Articles by: Ivana Soldat

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Ivana Soldat

Ivana writes about what’s actually happening in ecommerce right now, from major platform updates to the trends on how people shop online.

Focused on verified industry developments, she covers marketplace dynamics, DTC and omnichannel growth, conversion and performance strategies, retail media, and shifts in consumer behavior across leading ecommerce platforms and emerging commerce technologies.

Amazon and Flipkart Expanded Into Quick Commerce. Now India's Distributors Are Asking If That Was Even Legal.

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Amazon and Flipkart Expanded Into Quick Commerce. Now India’s Distributors Are Asking If That Was Even Legal.

Ivana Soldat

India’s foreign direct investment policy for ecommerce is not complicated on its face. Foreign-funded companies are permitted to operate marketplace ...

Friendly Fraud Is Now So Common That 38% of Merchants Have Raised Their Prices Because of It. You Paid for That.

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Friendly Fraud Is Now So Common That 38% of Merchants Have Raised Their Prices Because of It. You Paid for That.

Ivana Soldat

There is a specific kind of theft that does not feel like theft when you are doing it. You bought ...

TikTok Shop Just Hit 49.5 Million Monthly Users in Japan

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TikTok Shop Just Hit 49.5 Million Monthly Users in Japan

Ivana Soldat

Japan was supposed to be a hard market for TikTok. Culturally conservative, privacy-conscious, dominated by deeply entrenched domestic platforms like ...

USPS Is Charging $50 Starting July 12 for a Mistake Most Sellers Do Not Know They Are Making

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USPS Is Charging $50 Starting July 12 for a Mistake Most Sellers Do Not Know They Are Making

Ivana Soldat

Most sellers who ship nail polish do not think of themselves as shipping hazardous materials. They think of themselves as ...

China Is Rewriting Its Ecommerce Law to Police Its Own Platforms and Protect Them From Everyone Else

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China Is Rewriting Its Ecommerce Law to Police Its Own Platforms and Protect Them From Everyone Else

Ivana Soldat

There is a pattern in how large economies regulate their biggest tech companies that is worth understanding before reading China’s ...

Etsy Is Finally Working on Appeals for Listing Policy Violations

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Etsy Is Finally Working on Appeals for Listing Policy Violations

Ivana Soldat

Etsy says it plans to give sellers more ways to appeal listing-level policy violations, a change that could matter for ...

Google Ads Clicks Are Getting More Expensive, and Ecommerce Sellers Are Getting Less Back

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Google Ads Clicks Are Getting More Expensive, and Ecommerce Sellers Are Getting Less Back

Ivana Soldat

Google Ads is getting more expensive for ecommerce brands, and the extra cost is not coming with better results. According ...

Merchants Are Warning Each Other About Klarna. The Conversion Numbers Look Great Until They Don't.

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Merchants Are Warning Each Other About Klarna. The Conversion Numbers Look Great Until They Don’t.

Ivana Soldat

There is a number that every BNPL provider will tell you when they are trying to get you to enable ...

While the EU Closed Its Cheap Parcel Loophole Today, the EAEU Quietly Admitted It Could Not.

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While the EU Closed Its Cheap Parcel Loophole Today, the EAEU Quietly Admitted It Could Not.

Ivana Soldat

July 1, 2026 was supposed to be a significant date for two major trading blocs simultaneously. In Brussels, the EU’s ...

One More Thing Canadian FBA Sellers Now Have to Handle Themselves

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One More Thing Canadian FBA Sellers Now Have to Handle Themselves

Ivana Soldat

Amazon’s official explanation for ending prep and labelling services in its Canadian FBA operation is clean and reasonable-sounding: “When you ...