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: 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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Platforms & Apps
New Ecommerce Tools: January 9, 2025
January 9, 2025 • Sig Ueland
This installment includes updates on marketplaces, supply chain platforms, shipping, returns, cross-border payments, and AI-generated product videos.
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Platforms & Apps
AI Apps to Get Things Done in 2025
January 7, 2025 • Sig Ueland
Today's AI-driven project management and productivity platforms automate tasks, schedules, and workflows.
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Platforms & Apps
New Ecommerce Tools: January 2, 2025
January 2, 2025 • Sig Ueland
This first 2025 installment of our weekly rundown includes updates on payment platforms, shopping assistants, advertising insights, AI chatbots, mobile services, and parcel delivery.
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Design & Dev Tools
New Web Design Tools, December 2024
December 30, 2024 • Sig Ueland
Discover free and paid video generators, page builders, image editors, tools to train AI agents, and a selection of commercial fonts.
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Platforms & Apps
New Ecommerce Tools: December 26, 2024
December 26, 2024 • Sig Ueland
This week's installment includes updates on return solutions, pay-over-time services, cross-border sales, promotions, AI tools, and virtual try-ons.
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Marketing & Advertising
Outstanding Marketing Campaigns from 2024
December 23, 2024 • Sig Ueland
This year's outstanding campaigns feature collaborations, dupes, celebrity spots, mobile apps, mascots, dance routines, pop-ups, and AI-powered videos.
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Platforms & Apps
New Ecommerce Tools: December 19, 2024
December 19, 2024 • Sig Ueland
This week's installment includes updates on returns, payment financing, AI-powered assistants, social commerce, shipping, and security tools.
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Platforms & Apps
Top Online Form Builders, Compared
December 16, 2024 • Sig Ueland
Features, costs and capabilities of software for contacts, surveys, payments, registrations, data, and much more.
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Platforms & Apps
New Ecommerce Tools: December 12, 2024
December 12, 2024 • Sig Ueland
This week's rundown includes tools for generative AI, virtual commerce, product image tools, customer experience platforms, blockchain payment solutions, and drone deliveries.
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Social Media
TikTok Expands Shop Tools as Ban Looms
December 10, 2024 • Sig Ueland
Despite political difficulties, TikTok's ecommerce efforts in the last year have been impressive.
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Platforms & Apps
New Ecommerce Tools: December 5, 2024
December 5, 2024 • Sig Ueland
This week's installment includes updates on virtual stores, tax management, cross-border commerce, circular packaging, sponsored products, product images, and more.
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Social Media
X Alternatives Compared, for Marketing
December 2, 2024 • Sig Ueland
Will marketers and brands seek alternatives to publish real-time news and engage with followers?
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Platforms & Apps
New Ecommerce Tools: November 28, 2024
November 28, 2024 • Sig Ueland
Our rundown this week includes updates on ecommerce platforms, marketplaces, search engines, APIs, reverse logistics, and local delivery.
Better 'Welcome' Emails for Ecommerce
How to Track ChatGPT Traffic in GA4
How Keywords Drive Helpful Content
Rethink Your Email Sunset Policy
My 8-Step Ecommerce Hiring Process
Drive More ROI from Meta and Google Ads