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.
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Platforms & Apps
New Ecommerce Tools: April 2, 2024
April 2, 2024 • Sig Ueland
New merchant tools this week address customer engagement, B2B payments, product discovery, digital marketing, fraud prevention, post-purchase solutions, and more.
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Design & Dev Tools
AI Tools for Meeting Notes, Recaps, To-dos
April 1, 2024 • Ann Smarty
Reviewing meeting recordings for takeaways and action items used to take hours. No more.
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Schools & Resources
10 New Ecommerce Books for Spring 2024
April 1, 2024 • Sig Ueland
This installment of our quarterly rundown includes titles on digital marketing, team development, content marketing, AI, launching a startup, and more.
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Platforms & Apps
AI Platforms for Competitor Research
March 25, 2024 • Ann Smarty
Competitor research was once limited to enterprise brands with big budgets. No more.
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Platforms & Apps
New Ecommerce Tools: March 25, 2024
March 25, 2024 • Sig Ueland
This week's rundown includes tools for livestream commerce, cross-border transactions, logistics, omnichannel sales, customer experience, fraud prevention, and more.
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Platforms & Apps
Charts: How Consumers Use the Internet 2024
March 20, 2024 • Adel Boukarroum
Research firm GWI surveyed global consumers as to their internet habits. Chatting and messaging were the top activities.
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Design & Dev Tools
18 Free Web Design Tools, Winter 2024
March 19, 2024 • Sig Ueland
This installment of our quarterly rundown includes tools for logo creation, mockups, coding, animations, background images, domain names, free fonts, and more.
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Platforms & Apps
New Ecommerce Tools: March 18, 2024
March 18, 2024 • Sig Ueland
This week: payment platforms, smart search, B2B commerce, resale programs, anti-fraud tools, logistics, customer experience platforms, and more.
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Platforms & Apps
New Ecommerce Tools: March 12, 2024
March 12, 2024 • Sig Ueland
New tools this week include AI website builders, payment platforms, email and text marketing tools, logistics, video game commerce, and more.
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Platforms & Apps
AI-powered Transcription Tools, Tested
March 11, 2024 • Ann Smarty
Today's transcription platforms are fast and sophisticated. We test three of them.
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Platforms & Apps
11 Mobile Apps to Manage a Team
March 5, 2024 • Sig Ueland
Businesses with remote workers need tools to communicate and collaborate on tasks and projects.
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Platforms & Apps
New Ecommerce Tools: March 4, 2024
March 4, 2024 • Sig Ueland
This installment of our weekly rundown includes tools for generative AI, cross-border payments, recommerce, email marketing, shopping carts, B2B, customer management, and more.
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Design & Dev Tools
AI Tools for Logos and Branding
February 27, 2024 • Ann Smarty
Impressive AI-driven branding platforms can create or perfect logos, colors, templates, and more.
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Platforms & Apps
New Ecommerce Tools: February 26, 2024
February 26, 2024 • Sig Ueland
This week's list includes updates on cross-border transactions, subscription sales, order tracking, streaming commerce, order management systems, fulfillment, and delivery.
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Platforms & Apps
AI Tools to Turn Text into Podcast Conversations
February 22, 2024 • Ann Smarty
Innovative technology can transform an article into an audio conversation, with realistic voices and dialog.
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Platforms & Apps
12 Apps for Creating, Editing Videos
February 20, 2024 • Sig Ueland
Sophisticated videos require only a smartphone and an app. Here's an update to our long-running resource of tools to create, edit, and transform videos.
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Platforms & Apps
New Ecommerce Tools: February 19, 2024
February 19, 2024 • Sig Ueland
This week's list of new tools for merchants includes customer care, cybersecurity, analytics, accessibility, conversational commerce, embedded payments, and more.
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Platforms & Apps
AI Tools for Brand Monitoring
February 15, 2024 • Ann Smarty
What do customers and prospects think about you or your company? These tools analyze mentions across the web.
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Platforms & Apps
New Ecommerce Tools: February 13, 2024
February 13, 2024 • Sig Ueland
This week's installment includes updates on fulfillment, reverse logistics, international shipping, omnichannel commerce, retail analytics, and headless ecommerce.
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Platforms & Apps
20 Platforms to Sell Digital Products
February 11, 2024 • Sig Ueland
Creators of ebooks, audiobooks, images, videos, templates, courses, and software have many robust choices for selling their goods.
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Platforms & Apps
Ecommerce Product Releases: February 6, 2024
February 6, 2024 • Sig Ueland
This week's updates address AI-powered shopping, fulfillment, local marketing, website builders, and video advertising.
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Design & Dev Tools
ChatGPT Prompts for Competitor Analysis
February 5, 2024 • Ann Smarty
Digital transformation has spawned many new businesses and remade others. Identifying and monitoring competitors has never been more critical.
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Platforms & Apps
Ecommerce Product Releases: January 30, 2024
January 30, 2024 • Sig Ueland
This week: website builders, international payments, cybersecurity, brand protection, point-of-sale tools, AI-assisted shopping, sustainable logistics, and more.
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Platforms & Apps
AI Tools for Sales Teams
January 29, 2024 • Ann Smarty
Modern sales platforms can find prospects, train staff, generate outreach emails, and more.
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Schools & Resources
Advice to a New Ecommerce Merchant
January 26, 2024 • Eric Bandholz
A longtime insurance salesman considers launching his own business. "Where do I begin?" he asks.
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Platforms & Apps
11 Mobile Apps for Customer Management
January 23, 2024 • Sig Ueland
It's never been easier to track sales, customers, and tasks from a phone. Here's the all-new update to our long-running list of providers.
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Design & Dev Tools
ChatGPT Prompts for Customer Personas
January 22, 2024 • Ann Smarty
Identify and target personas of keywords, competitors, Reddit discussions, and more.
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Platforms & Apps
Ecommerce Product Releases: January 22, 2024
January 22, 2024 • Sig Ueland
This week: tools for generative AI, payment platforms, 3D product images, dropshipping, logistics, ad publishing, and creator management tools.
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Platforms & Apps
Ecommerce Product Releases: January 16, 2024
January 16, 2024 • Sig Ueland
This week's rundown includes new tools and features for marketplaces, video commerce, returns shipping, content generation, cryptocurrencies, cross-border logistics, and more.
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Platforms & Apps
Ecommerce Product Releases: January 10, 2024
January 10, 2024 • Sig Ueland
This week's rundown includes updates involving loyalty programs, live-selling, generative AI, video players, fraudulent reviews, return shipping, and more.