Sig Ueland
Sig Ueland is a longtime contributor to Practical Ecommerce, having written weekly ecommerce resource lists since 2011 — addressing tools, products, and services to help merchants.
He is also a seasoned freelance journalist and screenwriter.
Sig holds an M.F.A. in Screenwriting from UCLA’s School of Theater, Film, and Television and a B.A. in English from the University of Colorado at Boulder. He is an alumnus of The Second City Conservatory in Chicago.
Contact Sig via email or LinkedIn.
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Platforms & Apps
New Ecommerce Tools: July 17, 2025
July 17, 2025 • Sig Ueland
This week's installment includes updates on AI shopping assistants, email and SMS marketing, ad management platforms, automated tax solutions, and last-mile delivery.
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Platforms & Apps
New Ecommerce Tools: July 10, 2025
July 10, 2025 • Sig Ueland
This week: rollouts for multilingual messaging, loyalty programs, global D2C and B2B storefronts, AI-powered shopping assistants, ecommerce payments, and shipping.
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Platforms & Apps
New Ecommerce Tools: July 3, 2025
July 3, 2025 • Sig Ueland
This week's rundown includes rollouts for AI-powered storefronts, B2B payments, generative AI content, email marketing, stablecoin payments, returns, product information management, and more.
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Platforms & Apps
New Ecommerce Tools: June 26, 2025
June 26, 2025 • Sig Ueland
This week's rundown features new tools for video, cross-border payments, agentic commerce, shipping, point-of-sale, live video shopping, ecommerce platforms, reverse logistics, and post-purchase upsells.
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Platforms & Apps
New Ecommerce Tools: June 19, 2025
June 19, 2025 • Sig Ueland
Our handpicked list this week includes new products and services for crypto payments, chargebacks, live streaming, digital ads, cross-border, personalization, and open-box programs.
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Platforms & Apps
New Ecommerce Tools: June 12, 2025
June 12, 2025 • Sig Ueland
This week's rundown of new products and services for merchants includes tools for AI-powered checkouts, loyalty programs, subscriptions, payments, tax compliance, shipping optimization, and research and analytics.
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Platforms & Apps
New Ecommerce Tools: June 5, 2025
June 5, 2025 • Sig Ueland
This week: new products and services for local payments, Bitcoin, B2B commerce, marketplace ads, retail media solutions, parcel delivery robots, and more.
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Platforms & Apps
New Ecommerce Tools: May 29, 2025
May 29, 2025 • Sig Ueland
This week: new products and services from DHL Group, Shopify, StellarWP, YouLend, eBay, Google, Manhattan Associates, InfoSum, CommerceIQ, Worldpay, Amazon, and Bluehost.
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Platforms & Apps
New Ecommerce Tools: May 22, 2025
May 22, 2025 • Sig Ueland
This week: virtual shopping, agentic commerce, analytics, dropshipping, payments, logistics, loyalty programs, gamification, and more.
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Platforms & Apps
New Ecommerce Tools: May 15, 2025
May 15, 2025 • Sig Ueland
This week: new tools for AI-powered site-search, shopping assistants, product listings, merchant financing, point-of-sale solutions, cross-border transactions, and warehouse automation.
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Platforms & Apps
New Ecommerce Tools: May 8, 2025
May 8, 2025 • Sig Ueland
This week: updates on agentic AI commerce, mobile wallets, B2B transactions, one-click checkout, application hosting, AI-powered promotions, and enterprise-ready fulfillment.
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Platforms & Apps
New Ecommerce Tools: May 1, 2025
May 1, 2025 • Sig Ueland
This week: ChatGPT (shopping), BigCommerce (B2B portal), PayPal (programmatic ads), eBay (Klarna partnership), WooCommerce (Affirm partnership), Caro Holdings (AI customer service), and more.
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Platforms & Apps
New Ecommerce Tools: April 24, 2025
April 24, 2025 • Sig Ueland
This week: new tools from Spur (testing), ShipBob (order fulfillment), Lili (financial tools), RedTrack (media buying), BlueSnap (payments), Captiv8 (influencers), Bringg (delivery), and more.
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Platforms & Apps
New Ecommerce Tools: April 17, 2025
April 17, 2025 • Sig Ueland
This week: tariff reduction tools, influencer marketing, installment payments, shipping, logistics platforms, and AI for customer service.
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Platforms & Apps
New Ecommerce Tools: April 10, 2025
April 10, 2025 • Sig Ueland
This week's installment covers new rollouts from Amazon, PayPal, Doola, Appriss Retail, DHL, Temu, Visa, Spire, Best Buy, Trustfull, Blackhawk Networks, and more.
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Platforms & Apps
New Ecommerce Tools: April 3, 2025
April 3, 2025 • Sig Ueland
This week's digest covers developments from Perplexity, Shopify, Amazon, Commercetools, UPS, Veho, Pipe17, Chord Commerce, and more.
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Platforms & Apps
New Ecommerce Tools: March 27, 2025
March 27, 2025 • Sig Ueland
This week's installment includes updates on automated ads, payments, AI-powered agents, personalization, cross-border shipping, and more.
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Platforms & Apps
New Ecommerce Tools: March 20, 2025
March 20, 2025 • Sig Ueland
This week: AI-powered agents, mobile app builders, buy-now-pay-later services, logistics, B2B payments, and email marketing.
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Platforms & Apps
New Ecommerce Tools: March 13, 2025
March 13, 2025 • Sig Ueland
This week's update includes tools for international expansion, Amazon selling, Shopify themes, customer support, payments, shipping, and B2B.
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Platforms & Apps
New Ecommerce Tools: March 6, 2025
March 6, 2025 • Sig Ueland
This week's installment includes updates on AI agents, financing, local delivery, audience targeting, popups, security, and China.
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Platforms & Apps
New Ecommerce Tools: February 27, 2025
February 27, 2025 • Sig Ueland
This week: Canada-based selling, buy-now pay-later, CRM platforms, logistics, shipping tools, long-term domain registration, and seller financing.
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Platforms & Apps
New Ecommerce Tools: February 20, 2025
February 20, 2025 • Sig Ueland
This week's rundown of new services for merchants includes updates on AI-powered agents, wholesale management, fraud prevention, marketplace ads, influencers, and social commerce.
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Platforms & Apps
New Ecommerce Tools: February 13, 2025
February 13, 2025 • Sig Ueland
This week: Amazon offers, product displays, subscriptions, cross-border sales, Meta campaigns, fraud prevention, recommerce, headless commerce, and packaging.
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Platforms & Apps
New Ecommerce Tools: February 6, 2025
February 6, 2025 • Sig Ueland
This week's installment includes updates on AI agents, product pages, marketing models, POS tools, payment platforms, and conversational commerce.
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Platforms & Apps
New Ecommerce Tools: January 30, 2025
January 30, 2025 • Sig Ueland
This week: updates on automated marketing, social commerce, product reviews, AI-powered shopping agents, value-added tax, drone deliveries, and more.
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Design & Dev Tools
New Web Design Tools, January 2025
January 28, 2025 • Sig Ueland
This month's installment includes new tools for video editing, AI content, app building, design enhancement, and free commercial fonts.
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Platforms & Apps
New Ecommerce Tools: January 23, 2025
January 23, 2025 • Sig Ueland
This week: genAI search, website builders, fulfillment, reverse logistics, mobile payments, click-to-cancel subscriptions, and more.
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Social Media
TikTok Alternatives for Brands and Merchants
January 20, 2025 • Sig Ueland
Social commerce platforms are proliferating, with or without a TikTok ban.
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Platforms & Apps
New Ecommerce Tools: January 16, 2025
January 16, 2025 • Sig Ueland
This week's rundown includes tools for cross-border selling, online advertising, generative AI, post-purchase journeys, and B2B and B2C platforms.
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Typography & Fonts
20 Free Commercial Fonts for 2025
January 13, 2025 • Sig Ueland
A new font is an easy and inexpensive way to enliven your website and capture visitors' attention.
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