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
New Ecommerce Tools: June 19, 2025
June 19, 2025 • Sig Ueland
Our handpicked list this week includes new products and services for crypto payments, chargebacks, live streaming, digital ads, cross-border, personalization, and open-box programs.
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New Ecommerce Tools: June 12, 2025
June 12, 2025 • Sig Ueland
This week's rundown of new products and services for merchants includes tools for AI-powered checkouts, loyalty programs, subscriptions, payments, tax compliance, shipping optimization, and research and analytics.
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New Ecommerce Tools: June 5, 2025
June 5, 2025 • Sig Ueland
This week: new products and services for local payments, Bitcoin, B2B commerce, marketplace ads, retail media solutions, parcel delivery robots, and more.
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New Ecommerce Tools: May 29, 2025
May 29, 2025 • Sig Ueland
This week: new products and services from DHL Group, Shopify, StellarWP, YouLend, eBay, Google, Manhattan Associates, InfoSum, CommerceIQ, Worldpay, Amazon, and Bluehost.
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Shopify’s New AI Tools Empower Merchants
May 27, 2025 • Armando Roggio
The just-released "Editions Summer '25" includes a slew of AI-fueled tools to ease launching, operating, and scaling a store.
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New Ecommerce Tools: May 22, 2025
May 22, 2025 • Sig Ueland
This week: virtual shopping, agentic commerce, analytics, dropshipping, payments, logistics, loyalty programs, gamification, and more.
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New Ecommerce Tools: May 15, 2025
May 15, 2025 • Sig Ueland
This week: new tools for AI-powered site-search, shopping assistants, product listings, merchant financing, point-of-sale solutions, cross-border transactions, and warehouse automation.
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New Ecommerce Tools: May 8, 2025
May 8, 2025 • Sig Ueland
This week: updates on agentic AI commerce, mobile wallets, B2B transactions, one-click checkout, application hosting, AI-powered promotions, and enterprise-ready fulfillment.
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Get Your Products on ChatGPT Shopping
May 5, 2025 • Ann Smarty
ChatGPT recommends products directly in search results for prompts with clear purchase intent.
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New Ecommerce Tools: May 1, 2025
May 1, 2025 • Sig Ueland
This week: ChatGPT (shopping), BigCommerce (B2B portal), PayPal (programmatic ads), eBay (Klarna partnership), WooCommerce (Affirm partnership), Caro Holdings (AI customer service), and more.
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Multiple Stores, 1 Backend: Pros and Cons
April 28, 2025 • Anna Kayfitz
Combining storefronts into a single backend centralizes the data and streamlines oversight. But it comes with costs.
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ChatGPT Shopping Is Coming
April 27, 2025 • Armando Roggio
ChatGPT's JavaScript now includes Shopify variable names, fueling speculation of an AI-powered shopping launch.
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New Ecommerce Tools: April 24, 2025
April 24, 2025 • Sig Ueland
This week: new tools from Spur (testing), ShipBob (order fulfillment), Lili (financial tools), RedTrack (media buying), BlueSnap (payments), Captiv8 (influencers), Bringg (delivery), and more.
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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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The Real Test of Unified Commerce
April 10, 2025 • Armando Roggio
Combining multiple commerce systems for a unified view of customers and products seems compelling. Do the benefits justify the cost?
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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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How to Change a Domain Name in Shopify
April 6, 2025 • Armando Roggio
A change in products or focus could require a store to change its internet address.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Plain-English Guide to Shopify Liquid
January 27, 2025 • Arjus Dashi
Merchants who understand Liquid can unlock new store customizations without needing a developer.
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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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Squarespace’s Tools Aid Ecommerce Novices
January 19, 2025 • Armando Roggio
The platform's AI builder and snap-in-place grid are much easier than code-based modifiers and complicated editors.
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