Hi Shopifreaks I've got a big edition today jam-packed with stories about AI commerce -- what it could've been, and what it actually is in 2026. Is agentic commerce a solution looking for a problem? Or was OpenAI simply too early with Instant Checkout? I'd love to...

Hi Shopifreaks Before we begin, I’d like to welcome DataFeedWatch to the Shopifreaks family as our newest official News Partner! 🎉🥳 DataFeedWatch is a product feed management platform that helps PPC teams at e-commerce merchants and agencies optimize and distribute...

Hi Shopifreaks Big week in e-commerce! Some weeks are inevitably more exciting than others in our industry when it comes to product releases and company updates, and this week is a fun one. It's a fairly comprehensive edition, even more so than usual, so let's dive...

Hi Shopifreaks I'd like to give a quick shoutout to my sponsors before we get started, including Go Fish Digital, Doola, TaxCloud, Cloudways, Napster, and Seguno, as well as the companies that have participated in my new 90 Second Pitch series. Your financial support...

Hi Shopifreaks How'd your Super Bowl Sunday go? Did you bet your life savings on the Seattle Seahawks winning like that one TikToker did? Actually that didn't turn out to be such a bad idea... This week I've got an incredible edition for you covering everything from...

Hi Shopifreaks Have you seen my new video series 90 Second Pitches? If not, check it out on YouTube and LinkedIn. My goal for the channel is to help merchants discover innovative e-commerce technology from the industry's most promising startups, while giving those...

Hi Shopifreaks Real Quick: Do you know of any cloud e-mail services that can consolidate multiple personal and work e-mails into one inbox? And actually store the e-mails in one place? Preferably in the cloud and not on my hard drive. I've learned that Google is...

Hi Shopifreaks 🎉 Before we begin today's edition, I'm excited to present to you a new pitch from my video series 90 Second Pitches -- a channel that helps you discover innovative e-commerce technology from the most promising startups. You can subscribe to the channel...

Hi Shopifreaks Happy New Year! Thank you for continuing your readership of my newsletter into 2026. I started Shopifreaks five years ago in January 2021 as a way to "publish my homework" that I was doing each week to keep up with the industry and best serve my...

Hi Shopifreaks Happy New Year! I've got something special for you today -- my fourth annual 2026 E-commerce Predictions Report! Every year I ask you, "What are your e-commerce predictions for next year?" My annual report curates those submissions alongside predictions...

Hi Shopifreaks Happy Hanukkah! Merry Christmas! And soon to be Happy Kwanzaa! I hope that you've been enjoying the holiday season so far and continue to in the coming week. It's honestly hard to believe that 2025 is nine days away from being over. It flew by, but at...

Hi Shopifreaks My daughter Mia started her first day of baby school today! She's 2 years, 8 months old and recently began asking about going to school because she wanted to play with other kids. We had tried a Montessori school when she was a year and a half, but she...

Hi Shopifreaks Before we begin, I’d like to welcome Napster to the Shopifreaks family as our newest official News Partner! 🎉🥳 Yes — that Napster. Earlier this year, the iconic brand from my Millennial past came back with an entirely new mission for e-commerce...

Hi Shopifreaks Happy Cyber Monday! I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving and enjoyed some time off with your friends and family -- or traveled to a remote beach in the Philippines by yourself -- whichever suits your fancy! 🎉 Before we begin today's edition, I'm...

Hi Shopifreaks Before we begin, I'd like to welcome Cloudways to the Shopifreaks family as our newest official News Partner! 🎉🥳 Cloudways is a managed web host built with intelligence that offers simple, scalable hosting with AI-powered server diagnostics and...

Hi Shopifreaks Guess what time of year it is again? Predictions time! Each year at Shopifreaks I publish an annual report featuring the best e-commerce related predictions in our industry. Here's last year's 2025 E-commerce Predictions report if you'd like to see who...

Hi Shopifreaks Two weeks ago I introduced my new video series 90 Second Pitches -- an entertaining way to discover innovative e-commerce technology from the industry's most promising startups. Please subscribe to the channel on LinkedIn and YouTube if you haven't...