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When Shopify enables sales through artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots later this month, the merchants using its platform will pay OpenAI a 4% fee on sales made through the ChatGPT checkout, on top of the fees charged by Shopify, The Information reported Wednesday, citing a Shopify spokesperson. Sales made...
TikTok is reportedly working to entice established brands into selling on TikTok Shop. The new program in the United States, known as Project Horizon, is calling on 100 eCommerce agencies to each recruit dozens of brands with at least $10 million in annual sales on...
Pinterest is reportedly launching a shoppable TV partnership with streaming platform Roku. Two companies are set to debut “Bring My Pinterest to Life,” an original series where viewers can move seamlessly from watching to shopping through Pinterest and its brand partners, Chain Store Age reported...
Meta-owned social media platform Threads is reportedly surpassing X in terms of mobile usage. Threads now has more daily usage on mobile devices than Elon Musk’s X, TechCrunch reported Sunday (Jan. 18), citing data from Similarweb. Meta introduced Threads, a text-based app seen as its...
Elon Musk says his social media platform X will open its new algorithm to the public. The change, set to happen six days from now, includes all code for organic and advertising post recommendations, Musk said in a post Saturday (Jan. 11) on the platform....
Returns management provider ReturnPro has launched its Returns Portal App on the Shopify App Store. “Unlike traditional returns apps that stop at customer initiation, ReturnPro’s solution addresses the critical question most platforms leave unanswered: what happens next?” the company said in a Monday (Jan. 5) news release. As eCommerce...
Has social media been the source of a “terrible devastation” upon society? A pair of Silicon Valley veterans apparently think so, and have debuted an app they say is designed to offer a countering effect, the Financial Times (FT) reported Sunday (Jan. 4) Biz Stone...
China’s government is reportedly seeing increased tax revenue from online vendors. That’s according to a report Sunday (Jan. 4) by the Financial Times (FT), which also noted the pressure the country’s new tax is placing on merchants. Following the adoption of a new law last...
Walmart is reportedly gaining a growing amount of online business in New York City. The retailer is making these gains even as it has been blocked from building physical stores in the city due to opposition from labor unions and activists, the Financial Times reported...