open 5 tabs: cache settings, PHP version, backup history, the activity…
Asian marketplaces lose market share in Germany
German sales for Shein, Temu and AliExpress have dropped 35.5 percent in the third quarter, compared to…
Retail Media’s Opportunity Cost
A recent search for “cordless drill” on Walmart illustrated a quiet struggle playing out on many enterprise…
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…
Tips for speeding up your WooCommerce store (no code required)
Unlike a blog, which can be loaded from a cached version, store pages like your cart, checkout,…
EU wants to introduce another parcel tax
The European Commission is working on a new fee for packages from outside the EU. This surveillance…
Your Next Product Could Be a New Brand
I asked Rok Hladnik, an ecommerce merchant turned agency owner, how to launch a new product line…
What’s new for merchants in WooCommerce 11.2
WooCommerce 11.2 is here with some exciting new updates. Here’s everything you need to know about the…
Desktop Habits Hide Mobile Friction
I see too many web stores with a poor mobile experience. It’s not neglect. It’s because the…
AI Recommendations Put Brand Loyalty to the Test: Adobe
Artificial intelligence can break or make customer loyalty to a brand, according to data published Monday by…
Open source is a competitive advantage for ecommerce brands
Open-source software is software anyone can download, change, and build on. For a merchant, that means your…
Guardrails for Google Ads AI
I often address Google Ads AI capabilities. AI can better target new and existing audiences and, when…
How to be the email they open on Black Friday
Black Friday is the time of year when inboxes go from manageable to overwhelming overnight. Attention spans…
TinyHealth.com Sells Gut Tests by Mail
Cheryl Sew Hoy says her company deals with poop. The Austin, Texas-based serial entrepreneur launched Tiny Health…