YouTube Launches Shoppable Ads via Universal Commerce Protocol
UCP Everywhere :) -> UCP Coming to YouTube: YouTube is enhancing its advertising capabilities by introducing shoppable ads that integrate a 'Buy now' button leveraging Universal Commerce Protocol https://t.co/abrXcgNBHm https://t.co/drDpt8vOvi
Founder‑Led Vision Drives AI‑Powered Growth for All
My conversation with @tobi, founder and CEO of Shopify. Timestamps: (0:00) Intro (0:49) A problem worth solving (5:58) Building products people love (10:14) Why originality matters (11:47) Conformity in Silicon Valley (15:47) Founder-led companies (18:44) Shopify’s AI transition (23:52) Building with urgency (26:52) AI for small businesses (35:18) Raising the standard...
Build a Shopify Store in 7 Days Using AI Only
The full Shopify AI build, end to end: Claude → research the offer Claude Design → design the page Claude Code → build it on Shopify Seedance 2.0 → AI UGC ads Nano Banana → AI image ads Meta + TikTok → distribute 7 days. $0 in...
Google's Universal Cart Brings Super‑Powered Shopping Across Merchants
Google announces its Universal Cart that works across merchants. Finds deals, looks at price drops, and inventories. "Shopping with super-powers". On a PC build, it could even identify parts that won't work together. In Search and Gemini this summer
UCP Gains Global Adoption Across New Verticals
Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) is being adopted by many partners "It may be the first time we all agreed on something" Bringing UCP to even more verticals & more countries (Canada, UK, Australia) #GoogleIO @googleio https://t.co/FxIXhQOzza
Google's AI-Powered Universal Cart Finds Better Checkout Deals
Google’s new Universal Cart taps into AI to help you get better online shopping deals at checkout. https://t.co/z9VdRxE4kD
AI Powers 80% of My Fully Autonomous E‑Commerce Brand
The AI ecom stack I run every week: ✅ Product research → Claude ✅ Store design → Claude Design ✅ Store build → Claude Code + Shopify CLI ✅ Image ads → Nano Banana ✅ UGC ads → Seedance 2.0 ✅ Copy → Claude 🔲 Customer support...
Timeless eBay Selling Tips Apply to Any Marketplace
Here's an article written for my website years ago by an old-school cigar memorabilia collector and marketplace expert about how to sell on eBay (with occasional updates by me). Amazingly, plenty of what he talks about is still relevant today,...
E‑commerce Platforms Are Becoming Retail Ecosystems, Not Mere Stores
E-Commerce Winners Are Building Ecosystems, Not Stores The stronger platforms are becoming operating systems for retail: marketplace demand, logistics, payments, advertising, AI tools, merchant software, and cross-border infrastructure. Morgan Stanley expects e-commerce to reach 27% of global retail sales by 2026, while...
Google Expands UCP, Adding More Retailers and New Account Linking
SEO News: Google's UCP (Universal Commerce Protocol) has just been expanded even further. Not only is it showing for more retailers within product grid results, but there's a new way for linking account details for stores (beyond Google Pay). Details: https://t.co/pCo8krtd0g
Mercari Q3 Beats Expectations, Profit Surges Amid Low Valuation
Mercari's 3QFY2026 result was incredible: • Revenue +22% YoY, with JP/US GMV rising 16-18% • Core operating profit +66% YoY thanks to Fintech • Consensus 2027e 20.8x P/E but est's far too low • Management guiding for growth / marketing spend, could weigh...
Flipkart Poised to Dominate High‑ASP E‑commerce Surge
The ICICI Securities report puts Indian e-commerce on track to nearly triple by 2030, but the more useful read is which part of that growth is genuinely up for grabs. High-ASP categories like smartphones, appliances and electronics, where household penetration...
Launch a Profitable AI‑Powered E‑Commerce Brand in Hours
How to build a profitable ecommerce brand using AI from zero (I tested this myself and got my first sale 1 hour after launching ads): 1. Find a product you're passionate about/know a little something about. Chances are you already know...
Amazon Launches 30‑minute Delivery for Groceries, Electronics, Alcohol
Amazon will now deliver groceries, electronics and alcohol within 30 minutes in select cities including Austin, Denver, Houston, Orlando, Phoenix Atlanta and Seattle. The logistics here is wild when you consider what it takes for food delivery to happen...
Master Cart Abandonment: 5 Rules to Maximize Revenue
Most ecom brands set up their cart abandonment flow once, then leave it running on autopilot for years, even though it recovers more revenue than any other automated flow they run. Here are 5 cart abandonment rules you need to know: →...
USPS Ground Advantage vs Ounce Rates: What Businesses Need
USPS Ground Advantageand ounce based rate differences. Interesting for a business focusing on parcels. #ecommerce
AI Shopping Launches Surge, Consumer Adoption Remains Zero
There's an interesting disconnect between the number of big tech companies that have launched AI shopping experiences (most of them) and the number of people I know who have talked to me about using AI to shop (zero)
Google Integrates Klarna, Affirm Into Gemini AI Checkout
Buy now, pay later services in AI surfaces -> Google Adds Klarna, Affirm as AI Shopping Payment Options in Gemini app and in AI Mode "When shoppers are making a purchase from Gemini or Google search results, Affirm and Klarna...
Run Entire Email Campaigns Using Only ChatGPT & Claude
I literally cannot wait to build emails and run my entire email channel all from within ChatGPT and Claude. Right now, my email creation process is: - Write/edit my emails inside Claude - Create images for my emails inside ChatGPT - Take the copy...
AI Citation Patterns Reveal Sub‑Vertical SEO Strategies
💰 Ecommerce AI Search Optimization: What Citation Patterns Across 5 Subverticals Tell Us About Optimizing Beyond PDPs and PLPs 👇 My latest analysis. For this research, I reviewed AI citation-source and cited-page data for 25 leading ecommerce sites across five...
Monitor ChatGPT Sales Monthly, Not Overhaul Everything
Agentic Storefronts dashboard is live in your Shopify Admin as a Sales Channel. On a store we work with: ChatGPT is 0.27% of revenue, +42% MoM. It's a small slice with a steep curve. The right approach here is "monitor monthly" not...
Dynamic Abandonment Emails Outperform Static Welcome Flows
A high-performing welcome flow is usually a sign that nothing else in your email channel is working… These flows should be your top revenue drivers: > Browse abandonment > Cart abandonment > Checkout started …every time a high-intent shopper bounces. But most flows are static with...
Amazon Now Rolls Out 30‑minute Delivery Across U.S. Cities
Are we approaching a "6-minute abs" situation? I'm sure the 15-minute service is coming :) -> Amazon launches Amazon Now, its 30-minute delivery service, in dozens of US cities including Atlanta, Dallas-Fort Worth, Philadelphia, and Seattle, after pilots https://t.co/vn3ndFyrCX https://t.co/1Tt94hiHxO
Discussing SEO, GEO, and Discovery Future at London Summit
On my way to London to speak at Pulse eCommerce Summit tomorrow in a panel with the awesome Max Woelfle & Lewis Sellers about SEO, GEO and the future of discovery 🙌 if you don’t have a ticket yet, register...
Avoid CPC Sponsorships; Brand Building Isn’t Just Clicks
Turned down newsletter sponsorship offers from Lovable and Superhuman this month bc the pricing was CPC, and that feels a bit too transactional for my taste. Brand-building and visibility with hyper- relevant audiences does not always translate cleanly to cost...
ChatGPT Generates $39K, Just 0.2% of Sales
Agentic Commerce on a real store: $39,015 total sales attributed to ChatGPT or 0.2% of store revenue for the same period. Yes, AI makes sales... but it's also still a rounding error. Both can be true. https://t.co/xubN6B0T4r
Tariffs Cut Sales—Raise Prices, You’ll Likely Benefit
60% of stores saw their income decrease because of tariffs. Which means there's a great chance your prices are/were too low. Price hikes are scary. It's almost always worth it. And if not? Easy to roll back. #chartoftheweek https://t.co/V2QeFlqS3e
From $0 College Dropout to $50M Ecommerce, Embracing AI Mentorship
I dropped out of college with $0, zero grades, no rich parents, and no safety net at 17 Just a laptop + internet + pure desperation. 10 years later I’ve done over $50M in ecommerce revenue. Here’s why I just rebuilt...
AI-Powered OS Modernizes Grocery Stores, Fuels $22M Series B
Grocery stores do more volume than restaurants and hotels, and most of them still run on clipboards. In this episode of Founder Firesides, YC's @aaron_epstein sat down with @IamBrandonHill, the co-founder and CEO of @VoriHQ, a modern operating system for...
Shopify Launches Official llms.txt Support for Easy Overrides
Looks like @Shopify has added official llms.txt support. No more hacky workarounds. You can override it with a `llms.txt.liquid` file, similar to how robots.txt works now. Example: @AdamsPolishes Hat tip: @IlanaDavis https://t.co/MGH35fddba
Discover If Your Emails Make You Copywriter or Strategist
Are your email skills positioning you as a copywriter… or a strategist? 👀 Take the eCommerce Email Strategy Quiz and find out: https://emailsdoneright.com/quiz
When Business Thrives, Choose Investment over Profit Harvesting
“When your business is behaving like this, we believe the right response is not to harvest — it is to invest.” Mercado Libre Q1 2026 Shareholder Letter
Know Your AOV to Set Realistic Revenue Goals
You cannot realistically set a revenue goal if you do not know your AOV. The number of orders required to hit $10K at a $40 AOV looks very different than at a $140 AOV. 🙃
Shopify + MapKit Reveal API Limits for Local Brand Discovery
expecting a lot of creativity from consumer app founders building new discovery and personalized AI experiences on top of amazing APIs and global data collections like Shopify catalog API
Clone Million-Dollar Shopify Designs with Claude Tools
Claude Dropshipping: How I Built A $1.8m Shopify Store With Claude Design WATCH HERE 👉 https://t.co/YPFgpnAypr Claude Design and Claude Code just made building premium Shopify stores way easier. In this video, I show you how to clone the layout and design...
Amazon's Weak Copywriting Costs Sales and Price Potential
Does anyone else agree with me that Amazon is a total fail on the copywriting front? If they actually employed someone with basic writing skills to write product descriptions with some emotional appeal, they could raise prices by 10% and...
AI Automates Real-World Merchandising From Map to Delivery
This is one of the wildest AI business systems I’ve seen. An OpenClaw agent scans Google Maps, finds local businesses with zero branded merch, generates photoreal product mockups with their logo, sends personalized offers, and auto-ships orders after payment. The entire business...
India’s Startup Rush Turns Home Chores Into Gig Exploitation
Unpopular opinion: India's startup culture is just exploitation disguised as innovation. And the best example of this is happening right now — in your kitchen. Three startups are currently in an all-out war to send someone to your house in...
Vipshop's Cheap Valuation Amid Buybacks and REIT Plans
Vipshop (VIPS US): • Overstock of China, now beauty e-com • Share buyback of 1/3 of shares since 2021, continuing • Selling Shanshan outlet properties as REIT soon • Trades at 6x P/E with 42% net cash/market cap • Risks: J Capital 2014 short report,...
Boost Revenue by Optimizing Offer, Not Ad Spend
If I had to take a Shopify store from $500K to $2M without increasing your % spent on ads, here's exactly what I'd do: 1. STOP OBSESSING OVER TRAFFIC. Brands pump money into ads and chase new channels. But if your site...
Refresh Your E‑com Welcome Series with 5 Essential Tips
Most ecom welcome series were built a while ago and therefore are outdated. It's time to update yours. Here are 5 things you need to know: → Make email one carry most of the load → Lead with the offer the subscriber signed...
Don’t Miss This Week’s One‑Hour Mega Box Pre‑Sale Raffle!
I’m excited about the Mega Box 📦 remember one hour pre sale raffle this week
Gemini's Recommendations Need Built‑in Purchase Links
Gemini really needs click to buy links. Gave Gemini a picture of my face asked for recs for skin care routine. Gave excellent recommendations but had to go search each on Amazon. Would absolutely have just clicked to buy...
AI Search Leaders Debate Top Vs. Bottom Funnel
People that are leading or working on AI search efforts: Which of these are trying to solve for? Top or bottom of funnel? Or both? CC @JHTScherck @TheCoolestCool @lilyraynyc @Kevin_Indig @kristakdoyle https://t.co/sBfHaojBy5
New Seller Onboarding Tools Live on Agentic Market
Good demo Seller onboarding tools shipped on Agentic Market as well - try it out
Even Seasoned E‑commerce Pros Underestimate Dropshipping Complexity
Most of you probably don’t know this story. Before I started PDS lab (now dissolved and transitioned to Theanna) I had two drop shipping companies. I bro’d out so hard in this community to learn everrrrything about it. I’ve built...
5 Essential Copy Rules to Boost Conversions
Most ecommerce brands hire designers and ad buyers, then ask the intern to write the copy that decides whether anything converts. Here are 5 conversion copywriting rules you need to know: → Open with the buyer's problem instead of your founder story →...
High-Speed Automation Delivers Precise Package Sorting
Precision in Motion: High-Speed #Automated Package Sorting in Action by @amazingthings_ #EmergingTech #Technology #Innovation #Tech https://t.co/Hjv7ashwQf
Uncertain About Subsidizing Electronic Shelf Labels
I’m not saying @BasilHalperin is right that we should subsidize electronic shelf labels. I’m just not saying he’s not right. https://t.co/YbS8Z7k0Pf
AI-Powered Search Transforms Online Shopping Experience
We've just released @Fin_ai for E-commerce solving one of the biggest pain points for buying online. We've finally broken free of the limited land of faceted filters and actually recreated a great in-store experience. The biggest reason buying online sucked...