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Shopify Just Updated Its AI Agent Protocol
Shopify and Google co-developed Universal Commerce Protocol to create an open standard for AI agents to connect and transact with ...
China’s Ecommerce Giants Spent Billions on Free Delivery. Now They Want to Sell You a Doll in 20 Minutes.
A Beijing resident named Jiang Yanxin ordered a “Niu Lai” doll, a character from a viral animated film, while travelling ...
Vietnamese Manufacturers Are Done Waiting for Orders. They Are Building Brands on Amazon Instead.
The traditional Vietnamese manufacturing story has been a variation on the same theme for 30 years: competitive labour costs, reliable ...
Differentiating Your Brand in a Saturated Ecommerce Market
Standing out in your category is an important part of succeeding in retail and attracting new customers. Unfortunately, this is ...
eBay Disabled Private Messaging on Its Community Forum Because the Phishing Got Too Bad to Filter
The phishing attempts arriving through eBay Community direct messages are, by eBay’s own admission, “very difficult to identify as phishing ...
Amazon Gets 360,000 “Is This Message Real?” Calls Per Year. Now It Built a Bot to Answer Them.
360,000 times per year, an Amazon customer contacts customer service with the same question: “Is this message from Amazon real?” ...
Creators on YouTube Can Now Tag Amazon Products Directly in Videos
With a new partnership between Amazon and YouTube, creators on the video-sharing platform can now tag Amazon products right in ...
Etsy is Rolling Out Ad Groups to Help Sellers Organize Listings
As Etsy is making moves to expand how much control sellers have in its advertising platform, it just rolled out ...
Temu is Helping Small Businesses Expand Their Reach
Since starting to sell on Temu, many European small businesses have said they’ve not only expanded their reach internationally, but ...
Adults Without Children Are Now 55% of Toy Sales
“Kidulting”, adults engaging with toys, games, and playful products traditionally marketed to children, has been documented since the 1950s. What ...
