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.

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

Ecommerce News

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

Ecommerce News

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

Ecommerce News

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

Ecommerce News

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.

Ecommerce News

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.

Ecommerce News

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

Ecommerce News

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 ...

France Spent Four Months Taxing Temu Packages. Temu Spent Four Months Routing Around France.

Ecommerce News

France Spent Four Months Taxing Temu Packages. Temu Spent Four Months Routing Around France.

Ivana Soldat

On March 1, 2026, France added a €2 flat surcharge per product category to all small parcels arriving from outside ...

That Countdown Timer Telling You the Sale Ends in 3 Hours Has Been Lying to You. Italy Just Fined Someone €2 Million for It.

Ecommerce News

That Countdown Timer Telling You the Sale Ends in 3 Hours Has Been Lying to You. Italy Just Fined Someone €2 Million for It.

Ivana Soldat

You have seen the timer. Every ecommerce shopper has seen the timer. It sits underneath the discounted price, ticking down ...

Someone Let AI Touch Their Ecommerce Database Without Telling the Dev Team. It Did Not Go Well.

Ecommerce Insights & Data

Someone Let AI Touch Their Ecommerce Database Without Telling the Dev Team. It Did Not Go Well.

Ivana Soldat

It started with a client who wanted to move quickly. They used AI to write code, skipped the dev team ...