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DeepSeek's vision model bills each image at up to 384 tokens with no vision surcharge, which turns a 20,000-SKU catalogue QA pass into arithmetic.
#ecommerce#product catalogue qa+5 more
2026-08-21
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Shopify Managed Markets stops supporting DDU on August 24 wherever DDP is supported. Merchants auto-convert unless they deactivate Managed Markets first.
#shopify#managed-markets+4 more
2026-08-20
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The FTC voted 2-0 on August 19 to propose an enforcement policy statement on personalized pricing. Proposed, not final, and the exposure is non-disclosure.
#ftc#personalized-pricing+4 more
2026-08-19
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Shopify's August 18 Hydrogen developer preview fires a page view on every client-side navigation, not just the first load. The stable track differs.
#shopify#hydrogen+5 more
2026-08-18
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From August 24 Google moves commission-eligible YouTube affiliate clicks out of Merchant Center organic traffic, and restates history. Not lost demand.
#google-merchant-center#ecommerce-reporting+5 more
2026-08-16
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August 26 is the non-Plus cutoff for Thank You and Order Status scripts. Plus stores migrated in 2025. What breaks, and what has to replace it.
#shopify#checkout-extensibility+4 more
2026-08-14
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Sponsored Products has no platform fee, but referral and FBA fees stack under every ad dollar. The margin math a DTC brand should run before committing.
#amazon-ads#dtc-brands+5 more
2026-08-13
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WooCommerce 11.0.1 landed August 10 with fixes we class as security-leaning across the Store API, analytics and capability checks. No CVEs, no database update.
#woocommerce#wordpress-security+4 more
2026-08-13
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Wire Grok Imagine Image 2.0 and Seedance 2.5 through one Vercel AI Gateway key: hero still to 30-second spot, with the Blob and polling steps.
#Vercel AI Gateway#Grok Imagine+4 more
2026-08-09
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Revenue rose 34% in Shopify's Q2 press release. The AI-orders-tripling claim is earnings-call material and, against Shopify's own Q1 post, a deceleration.
#shopify#shopify-q2-2026+5 more
2026-08-08
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WooCommerce 11.0 landed 4 August with 551 PRs, guest order claiming and a required database update. It also needs WordPress 6.9, and analytics sessions dip.
#woocommerce#woocommerce-11+5 more
2026-08-08
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Visa and Mastercard ship scoped-credential rails for AI agents, yet at the time of writing neither has published a binding chargeback rule for agent disputes.
#agentic-commerce#payment-authentication+6 more
2026-08-06
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Shopify's Q1 telemetry shows AI-referred traffic up 8x and orders up nearly 13x, while long-range market forecasts diverge by up to 250x on what they count.
#agentic-commerce#ecommerce-statistics+5 more
2026-08-06
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Per-second video pricing turns a 100-SKU run into a modest line item. Model costs, the QA gate, and the failure modes that still need a human to catch.
#ai-product-video#ecommerce-video+5 more
2026-08-05
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High-consideration quote forms are not checkouts. Step order, not step count, decides whether people finish, plus how to read the vendor stats.
#forms#quote-flow+5 more
2026-08-02
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AI-generated descriptions were spotted on Google Shopping ads: a test, not a rollout, and no fresh Google statement. Here is the feed-audit playbook.
#Google Shopping#Product Feeds+4 more
2026-07-31
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US returns hit an estimated $849.9B in 2025, and NRF classifies 9% as fraudulent. A disposition tree for AI return triage — with human gates where they belong.
#returns-management#reverse-logistics+5 more
2026-07-30
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Amazon's New Selection Program (2026) starts July 30 with unit-based referral-fee credits for new branded FBA ASINs. A day-before prep checklist.
#Amazon FBA#ecommerce+4 more
2026-07-29
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Amazon caps product titles at 75 characters from July 27, with a new 125-character Item Highlights field. Non-compliant titles get AI-rewritten instead.
#Amazon Seller#Product Listings+4 more
2026-07-28
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Alexa for Shopping, the assistant sellers still call Rufus, answers from listing details, reviews and Q&A. A content-readiness playbook for your catalog.
#Amazon Seller#Alexa for Shopping+4 more
2026-07-28
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WooCommerce 11.0 missed its July 28 release after a fatal error in RC1's new performance feature. The new target is August 4 — how merchants use the week.
#WooCommerce#WordPress+4 more
2026-07-28
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Shopify's July 21 developer changelog previews real block and partial tags for Liquid, opens Analytics to apps, and adds metafield-scoped Events triggers.
#Shopify#Liquid templates+4 more
2026-07-25
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Per Google's advertiser email, manual Manufacturer Center edits ended July 9, 2026 — API or file upload are now the only ways in. The feed-ops playbook inside.
#manufacturer-center#product-feeds+6 more
2026-07-19
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Three Shopping shifts: Google merges ads and free-listing policy (no new rules, it says), tests a hide-sponsored toggle, and ends manual Manufacturer feeds.
#google shopping#google ads+5 more
2026-07-17
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