Platforms & Apps
Our coverage of platforms and apps includes innovations and updates to shopping carts, content management systems, mobile shopping, digital-product selling, headless commerce, social media, and much more.
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Platforms & Apps
18 Podcasting Tools and Resources
April 1, 2019 • Sig Ueland
Here is a list of tools to help you produce your podcast. There are both online and offline tools to record, edit, and mix the audio. There are hosting platforms and tools to distribute and track your episodes.
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Ecommerce Product Releases: March 18, 2019
March 18, 2019 • Sig Ueland
Here is a list of product releases and updates for mid-March from companies that offer services to online merchants. There are updates on shoppable ads, fintech, B2B, shipping, multichannel fulfillment, and personalization.
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Ecommerce Product Releases: March 3, 2019
March 3, 2019 • Sig Ueland
Here is a list of product releases and updates for late February from companies that offer services to online merchants. There are updates on small business grants, eliminating counterfeit products, curated marketplaces, video distribution, and a Pinterest IPO.
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18 Slack Apps and Bots for Team Collaboration
February 25, 2019 • Sig Ueland
Slack is a collaboration hub for teams, providing a single place for messaging, tools, and files. For small businesses, Slack can be a helpful platform to create and develop. Here is a list of integrated apps and bots from Slack and third-party vendors to enhance team productivity on Slack.
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Ecommerce Product Releases: February 17, 2019
February 17, 2019 • Sig Ueland
Here is a list of product releases and updates for mid-February from companies that offer services to ecommerce merchants. There are updates on live-stream shopping, product management with artificial intelligence, digital payments, augmented reality for sampling products, and multiple features from Amazon.
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Ecommerce Product Releases: February 4, 2019
February 4, 2019 • Sig Ueland
Here is a list of product releases and updates for late-January from companies that offer services to online merchants. There are updates on shipping, social media, support for entrepreneurs, email marketing, credit automation, and virtual shopping.
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Ecommerce Product Releases: January 16, 2019
January 16, 2019 • Sig Ueland
Here is a list of product releases for mid-January from companies that offer services to online merchants. There are updates on shipping, virtual shopping, landing page creation, sales tax collection, social media marketing, and large-purchase financing.
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Ecommerce Product Releases: January 1, 2019
January 1, 2019 • Sig Ueland
Here is a list of product releases and updates for late December from companies that offer services to ecommerce merchants. There are updates on platform development, same-day shipping, visual search, competitive pricing, artificial intelligence, and high-end purchases.
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Ecommerce Product Releases: December 17, 2018
December 17, 2018 • Sig Ueland
Here is a list of product releases and updates for mid-December from companies that offer services to online merchants. There are updates on shipping and returns, live video shopping, product authentication, event ticketing, customer support bots, and voice-based biometrics.
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Ecommerce Product Releases: December 2, 2018
December 2, 2018 • Sig Ueland
Here is a list of new products and services for late November from companies that cater to online merchants. There are releases on landing pages, shipping, payment options, social commerce, artificial intelligence, and machine learning.
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Ecommerce Product Releases: November 16, 2018
November 16, 2018 • Sig Ueland
Here is a list of product releases and updates for mid-November from companies that offer services to online merchants. There are updates on shipping rates, search analytics, payment options, augmented reality, artificial-intelligence for social media, and holiday sales.
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Ecommerce Product Releases: November 1, 2018
November 1, 2018 • Sig Ueland
Here is a list of product releases and updates for late-October from companies that offer services to online merchants. There are updates on shipping, social commerce, social video production, instant ...
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Ecommerce Product Releases: October 16, 2018
October 16, 2018 • Sig Ueland
Here is a list of product releases and updates for mid-October from companies that offer services to online merchants. There are updates on shipping rates, artificial intelligence, fulfillment applications, social ...
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Ecommerce Product Releases: October 2, 2018
October 2, 2018 • Sig Ueland
Here is a list of product releases and updates for late-September from companies that offer services to online merchants. There are updates on visual search, social commerce, digital marketing, personalized ...
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Ecommerce Product Releases: September 17, 2018
September 17, 2018 • Sig Ueland
Here is a list of product releases and updates for mid-September from companies that offer services to online merchants. There are updates on checkout experience, authentication, digital advertising, marketing automation,
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Ecommerce Product Releases: September 2, 2018
September 2, 2018 • Sig Ueland
Here is a list of product releases and updates for late-August from companies that offer services to online merchants. There are updates on peer-to-peer payments, luxury shopping, social commerce, fulfillment ...
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Ecommerce Product Releases: August 15, 2018
August 15, 2018 • Sig Ueland
Here is a list of product releases and updates for August from companies that offer services to online merchants. There are updates on business pages, interactive video, onsite abandonment, cybersecurity, WordPress integration, and holiday shipping rates.
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Ecommerce Product Releases: August 2, 2018
August 2, 2018 • Sig Ueland
Here is a list of product releases and updates for late July from companies that offer services to online merchants. There are updates on video search and listings, shipping, tax collection, and small business financing.
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Ecommerce Product Releases: July 17, 2018
July 17, 2018 • Sig Ueland
Here is a list of product releases and updates for mid-July from companies that offer services to online merchants. There are updates on visual search, personalized checkout, last-mile delivery, mobile ...
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Ecommerce Product Releases: July 2, 2018
July 2, 2018 • Sig Ueland
Here is a list of product releases and updates for late June from companies that offer services to online merchants. There are updates on personalized shopping, fintech, subscription groups, sponsoring ...
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Ecommerce Product Releases: June 17, 2018
June 17, 2018 • Sig Ueland
“Ecommerce Product Releases” is our twice-monthly rundown of new products, services, and collaborations that could assist merchants. In this installment, we’ve included updates on shoppable tags, digital training, product research ...
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9 Free AMP Templates for Businesses
June 4, 2018 • Sig Ueland
The Accelerated Mobile Pages Project is an open-source initiative to improve website performance and experience. Its library provides a straightforward way to create web pages that are compelling and load ...
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Ecommerce Product Releases: May 31, 2018
May 31, 2018 • Sig Ueland
Here is a list of product releases and updates for late-May from companies that offer services to online merchants. There are updates on app development, personalized shopping, fintech, shipping, influencer ...
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Ecommerce Product Releases: May 16, 2018
May 16, 2018 • Sig Ueland
Here is a list of product releases and updates for mid-May from companies that offer services to ecommerce merchants. There are updates on analytics, automated campaigns, search, customer communication, and artificial intelligence.
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Ecommerce Product Releases: May 1, 2018
May 1, 2018 • Sig Ueland
Here is a list of product releases and updates for late April from companies that offer services to online merchants. There are updates on A.I., category search, online advertising, cyber ...
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Ecommerce Product Releases: April 17, 2018
April 17, 2018 • Sig Ueland
Here is a list of product releases and updates for mid-April from companies that offer services to online merchants. There are updates on video content and format, accelerated mobile pages,
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11 Free WordPress Ecommerce Themes for 2018
April 9, 2018 • Sig Ueland
The world’s most popular content management system, WordPress, has a lot to offer anyone who wants to open an online store. There’s a constant stream of new themes, many of ...
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Ecommerce Product Releases: April 1, 2018
April 1, 2018 • Sig Ueland
Here is a list of product releases and updates for March from companies that offer services to online merchants. There are updates on artificial intelligence, subscription services, new marketplaces, shopping actions and experiences, delivery tracking, and augmented reality. IBM launches new artificial intelligence platform. IBM has launched Cloud Private for Data, an integrated data science, data engineering, and app-building platform, along with Data Science Elite Team, a no-charge consultancy that advises clients on their artificial-intelligence roadmaps.
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Ecommerce Product Releases: March 18, 2018
March 18, 2018 • Sig Ueland
Here is a list of product releases and updates for mid-March from companies that offer services to online merchants. There are updates on artificial intelligence, last-mile delivery, seed funding, “under $10” products, and crowdfunding.
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11 Product Review Plugins for WordPress
March 5, 2018 • Sig Ueland
Gathering reviews and testimonials from shoppers can generate leads and influence the decisions of others. For WordPress users, adding reviews to a website is as easy as adding the right plugin. Here is a list of product review plugins for WordPress.
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