by David Austin | Jul 12, 2026 | ai tools, Ecommerce
TL;DR: Shopify wins for most sellers. It offers the biggest app ecosystem, the easiest setup, and slick multichannel selling, but it charges transaction fees unless you use Shopify Payments. BigCommerce wins for feature-heavy or B2B stores. It charges no platform...
by David Austin | Jun 28, 2026 | ai tools, Ecommerce
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, Ecommerce
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...
by David Austin | Jun 28, 2026 | ai tools, Ecommerce
The AI in ecommerce market will grow from $9.16 billion in 2025 to $19.38 billion by 2030, a 16.2% yearly growth rate. AI now touches every part of an online store, from the product page to the warehouse. The right tools write your copy, predict demand, set prices,...
