Taming Typography: Building a Modern CSS Reset
CSS can now make choices about type that used to sit outside a reset. text-wrap: pretty can…
HTML vs. XML Sitemaps for Ecommerce
From the web’s earliest days, developers included a summary of links to a site’s key sections, such…
What’s !important #20: GTA 6 Scroll Effects, Scrollspies, random()
Good news first? Or bad news first? Let’s do bad news first. This is the final issue…
Boost peak season conversion rates by answering shoppers’ questions
Holiday promotions seem to start earlier every year. By the time Black Friday and Cyber Monday roll…
Winners Becom Awards 2026 announced
The Becom Awards were presented yesterday in Brussels. This year, the Diamond Awards went to Kentucky Horsewear…
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,…
Beware of AI Content for SEO
Creating content at scale with ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and others is increasingly dubious for search engine optimization….
80% of marketplace GMV in Europe come from cross-border transactions
The 100 biggest marketplaces that are active in Europe are expected to generate a gross merchandise volume…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Add Social Profiles to Search Console
The decrease in organic search traffic is forcing businesses to find new marketing channels. Social media has…
New Ecommerce Tools: September 30, 2026
This week’s curated list of new services for merchants includes updates on agentic commerce, product review pages,…
Black Friday is also your payment processor’s best day of the year
Following every Black Friday Cyber Monday, revenue records make headlines. Adobe tracked $44.2 billion in US online…
‘Marketplace sellers shift focus to profitability’
Sellers no longer primarily measure their success on marketplaces by sales volumes, but by the returns they…
Google, OpenAI, ChatGPT Dominate AI-Referred Web Traffic
AI tools are sending billions of visits to websites, but more than half of that traffic is…
Google Targets Low Effort, not AI
Google’s problem with AI-generated content is less the process than the lack of effort. The search giant’s…
Google removes product carousels in Europe
Product carousels have almost entirely disappeared from Google’s shopping-related search results in the European Economic Area (EEA)….
How to choose a B2B ecommerce platform
Your B2B buyers want the same convenience they find elsewhere when placing orders; the freedom to manage…
How to choose the right social media platform for ecommerce
Don’t half-heart your social strategy by trying to be everywhere. Most brands end up on 4 or…
Small Businesses Put AI to Work in Digital Marketing
Among U.S. small businesses, AI adoption has climbed from 26% in 2023 to 87% this year as…