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 ...

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 ...

This week’s rundown of new products and services for merchants includes updates on ChatGPT ads, digital payments, visual search ads, authenticated deliveries, agentic commerce, CRM models, logistics, ...

Early data suggests that AI-aided shopping could lower product returns, one of ecommerce’s most persistent costs. That possibility is easy to miss in Adobe’s August 2026 “AI Traffic Trends Report” ...

The decrease in organic search traffic is forcing businesses to find new marketing channels. Social media has long been an effective way to build brand awareness and generate sales. Prominent social ...

Cheryl Sew Hoy says her company deals with poop. The Austin, Texas-based serial entrepreneur launched Tiny Health in 2020 to help folks monitor microorganisms in their digestive systems, which are ...

Shopify is welcoming Meta’s new Muse personal AI agent. Amazon is trying to keep it out. Meta introduced Muse this month as a personal AI agent that can browse websites, fill out forms, and complete ...

Return on advertising spend is a useful performance metric, but only with accurate attribution. ROAS connects advertising investment to revenue. The calculation is simple: For all of its potential, ...

I met recently with a spa manager in California to introduce her to a French beauty brand. I told her about the company (a client) and shared that she might be the first U.S. spa to carry those ...

The bible of user-interface design is “Don’t Make Me Think” by Steve Krug. He believes questions such as “Where do I click?” or “What does this mean?” create hesitation in shoppers. Each question ...