Holiday shipping is getting serious this year. U.S. Customs is cracking down on international parcels and flagging, delaying, or destroying shipments with even the slightest documentation errors. No, seriously. Destroyed. If you ship products from overseas or sell to customers outside the U.S., you need to understand the…
In this weeks Commerce Corner: ChatGPT can now check out with Shopify and Etsy. PayPal is paying sellers for traffic. Shopify launched an official WordPress plugin. And with a $253B holiday forecast, sellers are feeling the pressure to move faster and smarter.This Commerce Corner is stacked with eCommerce…
You ever feel like running an ecommerce business means duct-taping tools together and hoping they don’t break during peak traffic? Same. That’s why this news from Shopify is worth your attention. They just dropped the Shopify WordPress plugin for ecommerce, and it’s kind of a big deal. Because…
Running your ecommerce shop is already a three-ring circus. You’re tracking orders, fixing inventory issues, shipping like a pro, and maybe even doing customer support in between lunch bites. So the idea of making money without having to sell anything? That sounds like magic. But it’s real. PayPal…
You know that feeling when you open 12 tabs just to figure out what’s in stock, what needs to ship, and what’s already overdue? Same. And according to a new report from Digital Commerce 360, it’s not just you. More than half of marketplace sellers are still relying…
Adobe just dropped its 2025 holiday forecast, and the takeaway is loud and clear. Shoppers are spending big, shopping smarter, and doing it all from their phones. This year’s online holiday spend is expected to hit $253.4 billion in the U.S. That’s a 5.3% jump from last year,…
Remember when ChatGPT just answered questions? Now it’s placing orders. OpenAI just announced a new partnership with Etsy and Shopify that lets users shop and check out directly inside ChatGPT. Welcome to the future of agentic commerce ChatGPT is making real. This is where bots browse, compare, and…
We’ve entered the fall selling season, which usually means one thing: who can out-discount who. But this year, the fall ecommerce strategy isn’t about price cuts. It’s an ops battle. Amazon and Walmart are both testing new strategies ahead of the holiday rush, and while the headlines focus…
It’s not even October, but the carriers are already shouting: “Ship now or risk the wrath of holiday shoppers.” We already talked about UPS’s holiday deadlines, but now USPS and FedEx have posted their 2025 holiday shipping deadlines, and if you’re planning to delight customers with stress-free, on-time…
If you’ve ever wondered whether the item your customer received was actually yours, you’re not alone. That question has haunted sellers using Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) for years. With the Amazon fulfillment updates of 2025, including the end of commingled inventory and major upgrades to global logistics, Amazon…