by David Austin | Jun 28, 2026 | ai tools
The newest ecommerce chatbots do more than answer questions. Agentic AI now takes actions instead of only replying, including recovering carts, applying discounts, and editing orders. That shift turns the chat window into a sales channel, guiding hesitant shoppers to...
by David Austin | Jun 28, 2026 | ai tools
Personalized recommendations drive a huge share of ecommerce revenue. McKinsey research, widely cited for finding that 35% of Amazon purchases come from its recommendation engine, shows how much “you might also like” matters. An AI recommendation engine...
by David Austin | Jun 28, 2026 | ai tools
Price is the fastest lever on profit, yet most stores still set it by hand. AI dynamic pricing tools change that by adjusting prices from live competitor data and demand. The market splits into two camps: reactive tools that trigger rule-based changes and prescriptive...
by David Austin | Jun 28, 2026 | ai tools
Stockouts and overstock both drain cash, and guesswork makes them worse. AI inventory tools fix that by forecasting demand from real sales data. One platform, Energent.ai, reports a 94.4% forecast accuracy rate when turning messy supplier files into clean inventory...
by David Austin | Jun 28, 2026 | ai tools
Shopify now ships AI on every plan, and the app ecosystem adds far more. The platform’s own data shows AI moving from novelty to core store infrastructure, with the market for AI in ecommerce forecast to roughly double by 2030. For a Shopify merchant, the...