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 ...

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, ...

ChatGPT increasingly queries Google and other search engines for answers to prompts. Atlas, ChatGPT’s browser, similarly searches Google for research. Here’s how to identify that activity in Google ...

The metaverse is the joining of physical and digital worlds. The idea isn’t new, particularly to gamers of Fortnite or Roblox. Second Life has been running a metaverse-like online world for a couple ...

Every week we publish a rundown of new services for ecommerce merchants. This installment includes updates on release-based selling, quick deliveries, secure payments, managed social commerce, ...

Unlike top search engines, ChatGPT does not maintain an index of global websites. It has relied instead on Bing’s index and search for training and sources. However, recent third-party tests suggest ...

This week’s rundown of new services for ecommerce merchants includes updates on agentic commerce, generative engine optimization, AI-powered marketing, analytics, sales agents, payment links, B2B, ...

AI can shift ecommerce pricing from one-size-fits-all to systems that adapt to shopper behavior and context, preserving margins. Promotions, coupon codes, and bundles have long meant that two shoppers ...