Knowing which bot is responsible for which task is essential before attempting to disallow it. The post Primer on ChatGPT’s 3 Bots appeared first on Practical Ecommerce .
AI models rely on "trusted" enterprise sources, yet providers are emerging for SMBs. The post AI Favors Ecommerce Giants — for Now appeared first on Practical Ecommerce .
Over-the-top praise for an item should ring alarm bells, with fake feedback generated by AI, bots and humans on a mass scale You’re doing a spot of online Christmas shopping and see an air fryer that is competitively priced. You don’t...
Why relocate overseas? What are the risks and the rewards? Mikkel Thorup addresses those questions and more. The post Expat Money CEO on Moving Abroad appeared first on Practical Ecommerce .
Profitable selling of used, refurbished, and overstock items requires repeatable systems. The post How to Scale a Recommerce Business appeared first on Practical Ecommerce .
I don’t really believe that companies would love my feedback, nor that my opinion matters to them. So why do they keep asking for them? Read more petty gripes “Your experience matters to us, Ellen.” “We’d love your feedback.” Continue...
This week: new tools for live-streaming, agentic commerce, ecommerce insurance, returns management, analytics, product customizations, digital identity verification, and more. The post New Ecommerce Tools: December 10, 2025 appeared...
The top benefit of targeting long-tail searches could now be AI visibility. The post Long-Tail SEO in an AI World appeared first on Practical Ecommerce .
Topics for January 2026 include the U.S.'s 250th year, Wikipedia's anniversary, product quality, and simple pleasures such as puzzles and cocktails. The post 5 Content Marketing Ideas for January 2026 appeared first on Practical Ecommerce .
The new "Investment Strategy" feature is akin to Google's existing budget simulators, with two main differences. The post Notes on Google Ads New Strategy Tool appeared first on Practical Ecommerce .
Abir Syed says creative volume drives ecommerce marketing success, and few merchants have exhausted any channel, much less Meta. The post CFO: Brands Rarely Max Out Meta Ads appeared first on Practical Ecommerce .
Amazon calls the report ‘flawed and misleading’ and says it offers lower prices than competitors School districts and local governments across the country appear to be overpaying for basic supplies because of Amazon contracts that bind...
A new book from a noted economist seeks to explain tariffs and trade barriers. The post The Rise of Global Tariffs, Explained appeared first on Practical Ecommerce .
Benjamin Selwyn argues that the company’s power lies not in escaping capitalist logic, but in intensifying it Yanis Varoufakis argues that Amazon marks a shift to “technofeudalism”, claiming its ownership of digital infrastructure forces...
This week's rundown includes new services for fraud prevention, agentic commerce, automated customer support, fulfillment, payments, and generative ads. The post New Ecommerce Tools: December 3, 2025 appeared first on Practical Ecommerce .
Understanding how AI platforms conduct searches is key to optimizing visibility in the answers. The post Tools to Track GenAI Citations, Sources appeared first on Practical Ecommerce .
The European Union harmonizes cross-border commerce rules, but it doesn't harmonize the people doing the buying. The post How U.S. Merchants Fail E.U. Consumers appeared first on Practical Ecommerce .
Roughly eight in 10 U.S. consumers have agreed to receive commercial text messages, according to a recent survey. The post Best Text Message Strategy for 2026 appeared first on Practical Ecommerce .
Jeff Oxford, an SEO pro, addresses ChatGPT optimization, with a caveat: Google's AI Mode could eventually dominate. The post Will Google’s AI Mode Dominate ChatGPT? appeared first on Practical Ecommerce .
Workers say the firm’s ‘warp-speed’ approach fuels pressure, layoffs and rising emissions More than 1,000 Amazon employees have signed an open letter expressing “serious concerns” about AI development, saying that the company’s...
Primark, Currys and Boohoo criticise government for waiting until 2029 to phase out exemption on customs duty British retailers including Primark, Currys and Boohoo have criticised the government for waiting until 2029 to end a tax break...
Our handpicked list this week includes updates on product experience management, agentic commerce, AI-powered payments, fulfillment, customer support, website builders, and more. The post New Ecommerce Tools: November 26, 2025 appeared...
Investors are concentrating on areas they believe will define the next phase of ecommerce. The post Where Investors See Ecommerce Heading appeared first on Practical Ecommerce .
The new Google Labs experiment uses AI to organize a user's search results. It's also handy for SEO. The post How Google’s Web Guide Helps SEO appeared first on Practical Ecommerce .
An automation-first mindset helps ecommerce businesses keep up with AI shopping. The post ‘Automate First’ for AI Commerce Success appeared first on Practical Ecommerce .
How does a company build a solar-generating plant and then sell the electricity? Entrepreneur Chris Elrod explains. The post Solar Power Developer on Fueling the Grid appeared first on Practical Ecommerce .
Albatross AI claims to have the first infrastructure for training personalization models on live events. The post Will AI Solve Ecommerce Personalization? appeared first on Practical Ecommerce .
New rollouts this week include tools for product images, returns management, agentic commerce, financing, social commerce, international shipping, and alternative payments. The post New Ecommerce Tools: November 19, 2025 appeared first...
The bitcoin collapse lifts the lid on a society without opportunity, where risk is privatised and rightwingers sell illusions of freedom while ordinary punters bear losses The crypto crash has come again. And it is as brutal as ever. In...
Ten new titles from entrepreneurs, practitioners, and academics on innovation, leadership, and lessons learned. The post New Books: Wikipedia, Ring, Vibe Code, More appeared first on Practical Ecommerce .
The relaunched "Insights" section in Search Console doesn't provide data unavailable in other reports, but it's helpful for quick trends and items needing attention. The post New GSC ‘Insights’ Show Trends, Status appeared...
In just three years, generative AI has changed how ecommerce businesses attract shoppers and close sales. The post 3 Years In, GenAI Upends Ecommerce appeared first on Practical Ecommerce .
John Furner, the retail chain’s boss in the US, will succeed McMillion as global CEO after 31 January Walmart ’s CEO, Doug McMillon, will retire next year after more than a decade in charge of one of the world’s largest retailers. John...
Seth Spears once taught consumers how to make their own non-toxic personal care products. Then they asked him for ready-made versions. The post Natural Toothpaste Propels Wellnesse.com appeared first on Practical Ecommerce .
Despite tariffs, taxes, and strikes, Canada remains a growth market for U.S. ecommerce retailers. The post Canada Still Works for U.S. Sellers appeared first on Practical Ecommerce .
This week: updates on agentic commerce, multichannel management, buy-now pay-later, cryptocurrencies, product feed management, and predictive marketing. The post New Ecommerce Tools: November 12, 2025 appeared first on Practical Ecommerce .
The World Trade Organization's tariff moratorium on electronic transmissions is at the heart of modern digital trade. The post Digital Goods Stay Duty-Free appeared first on Practical Ecommerce .
Experts say to avoid unrealistic prices or requests for bank transfers, as AI makes it hard to tell real from fake sites Black Friday is coming up and you are looking forward to saving some money on Christmas presents. There are lots of...
Amazon accuses Perplexity of covertly accessing customer accounts and disguising AI activity as human browsing Amazon sued a prominent artificial intelligence startup on Tuesday over a shopping feature in the company’s browser, which can...
Amazon Web Services (AWS) sees 20% increase in revenue year over year, topping Wall Street estimates Amazon has made its first financial disclosures since the disastrous outage suffered by its cloud computing division that brought...
Executives at world’s biggest datacenter owner grappled with disclosing information about water used to help power facilities Amazon strategised about keeping the public in the dark over the true extent of its datacentres’ water use, a...
Banking industry data shows £629m was stolen in six months from fraud that included gold, wine and property The amount of money lost to investment scams by UK consumers has leapt 55% in a year as cryptocurrency fraudsters intensify their...
First lady not named in suit in which investors allege Meteora executives created coin they knew would plummet The designers of a cryptocurrency launched by the US first lady, Melania Trump , in January were accused in court filings on...
A failure at Amazon’s server centre paralysed global services for 15 hours. It was not just a glitch but a stark reminder of our digital dependency and fragility An outage at Amazon Web Services (AWS) on Monday disrupted apps and...
There was a different side to the chaos of the Amazon outage that affected crucial services around the world, such as no exams, light switches not working, and less work to do Workers were sent home, exams were delayed, coffee machines...
This live blog is now closed. You can read the full report here: Full story: Amazon Web Services outage hits dozens of websites and apps Heads-up: UBS have upgraded their view on global equities to ‘attractive’, a sign that they think...
Fake reviews, forged certificates and stolen corporate identities being used to lure victims, KwikChex finds Suspected scam investment companies are exploiting Trustpilot’s review system by giving themselves five-star ratings to persuade...
From scrutinising sellers’ profiles and reviews to secure payments, ensure you avoid buying a fake item When Maheen found a brand-new Dyson Airwrap for the bargain price of £260 on the resale website Vinted, she was thrilled. The...
SEC filings show Bitmain gave firm partially owned by Eric Trump unusually generous terms on equipment A private Chinese company is giving preferential access to its technology and providing unusually beneficial payment terms on hundreds...