Thanks to tools such as Grok Bot, it's a fun time to be an entrepreneur. The operational components are now less burdensome, ...

I have recently created Beardbrand’s own voice customer service agent. And I did it in about a day. We’re still working on it, but the functional aspect is complete. Customer support has been a huge ...

Our curated rundown this week of new services for merchants includes agentic checkouts, AI-powered marketing, same-day deliveries, brand intelligence, cross-border commerce, multi-carrier shipping, ...

Companies that help ecommerce merchants sell, collect payments, and ship orders increasingly know enough about those businesses to finance them. FedEx Dataworks and Stripe are the most recent examples ...

This week’s rundown of new services for merchants includes AI-powered marketing, agentic commerce, return platforms, multichannel distribution, dropshipping, cross-border commerce, international ...

Shopify and Vercel are collaborating to build ecommerce shops for humans and AI alike. Sharing a stage at Vercel’s Ship 26 conference in San Francisco on October 15, Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke and Vercel ...

A new U.S. Postal Service rule places the responsibility for certain foreign customs charges on American merchants selling across borders. Effective October 19, the rule establishes procedures for ...

Our curated list this week of new services for merchants includes livestream tools, product discovery, quiz builders, dropshipping, affiliate marketing, logistics, ratings and reviews, digital ...

AI-assisted shopping journeys on an ecommerce site may force merchants to reconsider what to measure, and when. “Many familiar ecommerce metrics are built around the assumption that shoppers discover ...

Black Friday is the week your ad budget works hardest. It's also the week your bidding algorithms have the least room for error. Google's Smart Bidding, ...

Alex Walser launched his North Carolina-based marketing agency, Savant Syndicate, in 2024. The firm manages advertising campaigns for ecommerce brands, with a focus on Google Ads. He says YouTube ads ...