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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Ecommerce Product Releases: Sept. 25, 2023
September 25, 2023 • Sig Ueland
Updates this week include fulfillment, point-of-sale platforms, social commerce, flexible payment options, and AI-powered customer service.
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Ecommerce Game-changers (in 2014)
September 18, 2023 • Armando Roggio
We described in 2014 five technologies that would change ecommerce. They didn't.
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Ecommerce Product Releases: Sept. 18, 2023
September 18, 2023 • Sig Ueland
This week's installment includes updates to Amazon's shipping software, new Meta ad tools, new Pinterest ad formats, and much more.
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How to Train ChatGPT for Better Responses
September 12, 2023 • Ann Smarty
ChatGPT's responses are generic by default. Here's how to customize them to your business or product.
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TikTok Replaces ‘Storefront’ with ‘Shop’
September 11, 2023 • Samantha Collier
TikTok Shop enables consumers to buy products without leaving the platform.
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Commerce Briefs: September 11, 2023
September 11, 2023 • Sig Ueland
Updates on shipping labels, green logistics, social commerce, B2B tools, headless commerce, more.
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Commerce Briefs: September 4, 2023
September 4, 2023 • Sig Ueland
This week's Commerce Briefs includes updates on Buy with Prime, Bonanza marketplace, DHL cross-border shipping, and more.
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12 Shopify Apps with ChatGPT Integration
July 25, 2023 • Ann Smarty
Shopify app developers are embracing ChatGPT for customer service, product descriptions, and more.
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11 Domain Registrars for 2023
July 10, 2023 • Sig Ueland
A domain name can jumpstart a company or hinder its growth. Here's our rundown of registration options.
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19 Tools to Write, Publish, Sell Ebooks
April 17, 2023 • Sig Ueland
There have never been more or better tools to help publish and distribute ebooks. Here's our comprehensive rundown of platforms for writing, designing, and selling.
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Ecommerce Product Releases: April 16, 2023
April 16, 2023 • Sig Ueland
This installment of our twice-monthly rundown includes updates on Amazon selling, email marketing, checkout options, generative AI prompts, and much more.
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Ecommerce Product Releases: April 3, 2023
April 3, 2023 • Sig Ueland
This installment of our twice-monthly rundown includes updates on social commerce, artificial intelligence, augmented reality, buy-now-pay-later, product analytics, digital file storage, and more.
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Ecommerce Product Releases: March 15, 2023
March 15, 2023 • Sig Ueland
This installment includes updates on drop shipping, returns management, one-click insurance, upsell and cross-sell solutions, customer video chats, payment tools, and more.
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Ecommerce Product Releases: March 1, 2023
March 1, 2023 • Sig Ueland
This installment of our twice-monthly rundown includes updates on shipping, domains, website builders, chatbots, analytics, grocery tools, and more.
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11 Podcast Platforms to Host, Distribute, Monetize
February 27, 2023 • Sig Ueland
By 2024 500 million folks worldwide will listen to podcasts annually. Here are 11 comprehensive platforms to host your episode files, distribute them across the internet, and monetize them with ads, donations, and subscriptions.
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Ecommerce Product Releases: February 15, 2023
February 14, 2023 • Sig Ueland
This installment of our twice-monthly series includes updates live video commerce, shipping services, social commerce, and more.
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4 Ecommerce Growth Levers
February 7, 2023 • Armando Roggio
Ecommerce success depends on compelling products that consumers want to buy. Beyond that are critical foundational levers — technology, people, content, and money.
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15 Group Messaging Mobile Apps
February 6, 2023 • Sig Ueland
The rise of remote employees requires specialized tools for team collaboration and communication. Here are 15 of those tools in our all-new update of a popular resource.
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Ecommerce Product Releases: February 1, 2023
February 1, 2023 • Sig Ueland
This installment of our long-running series includes new services for digital wallets, in-video search, shipping, SEO, headless development, omnichannel fulfillment, and more.
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13 AI Chatbots for Business
January 31, 2023 • Sig Ueland
ChatGPT demonstrates the stunning benefits of artificial intelligence. Many other providers offer impressive AI-driven tools for customer service, process automation, and more. Here are 13 of them.
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Ecommerce Product Releases: January 16, 2023
January 16, 2023 • Sig Ueland
This installment of our long-running series includes updates on no-code page builders, Amazon collaborations, AI-powered shipping, and more.
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Ecommerce Product Releases: December 18, 2022
December 18, 2022 • Sig Ueland
This installment of our twice-monthly “Product Releases” series includes updates on WooCommerce, consolidated returns, B2B payments, shipping, and more.
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Ecommerce Product Releases: December 4, 2022
December 4, 2022 • Sig Ueland
This installment of our twice-monthly rundown of new services to help merchants includes updates on product recommendations, artificial intelligence, drop shipping, cryptocurrencies, and more.
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Ecommerce Product Releases: November 15, 2022
November 15, 2022 • Sig Ueland
This installment of our twice-monthly rundown includes updates on social commerce, visual search, product tagging, last-mile delivery, and more.
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Klaviyo Founder: ‘We’re Good at Storing Data’
November 11, 2022 • Eric Bandholz
Andrew Bialecki launched Klaviyo in 2012 as a data repository for other businesses. Then a friend told him about Shopify. Fast forward to 2022 and Klaviyo is a global email-marketing juggernaut.
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13 Easy-to-use CRMs
November 8, 2022 • Sig Ueland
A customer relationship management tool can help a business grow and scale at an affordable price. Here is a list of simple CRMs for businesses of all sizes.
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Ecommerce Product Releases: November 2, 2022
November 2, 2022 • Sig Ueland
Ecommerce merchants enjoy non-stop innovation from vendors and service providers. This installment of “Product Releases” includes updates on pop-up retail, rewards programs, live commerce, and more.
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3 Up-and-coming Mobile Shopping Experiences
October 23, 2022 • Armando Roggio
The evolution of smartphone-based shopping continues. Three technologies could soon dominate that experience. We explain.
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Ecommerce Product Releases: October 17, 2022
October 17, 2022 • Sig Ueland
This installment of new services that could help merchants includes updates on shipping and fulfillment, sales tax, digital advertising, mobile commerce, and more.
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Ecommerce Product Releases: October 3, 2022
October 3, 2022 • Sig Ueland
Twice monthly we publish a list of new services, updates, and collaborations that could help merchants. This installment includes updates on visual search, artificial intelligence, international shipping, and more.