2025 Top 25: Our Most Popular Posts
George W. Bush had just begun his second presidential term when we launched Practical Ecommerce in mid-2005….
New Ecommerce Tools: December 31, 2025
Since 2016 I’ve published a weekly rundown of new services for ecommerce merchants. This final 2025 installment…
How Money Launderers Are Exploiting E-Commerce
Money laundering risks are no longer confined to banks. As online commerce scales globally, retailers are finding…
WooCommerce product types: a complete guide
Online stores sell much more than just physical items. That’s why the world’s most popular ecommerce store…
New Ecommerce Tools: November 26, 2025
Every week we publish a handpicked list of new products and services for ecommerce merchants. This installment…
Where Investors See Ecommerce Heading
Crunchbase reported this month that ecommerce start-up funding was about to hit a five-year low as investors…
CB Customs Broker: ‘sellers need to invest in structured data’
Cross-border ecommerce in Europe is expected to increase with an average annual rate of 29 percent, up…
The Platform Group aims for 40,000 sales partners
The Platform Group (TPG) has published a vision document towards 2030. The German company, which operates a…
New Ecommerce Tools: November 12, 2025
This week’s installment of new products and services for ecommerce merchants includes updates on agentic commerce, multichannel…
URL Case Sensitivity and SEO
Google treats the portion of a URL after the domain name as case-sensitive. Thus Google could index…
AI Makes Loyalty Programs Smarter
Artificial intelligence is transforming ecommerce customer loyalty programs. A May 2025 analysis found a “strong positive correlation”…
How AI Shopping Impacts Main Street Retail
For stores in downtown shopping districts and suburban strip malls, AI shopping could be an opportunity to…
PayPal increases stake in Shopware
Paypal has increased its stake in German ecommerce software company Shopware. The online payment system now has…
Italian retailers happier with services than in 2024
Overall, online sellers in Italy seem satisfied with the digital services they use. However, in any analyzed…
Q3 Ad Spend on Top Digital Platforms Shows Mixed Growth
Ad spending growth trends were mixed across the largest U.S. digital ad platforms in Q3, while pricing…
New Ecommerce Tools: October 9, 2025
Every week we publish a handpicked list of new products and services for ecommerce merchants. This installment…
Understanding digital marketing: explaining the basics
When you’re running an online store, digital marketing is at the center of nearly everything you do….
Startup Vet Revives Legacy Fitness Brand
Jon Shanahan destroys the myth that founders make lousy employees. He co-founded Stryx, a men’s cosmetics provider,…
Same Idea, Different Paint Brush
There’s the idiom that says everything looks like a nail when all you have is a hammer….
A guide to ecommerce shipping
Creating the right ecommerce shipping strategy for your online store is essential to winning loyal customers, boosting…
Compare Group launches in 2 new markets
Dutch holding company, Compare Group, has entered Denmark and Norway. The owner of several price comparison services…
Clicks to bricks: Successfully merging in-person and online sales
Ecommerce stores have some serious advantages for both owners and customers. But in-person shopping has incredible benefits,…
New Ecommerce Tools: September 10, 2025
This week’s rundown of new products and services from vendors to ecommerce merchants includes updates on AI…
Vibe Coding Is Ecommerce’s New Excel
Relying on AI-generated software can make ecommerce operators nervous until they realize the process is a bit…