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Design & Development

The nuts and bolts of an ecommerce site are design and development. We address design innovation and trends — including layouts, colors, photography, logos, video, and more. We explain the basics of code — HTML, CSS, JavaScript — as well as platforms, themes, plugins, open source, and related topics.

Code | Design & Dev Tools | Platforms & Apps | Schools & Resources | Typography & Fonts | User Experience

Platforms & Apps
New Ecommerce Tools: October 17, 2024

October 17, 2024 • Sig Ueland

New releases this week include tools for AI-powered shopping assistants, video creation, search engines, payment platforms, financing, and user-generated content.
Schools & Resources
New Books to Grow (or Sell) a Business, Fall 2024

October 16, 2024 • Jean Gazis

Our picks of new titles for merchants address AI tactics, communicating with customers, personalization, selling the company, and more.
Platforms & Apps
New AI Apps Reinvent Ecommerce Video

October 14, 2024 • Sig Ueland

Generate video from text, edit short clips from a single long-form source, produce product videos from static images, and more.
Platforms & Apps
Report: Gen AI to Transform Operations, Revenue

October 13, 2024 • Armando Roggio

A 2023 McKinsey study analyzed generative AI's potential impact on operations, productivity, revenue, profits, and more.
Platforms & Apps
New Ecommerce Tools: October 10, 2024

October 10, 2024 • Sig Ueland

This week's rundown includes tools for visual search, AI, payments, shipping, warehouse management, and automated marketing campaigns.
Platforms & Apps
13 New AI Productivity Tools for SMBs

October 7, 2024 • Sig Ueland

New tools for email marketing, audience research, project and team management, AI assistants, voice-powered dictation, and video production.
Platforms & Apps
New Ecommerce Tools: October 3, 2024

October 3, 2024 • Sig Ueland

This week: new tools for search ad campaigns, financing, collecting reviews, supply-chain management, and cross-border shipping.
Schools & Resources
Book Excerpt: ‘Buyer Personas: Insights into Customer Decisions’

October 1, 2024 • Jean Gazis

Organizations that listen and respond to buyers earn more business. A new book from Wiley urges marketers to lead that effort.
User Experience
Beardbrand’s Lawyer Recaps ADA Lawsuit

September 27, 2024 • Eric Bandholz

Beardbrand recently prevailed in a lawsuit alleging violations of accessibility laws. The company's attorney shares the details.
Platforms & Apps
New Ecommerce Tools: September 26, 2024

September 26, 2024 • Sig Ueland

This week: AI assistants, video ads, website builders, multichannel fulfillment, composable commerce, B2B financing, and cross-border and last-mile logistics.
Design & Dev Tools
Free Web Design Tools from Summer 2024

September 23, 2024 • Sig Ueland

This installment of our quarterly rundown includes new design tools for AI video, vector collections, website builders, analytics, animation editors, converters, UI components, and more.
Platforms & Apps
The Best Use of AI for Business

September 20, 2024 • Eric Bandholz

Software engineer Jacob Posel explains how AI can streamline operational processes and enhance creativity.
Platforms & Apps
New Ecommerce Tools: September 19, 2024

September 19, 2024 • Sig Ueland

This week's list includes new tools for influencer marketing, virtual try-ons, digital payments, ecommerce platforms, financing, and global and last-mile logistics.
Platforms & Apps
15 AI WordPress Plugins for SEO, Content, Code, More

September 17, 2024 • Sig Ueland

Artificial intelligence has supercharged WordPress plugins for all forms of launching, managing, and fine-tuning a website.
Schools & Resources
Q&A: Joe Natoli, Author of ‘UX Team of One’

September 17, 2024 • Jean Gazis

Having spent 30 years as an ecommerce user-experience practitioner, Joe Natoli has a thought or two.
Platforms & Apps
New Ecommerce Tools: September 12, 2024

September 12, 2024 • Sig Ueland

This week: updates on biometric security, robotics, product images, ecommerce personalization, AI-powered sales assistants, cross-border payments, and selling in the metaverse.
Code
GenAI Is a Potent Ecommerce Coding Tool

September 8, 2024 • Armando Roggio

Can ChatGPT generate code to auto-post a Google Doc into a Shopify blog?
Platforms & Apps
New Ecommerce Tools: September 5, 2024

September 5, 2024 • Sig Ueland

This week: holiday selling, recommerce platforms, AI-powered sales assistants, payments, search optimization, and last-mile delivery management.
Platforms & Apps
23 Recommerce Platforms and Marketplaces

September 3, 2024 • Sig Ueland

Consumers seek pre-owned goods, and solution providers are responding with platforms, integrations, marketplaces, and more.
Schools & Resources
11 Books on Jeff Bezos and the Rise of Amazon

September 2, 2024 • Jean Gazis

In just 30 years, Jeff Bezos's company upended entire industries. How did he do it?
Platforms & Apps
12 Free Open-Source Content Management Systems

August 27, 2024 • Sig Ueland

Creating, managing, and modifying content online has never been easier or more affordable.
Platforms & Apps
New Ecommerce Tools: August 26, 2024

August 26, 2024 • Sig Ueland

This week: digital marketing resources, product videos, search engine optimization plugins, AI-powered helpdesk assistants, WooCommerce financing, live-stream shopping, Amazon India discounts, and more.
Design & Dev Tools
7 Image-to-Text Tools, AI-powered

August 20, 2024 • Ann Smarty

Generating text from images accelerates accessibility, SEO, social media captions, language translation, and more.
Platforms & Apps
New Ecommerce Tools: August 20, 2024

August 20, 2024 • Sig Ueland

This week's rundown includes tools for AI-powered search, shipping, fraud prevention, payments, rewards, B2B and D2C services, and group messaging.
Design & Dev Tools
14 Custom GPTs for Design

August 19, 2024 • Sig Ueland

Customized versions of ChatGPT prompts can arrange content, design a logo, build a website, enhance images, optimize UX, and more.
Schools & Resources
‘AI Snake Oil’ Sorts Promise from Hype

August 15, 2024 • Jean Gazis

A new book from Princeton University Press aims to separate reality from promotion and fear.
Platforms & Apps
New Ecommerce Tools: August 12, 2024

August 12, 2024 • Sig Ueland

New merchant tools this week include AI writing assistant, biometric payments, social commerce, fraud protection, and cross-border payments.
Platforms & Apps
New Ecommerce Tools: August 7, 2024

August 7, 2024 • Sig Ueland

This week: AI-powered sourcing, promotional sales, error detection, loyalty programs, sponsored brand campaigns, embedded payments, and retail media platforms.
Schools & Resources
New and Classic Books on Web Accessibility

August 1, 2024 • Jean Gazis

An accessible ecommerce site is good for sales and essential for legality. Here's our selection of eight new and timeless books on accessibility, UX, more.
Platforms & Apps
New Ecommerce Tools: July 30, 2024

July 30, 2024 • Sig Ueland

New releases this week include tools for AI-powered content creation, automated deliveries, shoppable video, website speed, logistics, and sustainable packaging.

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