New Ecommerce Tools: August 19, 2026
My rundown this week of new services for merchants includes updates on page builders, warehousing, dropshipping, real-time…
‘About’ Pages Shape AI Visibility
“About” pages were unrelated to search engine optimization until Google instructed its human raters to consider the…
Adobe Finds Most Retail Apps Are One and Done
Retail apps often have a short lifespan after customers download them, according to recent Adobe research. Nearly…
5 Predictions for 2026 Holiday Shopping
U.S. and global holiday ecommerce sales should grow year over year in 2026, shaped by AI referrals,…
Email Open Bloat and Deliverability
The goal of email deliverability is to ensure messages reach recipients’ inboxes, avoiding spam folders or outright…
Emotion-Led Ads Cut Costs 30%
Sarah Levinger consults with ecommerce brands on marketing psychology. She says shoppers’ emotions drive ad performance, and…
What’s new in WooCommerce 11.0: Faster product pages, analytics updates, and more
WooCommerce 11.0 has launched with product page and Order screen speed updates, changes to how certain metrics…
Email Pro: Open Rate Is a Vanity Metric
Nabeel Azeez runs a Dubai-based email marketing agency with clients in ecommerce, SaaS, and more. He emphasizes…
BigCommerce alternatives: Why it might be time to switch
On June 1, BigCommerce renamed every plan, lowered the GMV thresholds, and added a fee of up…
Native AI Search Is Only Half the Battle for E-Commerce Brands
Shopify launched its AI-powered semantic search functionality in early 2024, giving Shopify Plus merchants more accurate and…
How to prepare your inventory for peak season
When your most popular product sells out on Black Friday, but your store keeps taking orders, that’s…
Why Meta Descriptions Still Matter
Google once exclusively used meta descriptions for organic search snippets. Optimizing the descriptions aimed to entice searchers…
Deep Product Data Is the New SEO in the Age of AI Discovery
Small and midsize e-commerce brands face growing challenges as AI-driven discovery, social commerce, and conversational search change…
New Ecommerce Tools: July 15, 2026
This week’s installment of new services for merchants includes updates on product videos, shipping, recommerce, social marketing,…
Meet your customers where they’re already deciding with Reddit Ads for WooCommerce
When a shopper goes online and researches “the best noise-canceling headphones under $200,” they’re often forgoing sponsored…
European retail media increased 16.7% in 2025
The European spending on digital advertisements has increased 10.5 percent last year, compared to 2024. The total…
Why Google’s Universal Cart Means Brands Must Sell to AI, Not Humans
Google made one of its biggest moves yet in agentic commerce in May when it introduced Universal…
Nail Profit before Site Extras, Owner Says
Paolo Vidali has a suggestion for merchants looking to add advanced features to their ecommerce sites: Be…
AI Marketing Looks Familiar
AI’s emergence has created ecommerce marketing opportunities, yet the fundamental tactics remain. Consider four traditional promotion channels:…
Standalone CDPs Fade as Enterprise Suites Expand
The customer data platform (CDP) industry is entering a new phase as standalone CDPs give way to…
Poor Ad Recall Threatens Brand Discovery, Visibility in AI Era
Consumers quickly forget advertising, making it harder for brands to win both human attention and AI-powered discovery,…
AI Can Grow SMB Revenue — If It Moves Beyond the Back Office
Misconceptions about artificial intelligence (AI) are preventing small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) from realizing AI’s full revenue…
Hostinger Reframes Site-Free Ecommerce
Lithuania-based hosting firm Hostinger has launched an ecommerce tool that can turn any product photo into a…
Avoid All-Caps Headlines, Says CRO Pro
Nate Lagos is a seasoned ecommerce conversion optimizer, yet a recent A/B test surprised him. A client…