New Ecommerce Tools: August 19, 2026
My rundown this week of new services for merchants includes updates on page builders, warehousing, dropshipping, real-time…
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…
‘Traditional market growth tactics no longer suffice’
Inconsistent data is a problem that is well-known to many online sellers, especially when selling on multiple…
Blocked aria-hidden: The Warning is Right, and Every Fix You’ve Found is Wrong
You closed a dialog and the console went that particular shade of angry mustard. You highlighted the…
Argos launches curated marketplace
Argos, one of the United Kingdom’s largest omnichannel retailers, has launched a marketplace. With the new platform,…
New Ecommerce Tools: July 29, 2026
Our rundown this week of new services for ecommerce merchants includes updates on post-purchase, in-game commerce, payment…
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…
Vinted Go: 100,000 undeliverable packages were given second life
Last November, Vinted Go launched a pilot called Rescued Value. Packages that could not be delivered or…
WooCommerce is the foundation of our entire ecosystem
We just kicked off a large effort, and I want to post about it here because you’re…
Zalando invests in AI robotics
Online fashion platform Zalando has invested in German robotics company Sereact. It develops AI-powered robotics solutions. The…
Standalone CDPs Fade as Enterprise Suites Expand
The customer data platform (CDP) industry is entering a new phase as standalone CDPs give way to…
Hostinger Reframes Site-Free Ecommerce
Lithuania-based hosting firm Hostinger has launched an ecommerce tool that can turn any product photo into a…
Pinwheel CEO on Selling Kid-Safe Phones
In 2019 Dane Witbeck had a problem familiar to parents: What were his kids doing on their…
AI Turns Ecommerce Design into Reality
Ecommerce websites consist of themes and templates made with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Executives typically define the…
Merchantee targets Poland and Germany
Agentic marketplace intelligence company Merchantee has raised 1.8 million euros in a funding round. With the capital…
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…
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The offset-path property in CSS defines a movement path for an element to follow during animation. This…
What’s !important #12: Safari Testing, ::checkmark, HTML Anchor Positioning, and More
What’s !important #12 talks about the old (testing in Safari when you don’t have Safari), the new…
How Content Marketers Misuse GenAI
The best genAI content is verified and scrutinized by humans. Generative AI can make content marketing faster,…
Stack Overflow: When We Stop Asking
Let’s play a quick game: I’ll show a graph and try to guess what it’s about. Source: Data…
New Ecommerce Tools: May 20, 2026
This installment of our weekly rundown of new services for merchants includes rollouts for quick commerce, SMS…
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…
Fulfilmentcrowd: ‘stock localization to become more important’
Online sellers are increasingly dividing their stock across warehouses in several markets to provide a more local…
New Ecommerce Tools: May 6, 2026
This installment of our weekly rundown of new services for merchants includes updates on supply chain software,…