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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

An ecommerce merchant might sell the exact product a generative AI shopper wants and still not appear in the platform’s recommendations. The disconnect starts with how consumers use AI chat and ...

This week’s rundown of new services for merchants includes updates on payments, agentic commerce, AI visibility, product customizers, omnichannel fulfillment, dropshipping, email marketing, and ...

Online merchants serving civically engaged shoppers will find excellent promotional opportunities on the growing X platform. Social commerce and multichannel selling are leading trends. Merchants in ...

The E.U.’s General Product Safety Regulation applies to digital commerce, global supply chains, and internet-connected devices. First issued in 2001, the revised GPSR became effective in December 2024 ...

The future is here, sort of. Companies have staked out urban landscapes to test autonomous last-mile delivery systems on the streets and mobile food delivery robots on campus sidewalks. Ultimately for ...

Performance Max campaigns are a priority for Google Ads and thus for advertisers. Here are three new PMax features to improve performance. Experiments are a great feature of the Ads platform. For ...

This week’s rundown of new services for merchants includes updates on AI-powered advertising, video ad generators, shoppable videos, B2B commerce, fraud prevention, box-free returns, loyalty programs, ...