Ecommerce platform Shopify kicked off a new brand campaign today that includes TV commercials. The marketing message to business owners and entrepreneurs is: “Let’s Make You a Business.” Shopify enables merchants to set up their own ecommerce shop, explaining it Read more
Online marketplace Tictail will close next year, and sellers are venting about the bad news as they look for alternatives. Ecommerce platform Shopify is acquiring the marketplace, which sent an email to its sellers this week telling them the Tictail Read more
Ecommerce platform Shopify added a new way for sellers to track costs and profit margins on the items they sell. In a blog post today, Shopify announced the addition of a new field called Product Cost. Sellers who use the Read more
Shopify revamped its app store, which first launched in 2009. The Shopify App Store offers its merchants free and paid apps that extend the functionality of Shopify stores. The new App Store is redesigned and includes machine learning algorithms and Read more
Google shook up its advertising programs in early summer, including changes that make it easier for small businesses to automate campaigns, and it announced a collaboration with ecommerce platform Shopify as it targets small sellers. It dumped its Google AdWords Read more
BigCommerce raised another $64 million to grow its business of helping merchants and brands build online stores. The company said the funding would help it accelerate its product roadmap and expand internationally. The company was founded in 2009 and powers Read more
Shopify said it is the first commerce platform to offer Google Pay to its merchants. Visitors to stores powered by Shopify can checkout with a Google Pay button from their Android device if they’ve previously stored their credit or debit Read more
Shopify said 500,000 merchants around the world sold over $1 billion in goods on its ecommerce platform over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. The top three product categories by sales volume were apparel (1.4 million), accessories (917,000), and housewares (531,000). Press Read more
To list on eBay, or not to list – that’s the question Terapeak will help sellers answer with new tools for sellers on the Shopify ecommerce platform. Sellers can link their Shopify accounts with Terapeak and can use the new Read more
eBay is making it easier for sellers with a Shopify-powered store to list on its marketplace. Merchants will soon be able to list and sell their products on eBay directly from their Shopify account, eBay announced on Thursday. The integration Read more
