If you’ve ever wondered how a $4 phone case gets shipped from China to your customer’s doorstep faster than you can restock packing tape—welcome to the magic of de minimis. It’s a fancy trade term for a simple rule: if a product is worth less than $800 and…

Pop quiz: What do beach chairs, air conditioners, and scooters have in common? If you guessed “got caught in a tariff storm this week,” you’re absolutely right. The latest tariff update for online sellers in 2025 comes with some serious shakeups—the U.S. just hiked tariffs on Chinese goods…

In a leaked internal memo, Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke made something crystal clear: using AI at Shopify is no longer optional. Shopify told employees to use AI or explain themselves—a bold move that signals just how central AI is becoming to the company’s culture and operations. Now, it’d…

If USPS is part of your fulfillment strategy (and let’s be real, for many sellers it is), heads up: USPS shipping standards are changing. Phase 1 is already in motion, and Phase 2 lands on July 1. The United States Postal Service is in the middle of a…

Running an Amazon store? You might want to keep one eye on your inventory strategy—and the other on international headlines, especially as Amazon cancels inventory orders from China amid tariff pressures. In breaking news, Amazon reportedly just canceled a wave of inventory orders from suppliers in China and…