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: 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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Platforms & Apps
New Ecommerce Tools: July 25, 2024
July 25, 2024 • Sig Ueland
This week: AI-powered customer service agents, post-purchase platforms, logistics, research resources, payments, and financing for ecommerce businesses.
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Platforms & Apps
15 Custom GPTs for Productivity
July 23, 2024 • Sig Ueland
Get more done with Custom GPTs for coding, presentations, Excel spreadsheets, research, much more.
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Platforms & Apps
New Ecommerce Tools: July 18, 2024
July 18, 2024 • Sig Ueland
This week: AI-powered shopping assistants, crowdfunding, social commerce, big data, livestream shopping, subscriptions, app development, and cross-border payments.
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Schools & Resources
Top Books for Cross-Border Success
July 17, 2024 • Jean Gazis
Ecommerce connects global shoppers and affords merchants opportunities to sell across borders.
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Platforms & Apps
13 Custom GPTs to Generate Content
July 9, 2024 • Sig Ueland
Need a new ad, logo, presentation, image, or video? There's a custom GPT for that.
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Platforms & Apps
New Ecommerce Tools: July 9, 2024
July 9, 2024 • Sig Ueland
New tools for merchants this week include social commerce, flexible payments, luxury shopping, fulfillment, AI-powered pricing, and shopping in the metaverse.
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Code
Beware of Instant Site-speed Fixes
July 5, 2024 • Eric Bandholz
A Shopify store owner once paid a firm to redesign his site. The result was slow page loads and the owner's journey to improve them.
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Platforms & Apps
New Ecommerce Tools: July 2, 2024
July 2, 2024 • Sig Ueland
This week's rundown includes new tools for shoppable media, AI assistants, personalization, returns forecasting, installment payments, shipping platforms, and marketplaces.
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Schools & Resources
10 New Ecommerce Books for Summer 2024
July 1, 2024 • Jean Gazis
This installment of our quarterly rundown includes fresh takes on economics and finance, AI, startups, marketing strategy, Amazon, and more.
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Platforms & Apps
New Ecommerce Tools: June 27, 2024
June 27, 2024 • Sig Ueland
This week's rollouts include AI-powered search, subscriptions, social commerce, chatbots, local shopping, reverse logistics, live shopping, and retail media networks.
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Typography & Fonts
Free Typography Fonts, Tools, Courses
June 25, 2024 • Sig Ueland
Typography is an essential component of web design. It’s also affordable, with free commercial fonts, tools, and educational materials.
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Platforms & Apps
New Ecommerce Tools: June 17, 2024
June 17, 2024 • Sig Ueland
New tools this week include generative AI, chatbots, digital payments, social commerce, subscriptions, media networks, and cryptocurrencies.
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