Platforms & Apps
Our coverage of platforms and apps includes innovations and updates to shopping carts, content management systems, mobile shopping, digital-product selling, headless commerce, social media, and much more.
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Platforms & Apps
11 Mobile Apps to Manage a Team
March 5, 2024 • Sig Ueland
Businesses with remote workers need tools to communicate and collaborate on tasks and projects.
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New Ecommerce Tools: March 4, 2024
March 4, 2024 • Sig Ueland
This installment of our weekly rundown includes tools for generative AI, cross-border payments, recommerce, email marketing, shopping carts, B2B, customer management, and more.
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New Ecommerce Tools: February 26, 2024
February 26, 2024 • Sig Ueland
This week's list includes updates on cross-border transactions, subscription sales, order tracking, streaming commerce, order management systems, fulfillment, and delivery.
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AI Tools to Turn Text into Podcast Conversations
February 22, 2024 • Ann Smarty
Innovative technology can transform an article into an audio conversation, with realistic voices and dialog.
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12 Apps for Creating, Editing Videos
February 20, 2024 • Sig Ueland
Sophisticated videos require only a smartphone and an app. Here's an update to our long-running resource of tools to create, edit, and transform videos.
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New Ecommerce Tools: February 19, 2024
February 19, 2024 • Sig Ueland
This week's list of new tools for merchants includes customer care, cybersecurity, analytics, accessibility, conversational commerce, embedded payments, and more.
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AI Tools for Brand Monitoring
February 15, 2024 • Ann Smarty
What do customers and prospects think about you or your company? These tools analyze mentions across the web.
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New Ecommerce Tools: February 13, 2024
February 13, 2024 • Sig Ueland
This week's installment includes updates on fulfillment, reverse logistics, international shipping, omnichannel commerce, retail analytics, and headless ecommerce.
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20 Platforms to Sell Digital Products
February 11, 2024 • Sig Ueland
Creators of ebooks, audiobooks, images, videos, templates, courses, and software have many robust choices for selling their goods.
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Ecommerce Product Releases: February 6, 2024
February 6, 2024 • Sig Ueland
This week's updates address AI-powered shopping, fulfillment, local marketing, website builders, and video advertising.
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Ecommerce Product Releases: January 30, 2024
January 30, 2024 • Sig Ueland
This week: website builders, international payments, cybersecurity, brand protection, point-of-sale tools, AI-assisted shopping, sustainable logistics, and more.
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AI Tools for Sales Teams
January 29, 2024 • Ann Smarty
Modern sales platforms can find prospects, train staff, generate outreach emails, and more.
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11 Mobile Apps for Customer Management
January 23, 2024 • Sig Ueland
It's never been easier to track sales, customers, and tasks from a phone. Here's the all-new update to our long-running list of providers.
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Ecommerce Product Releases: January 22, 2024
January 22, 2024 • Sig Ueland
This week: tools for generative AI, payment platforms, 3D product images, dropshipping, logistics, ad publishing, and creator management tools.
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Ecommerce Product Releases: January 16, 2024
January 16, 2024 • Sig Ueland
This week's rundown includes new tools and features for marketplaces, video commerce, returns shipping, content generation, cryptocurrencies, cross-border logistics, and more.
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Ecommerce Product Releases: January 10, 2024
January 10, 2024 • Sig Ueland
This week's rundown includes updates involving loyalty programs, live-selling, generative AI, video players, fraudulent reviews, return shipping, and more.
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Ecommerce Product Releases: January 3, 2024
January 3, 2024 • Sig Ueland
This week: new tools for website builders, email marketing, livestream shopping, mobile shopping, chatbots, international shipping, and virtual product simulators.
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20 Open Source Ecommerce Platforms
December 31, 2023 • Sig Ueland
Open-source platforms are flexible, composable, and highly customizable. Here's the all-new update to our longstanding list.
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Ecommerce Product Releases: December 25, 2023
December 25, 2023 • Sig Ueland
This installment includes new services for social commerce, buy-now-pay-later options, generative AI, video email, analytics, website builders, and more.
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Postscript SMS Aims for Best in Class
December 22, 2023 • Eric Bandholz
Company president says focus on SMS for Shopify brands equates to market-leading performance.
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Ecommerce Product Releases: December 18, 2023
December 18, 2023 • Sig Ueland
This week's rundown includes new tools for headless commerce, cross-border logistics, payments, SMS marketing, and last-mile emissions.
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Ecommerce Product Releases: December 4, 2023
December 4, 2023 • Sig Ueland
This installment of our weekly industry rundown includes new website builders, supply chain tools, fulfillment services, AI marketing platforms, and more.
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Ecommerce Product Releases: Nov. 27, 2023
November 27, 2023 • Sig Ueland
Many companies provide software and services for ecommerce merchants. Every week we publish a rundown of new updates and releases.
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My Top Ecommerce Tools for 2024
November 24, 2023 • Andrew Broadbent
Any list of helpful ecommerce tools would be extensive. Here are five must-haves per our correspondent.
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Ecommerce Product Releases: Nov. 20, 2023
November 20, 2023 • Sig Ueland
New releases this week address video commerce, ecommerce marketing, social commerce, cross-border payments, composable commerce, more.
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21 New Shopify Tools to Explore
November 19, 2023 • Sig Ueland
Shopify's "Editions Summer '23" includes over 100 new platform features. Here are 21 of them.
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Top Shopify Updates in Editions Summer ’23
November 13, 2023 • Andrew Broadbent
Shopify's latest Editions rundown included 100 new platform features. Our correspondent chooses his top six.
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Ecommerce Product Releases: Nov. 13, 2023
November 13, 2023 • Sig Ueland
This week: composable commerce, AI-powered shopping, open banking, tax compliance, cross-border logistics, holiday shopping promotions, more.
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Ecommerce Product Releases: Nov. 6, 2023
November 6, 2023 • Sig Ueland
This week's list of upgrades and rollouts includes same-day deliveries, customer intelligence tools, conversational commerce, payment options, and more.
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Ecommerce Product Releases: Oct. 30, 2023
October 30, 2023 • Sig Ueland
This week: AR try-on tools, reverse logistics, delivery insurance, AI-powered advertising, point-of-sale tools, cross-border payments, livestream shopping, more.