Social•Feb 25, 2026
Build Community First, Then Product, for Billion-Dollar Success
Glossier spent 4 years building a community on a beauty blog before launching a single product. They co-created with their audience. Hit a billion-dollar valuation. Meanwhile you're building products nobody asked for. That's the gap.
By Kamil Sattar
Social•Feb 25, 2026
Raise Prices Now: Stop Giving Customers a Hidden Tax
Are you paying a 50% tax you didn't vote for? You're just gifting it to your customers instead of the government. Here's how: Say you're a store doing $3M at 10% margins makes $300K in profit. You finally raise prices 15%, something that's LONG...
By Andrew Youderian
Social•Feb 25, 2026
Google's UCP Will Let Glasses Shop Instantly
In Google's earnings call they said building UCP was a focus for 2025. Imagine what Universal Commerce Protocol means for glasses. Perhaps: "Gemini...look at that cool shirt. Find me one, but blue and buy it for me..." No more website visits...
By Marie Haynes
Social•Feb 25, 2026
Focus Over Variety: 3‑5 Products Drive Shopify Success
I've analysed 200+ Shopify stores. Here's the pattern: Stores with 50+ products struggled with scaling. Stores with 3-5 core products crushed it. Your assumption that more choice is better is wrong. Focus does.
By Kamil Sattar
Social•Feb 25, 2026
Automation Gives You Freedom to Say No
Declining a $5K consulting gig because it doesn't fit your schedule. Ignoring partnership requests that don't excite you. Taking a month off without worrying about revenue. You can only do this when you have dialed in automated systems. → Email sequences that nurture and...
By Steven Mellor
Social•Feb 24, 2026
AI Agents only Read First 6k Characters; Structure Data.
Straight from @Shopify's latest partner briefing: - AI agents are pulling the first ~6,000 characters of your product descriptions as their source of truth. - Meta descriptions, SEO titles, theme presentation logic, none of it gets touched. - If your product...
By Kurt Elster
Social•Feb 24, 2026
Free Tool to Verify if an Email Exists
My team just built a free tool you can use to see if an email exists or not: https://t.co/wcWB5zjuEp
By Chase Dimond
Social•Feb 24, 2026
Entrepreneurs Trade Netflix for Nighttime Retargeting
Everyone at 9pm: Watching Netflix. Ecom founders at 9pm: Setting up a new retargeting campaign for a winning ad. Different mindset. Different life.
By Kamil Sattar
Social•Feb 24, 2026
Tariffs Spike Costs, Crashing DTC ROAS
Your ad account looks fine: - ROAS is holding - CPMs are manageable - Conversions are flowing But your spreadsheet is screaming. As of February 2026, the average US tariff rate sits at 17% on all imports. For DTC brands sourcing from China (which is 50%...
By Kody Nordquist
Social•Feb 24, 2026
Lean Teams and Outsourcing Drive Higher Profits
One store owner in @ecomfuel had 35 people on payroll. He made some hard calls. Hired a 3PL. Replaced most full-timers with freelancers. Today he has one employee and eight contractors. His profits have never been higher. And his management stress is...
By Andrew Youderian
Social•Feb 24, 2026
Personalized Landing Pages Drive Conversions, Flint Automates Them
Your targeting is personalized. Your copy is personalized. But your landing page is not. That’s why you’re not closing the deals you want. If this is you, you need @tryflint. It’s a platform built for marketers to create tailored pages for...
By Chase Dimond
Social•Feb 24, 2026
Live Shopping Boom Awaits India: Seize Early Opportunities
On a previous #TeawithGaryVee I was asked how someone could take advantage of the opportunity presented by live shopping on platforms like WhatNot, since India is "not in yet" If you have a question for me, drop it here https://t.co/QjOodl7fTy so...
By GaryVee
Social•Feb 24, 2026
Shopify Adds ChatGPT to Merchant Ad Network
Well, that's interesting -> Shopify Shows Ads on Behalf of Its Merchants in ChatGPT "Shopify has started arranging for ads to promote its merchants to run in ChatGPT, the company told merchants, in an expansion of Shopify’s existing ad network. The...
By Glenn Gabe
Social•Feb 24, 2026
Microsoft Ads Test Multi‑Image Shopping Carousel
Microsoft Advertising is testing shopping ads with individual product image carousel/sliders https://www.seroundtable.com/microsoft-advertising-muti-image-shopping-carousel-40953.html #microsoftadvertising #bing #bingshopping
By Barry Schwartz
Social•Feb 24, 2026
Market Wins Over Gut: Test Every Product
I lost $7k testing a jewellery product everyone said was a guaranteed winner. It flopped. I spent $500 on a 'boring' kitchen gadget. It's now doing $30k/month. The market doesn't care about your gut feeling. Test everything.
By Kamil Sattar
Social•Feb 24, 2026
AI‑Powered Descriptions Boost Ecommerce Traffic 368% YoY
Ecommerce SEO: here's how we increased merchant listing traffic for my client by 368% YoY. For this client, the uplift YoY compared to 2024 was so significant that it made 2025 a challenge to outperform... but we managed to do it...
By Brodie Clark
Social•Feb 23, 2026
Direct-to-Consumer Infrastructure Powers J. Cole’s Album Sales
Direct-to-consumer is still a big opportunity, even for the biggest artists in the world. That’s the opportunity EVEN saw. Build the infrastructure once, make it work at every scale, and help artists turn moments into sales. The company just powered J....
By Dan Runcie
Social•Feb 23, 2026
AI-Driven Playbook: Build $100M Ecommerce From Scratch
How to build a $100M+ company with AI in ecommerce: Step 1: AI scrapes social media for viral content in a niche It's watching what's trending, what's getting engagement, what people are talking about. Step 2: AI creates organic content around that niche Start...
By Davie Fogarty
Social•Feb 23, 2026
Meta Prioritizes Broad Targeting Over Tight Layering
Meta just made detailed targeting "mostly a suggestion." Graph API v25 dropped this month bringing an inevitable conclusion to a direction they have been signaling for a long time. Your audience selections? They're now inputs, not constraints. If you're still building campaigns around tight...
By Taylor Holiday
Social•Feb 23, 2026
Influencers Drove Gymshark’s $128M Growth, Not Ads
Gymshark went from $0 to $128M in 6 years using influencer marketing. No TV ads. No billboards. Just athletes who genuinely wore the brand. Meanwhile you're running cold Facebook ads with zero social proof. That's the gap.
By Kamil Sattar
Social•Feb 23, 2026
Monetize Your Thank‑You Page with One‑Click Upsells
Brands will spend $50 to get a customer to checkout and then show them a generic Shopify thank-you page… Make it make sense. That page has a 100% view rate. Higher than: → Your homepage → Your landing pages → Every ad you've ever run It's...
By Kody Nordquist
Social•Feb 22, 2026
Final Drop: All‑In‑One E‑Commerce AI Toolkit
🎁 FINAL DROP: Complete E-commerce AI Toolkit. 50+ prompts for products pages ads emails funnels. Competitor analysis templates. Testing frameworks. Product research guides. Comment 'AI TOOLKIT' and follow. Sending in 24 hours. Let's dominate.
By Kamil Sattar
Social•Feb 22, 2026
Earn $54K in 30 Days with One AI Ad
How I Made $54,475.77 In 30 Days Dropshipping With ONE ad. (using ai) WATCH HERE 👉 https://t.co/2mf1hNdgQe https://t.co/KYbiqXcX0P
By Kamil Sattar
Social•Feb 22, 2026
Tariffs Spike Costs—Recalculate Your Break‑Even ROAS
Your ROAS looks fine, but your margins are bleeding. Why? Because tariffs jumped COGS 20-30% while your break-even ROAS stayed the same. You’re still trusting a dashboard number that’s been outdated for months. Recalculate your break-even, and thank me later.
By Kody Nordquist
Social•Feb 22, 2026
All‑In Effort Turns Failure Into Success
I failed for 6 years straight before anything worked. I was living with my parents, had $0 in my bank account multiple times, and just wondered if I was smart enough to become rich. For me winning stopped being about money,...
By Davie Fogarty
Social•Feb 22, 2026
Add Organization & WebSite Schema to All Homepages
SEO Tip: when it comes to using Schema for the homepage on a site, there are two types that I gravitate towards and recommend (especially for eCommerce stores). The two types are Organization and WebSite Schema, being tags that I see...
By Brodie Clark
Social•Feb 22, 2026
Ecom Founders Calculate ROI on Every Cocktail
Everyone at the bar: Let me buy you a drink. Ecom founders at the bar: Calculating whether that $8 cocktail would be better spent on ad testing. Different mindset. Different life.
By Kamil Sattar
Social•Feb 21, 2026
Live Shopify Store Audits: Free Real‑Time Feedback
Submit your Shopify store and I'll tell you what's wrong with it. Live. On camera. March 3rd at @taskhusky's #StyleAndScale https://t.co/JvsOUTavfI Free, replays available.
By Kurt Elster
Social•Feb 21, 2026
Product Economics Beat Niche: 8 Traits for E‑com Scaling
Best product characteristics for scaling in ecom: - High margin (80% gross) - Clear unique selling proposition - Can run variations without confusing the brand - Works on Facebook without needing education - Not easily replicated - Has repeat purchase potential or natural gifting angle - Can...
By Davie Fogarty
Social•Feb 21, 2026
Join My Whatnot Stream—Mention Threads for Perks
https://www.whatnot.com/s/ePYH7Nq8 Come check this out an say u came from threads - I’m in here
By GaryVee
Social•Feb 21, 2026
Share Your SEO Challenges, Win a Hoodie
🚨 Take the #SEOFOMO's Ecommerce SEO & AI Search Optimization Survey [2026] and participate in an SEOFOMO Hoodie & Mug Giveaway 👇 Answer the SEOFOMO Ecommerce SEO & AI Search Optimization Survey and help us identify this year’s biggest ecommerce SEO...
By Aleyda Solis
Social•Feb 21, 2026
Subscription Model Boosts LTV, One‑Time Sales Lag
Quip made $100M disrupting toothbrushes with ONE model: subscription delivery. Meanwhile you're doing one-time sales and wondering why LTV is low. That's the gap.
By Kamil Sattar
Social•Feb 21, 2026
Niche Solves, Mass Appeal Fails: Test Everything
I lost $16k testing apparel 'everyone wears.' Zero traction. I tested apparel for a tiny subculture. Scaled to $90k/month with raving fans. The market doesn't care about mass appeal. It cares about solving specific problems for specific people. Test everything.
By Kamil Sattar
Social•Feb 20, 2026
Physical Merch Fuels Brand, Drives New NFT Collectors
Our physical products are built to build the brand and have new collectors join our world (more than selling stuff to existing collectors) we are very confident this leads all to collect the digital (NFTs) we are getting decent at...
By GaryVee
Social•Feb 20, 2026
Sell Early: Immediate Upsells Boost AOV 35%
I've tested 180+ upsell strategies. Here's the pattern: Upsells I thought were 'too soon' added 35% AOV. Upsells I 'waited for right moment' added 8% AOV. Your timing concerns don't matter. Immediate relevance does. Test everything. Trust nothing.
By Kamil Sattar
Social•Feb 20, 2026
Liquidity Beats Private Deal Hassles, Even for Savvy Investors
I know a guy who bought Tesla in the early 2010s, close to the IPO. Made a killing. And he'd made a lot of other really savvy bets over the years. So I was excited to have him in the syndicate I was...
By Andrew Youderian
Social•Feb 20, 2026
Hire a CMO Only After Reaching $50M Revenue
One of the most common questions I get asked is "Do I need a CMO?" My answer is always that you don't need a CMO until you’re pushing $50M/year minimum. They’re the most fired role out of any C-level suite...
By Davie Fogarty
Social•Feb 20, 2026
Design Wins When You Redesign the Entire Service
I once worked with a company that sold frozen ready meals to elderly customers. They wanted better website conversion rates. Straightforward brief, right? We did user research and found the real problems had nothing to do with the website: - Customers were...
By Paul Boag
Social•Feb 20, 2026
Weekly Launches Drive FOMO, Not Months of Perfection
ColourPop made $100M with ONE insight: launch new products weekly to create FOMO. Meanwhile you're perfecting one product for 6 months. That's the gap.
By Kamil Sattar
Social•Feb 19, 2026
Tease, Don’t Tell: Subject Lines Spark Curiosity
Most subject lines announce. The best ones tease. "Our New Spring Collection" tells me what's inside before I open it. There's nothing left to be curious about. "We almost didn't release these" makes me need to know why. One gives away the answer....
By Chase Dimond
Social•Feb 19, 2026
Spend at Your Marginal Frontier, Not Just More
Your CFO wants more efficiency. Your CMO wants more volume. They're both right. And both wrong. The real question isn't "what should our target be?" It's "where are we at on our marginal frontier?" Spending power = the amount you can increase spend before...
By Taylor Holiday
Social•Feb 19, 2026
Clear Messaging Beats Fancy Themes for Higher Conversions
I know founders with perfect Shopify themes getting 1% conversion. I know founders with basic themes getting 6% conversion. Theme beauty doesn't matter. Offer clarity does. Fix your messaging before your design.
By Kamil Sattar
Social•Feb 19, 2026
Seeking 3PL Partners for Canada, Australia, UK Expansion
Who should we be working with for international 3PLs? Looking to expand to Canada, Australia, UK to start.
By Zach Stuck
Social•Feb 19, 2026
Launch Your First E‑Commerce Brand in 2026: 100 Niche Ideas
2026 is the year you launch your first ecom brand. Here's 100 niches you could innovate on today: 1. Wearable blankets (Don't copy me haha) 2. Weighted products (blankets, eye masks, lap pads) 3. Pet comfort products 4. Pet travel accessories 5. Ergonomic pillows 6. Sleep accessories 7....
By Davie Fogarty
Social•Feb 19, 2026
Your Brand Lives in the Final‑mile Delivery
Even if you obsess over sourcing and inventory turns, the people who deliver define your brand. Final-mile delivery is often the only human interaction customers see. If that sofa sits in the rain, nothing else matters: https://t.co/6dKPqYm7fN #FinalMileDelivery https://t.co/TTBSHQWArG
By Jim Tompkins
Social•Feb 19, 2026
Self‑funded Risk and Standards Built $100M Wellness Brand
She built a $100M wellness brand after doctors gave her codeine and no plan. Siff Haider and her husband launched Arrae in 2020 with two products, funded it with their wedding savings, and hit $1M in nine months without raising capital. They...
By Ask Dr. Brown
Social•Feb 18, 2026
Amazon Teams with OpenAI for Custom Shopping AI
🚨 My new exclusive at @ReadTheAisle Amazon has discussed w/ OpenAI working on custom shopping-related AI tied to Rufus, after using its own models and then Anthropic’s, according to sources briefed. The focus goes beyond Rufus’ main use of product Q&A https://t.co/60Z6WBfyvh
By Jason Del Rey
Social•Feb 18, 2026
One Quirky Prop Turned a Bland Shirt Ad Into Bestseller
Every shirt ad looked the same. One prop changed everything. In 1951, Hathaway was a small shirt company from Maine that most people had never heard of. They had a $30,000 ad budget, a fraction of what their competitors were spending,...
By Chase Dimond
Social•Feb 18, 2026
Build a 2026 Digital Store Using AI Tools
How To Build A Digital Product Store With AI In 2026 WATCH HERE 👉 https://t.co/ijT1ejXe7l In this video, I show you step-by-step how to build a digital product store using AI in 2026, including how to generate product images, write high-converting...
By Kamil Sattar
Social•Feb 18, 2026
AI Retention Beats Humans by Making Competitors Look Inferior
I teach retention for a living. I've built post-purchase flows for 200+ brands. But I just heard a demo of an AI trying to retain a canceling Spotify customer. And it used tactics most human reps never even attempt. Customer: "You raised...
By Chase Dimond