Commerce does not replace conventional underwriting. It gives lenders another view of the business. Shopify offers one of the ...

Sig Ueland is a longtime contributor to Practical Ecommerce, having written weekly ecommerce resource lists since 2011 — addressing tools, products, and services to help merchants. He is also a ...

ChatGPT is becoming a valuable traffic source. It may not appear in a Google Analytics 4 overview because the volume is small, but ChatGPT traffic is often the most engaging source, even more than ...

Where does merchandising end and retail media begin?

Eric Bandholz is the host of "Ecommerce Conversations," Practical Ecommerce's weekly podcast, and co-founder of Beardbrand, a leading men’s grooming company that focuses on beard care. With the help ...

Ann Smarty is the founder of Smarty Marketing, a boutique SEO agency based in New York, focusing on viral and Reddit marketing as well as cross-channel organic visibility. Ann's search engine ...

U.S. ecommerce sales enjoyed a second consecutive quarter of double-digit growth in 2026, resembling pre-pandemic patterns. The U.S. Census Bureau reported last week that seasonally adjusted Q2 retail ...

Every week we publish a rundown of new services for ecommerce merchants. This installment includes updates on payments, shipping, affiliate marketing, agentic AI, ecommerce accelerators, customer ...

Recycled cardboard, cornstarch peanuts, containers made from mushrooms or seaweed, minimal reusable mailers — there are plenty of sustainable packaging options to limit your business’s carbon ...

The idea of bots buying on behalf of shoppers worries some ecommerce store owners, not because they fear AI, but because it shifts the customer relationship into one they cannot see, understand, or ...

ChatGPT increasingly queries Google and other search engines for answers to prompts. Atlas, ChatGPT’s browser, similarly searches Google for research. Here’s how to identify that activity in Google ...

Every week we hand-pick new services to highlight for ecommerce merchants. This installment includes updates on predictive AI, autonomous marketing, AI-powered website builders, omnichannel ...