Have you ever virtually tried on an article of clothing or a pair of sunglasses? What if you could mix and match accessories and apparel from multiple brands to see how they looked together before you made a purchase? Has BNPL gone too far when consumers start using...
What's more valuable to an online seller in 2022 -- their e-commerce platform or their ad network? Can a government sponsored e-commerce network outperform and out-innovate big tech companies like Walmart and Amazon? Can Meta win by default at their own...
What if every e-commerce website was just a tiny Amazon marketplace? With fast Prime shipping, free returns, and one click checkout... What if I could checkout with Amazon Pay from any physical grocery store, shopping mall, restaurant, or entertainment venue? If...
Has the invasion of Ukraine negatively impacted Russia's e-commerce market? What's the deal with Shopify acquiring an influencer marketing platform? Are we at record high e-commerce sales, or are we back to pre-pandemic levels? Can Meta get away with charging a higher...
I've got a crazy amount of Shopify news for you this week. Looks like I'm going back to my roots. Most of you don't know this because you subscribed after the pivot, but Shopifreaks started out as an exclusively Shopify-focused newsletter. I changed course in...
Thank you to those of who left me some love on my new Product Hunt listing. If you haven't yet, I'd appreciate if you did now. I've never launched anything on Product Hunt before, but when I saw that there were other newsletters on the platform, I figured it was worth...
This week I have so much e-commerce news to share, I won't even write a long intro so that we can get right to it! Get ready for one of the most jam-packed editions I've ever published. In this week's 62nd edition of the Shopifreaks E-commerce Newsletter, I report on...
Last Wednesday I opened my Inbox to find an e-mail from Patrick Quinn at BigCommerce that read, "Please please please tell me that you're the Paul Drecksler who went to the wrong Airbnb that I read about." LOL - yes that was me. The story made international news and...
I've got a LOT of e-commerce news for you this week, jampacked into the 60th Edition of the Shopifreaks newsletter. Wow! 60 weekly editions already? Time flies... If you get value from this newsletter each week, please leave me a Google Review. Thanks! In this week's...
The fun / exciting / empowering / dangerous part of social media is that everyone has a voice -- including CEOs of large tech companies. In this week's 59th Edition of the Shopifreaks E-commerce Newsletter, Bolt founder and CEO Ryan Brewslow puts Shopify...
This has been an interesting week to say the least. I know that we've all been thoroughly consumed with news about the Ukraine vs Russian conflict, and with good reason. In this week's 58th Edition of the Shopifreaks E-commerce Newsletter, I report about...
Have you ever wondered what it'd be like to own land in the middle of the Amazon jungle? Well, if you haven't before, you might be curious now. As I mentioned last week, I'm now officially a Temporary Resident in Ecuador, where I spend half my year, but I've also got...
Okay, let's talk about it... SUPER BOWL COMMERCIALS! Which were your favorites? Hit reply to this e-mail and let me know. I thought that Squarespace's Sally's Seashells was excellent -- a romanticized and motivational depiction of the power of e-commerce. And as...
Wow, quite the week in Big Tech! Facebook lost billions in market cap in one day, and most of it ended up in Amazon the day after -- setting gain / loss records in both directions -- and Amazon raised their Prime subscription price by $20/year. But you've already read...
I hope your week is off to a great start as we exit January and prepare for a new month ahead. Is 2022 flying by already? In this week's 54th Edition of the Shopifreaks E-commerce Newsletter, I've got Shopify rebuttals, new Walmart mega-partnerships, peculiar...
How are your crypto and stock portfolios looking this week? If they're anything like mine -- YIKES! Just a dip though, right? I guess if you zoom the chart out far enough, it doesn't look so bad... In this week's 53rd Edition of the Shopifreaks E-commerce...
I think every company in e-commerce had a seed round last week! In this week's 52nd Edition of the Shopifreaks E-commerce Newsletter, I feature the largest "seed rounds & acquisitions" section (at the bottom) that I've ever had in any previous newsletter. Money is...
I've got an interesting newsletter for you this week, jampacked with predictions and industry indicators for 2022. From social commerce explosions and BNPL regulation to robotic shops and fintech domination, get ready for an exciting year (and newsletter). It's...
