Trevor Fenner

Most people who talk about high-ticket dropshipping niches are still focused on $1,000 to $2,000 average order values. That approach worked well a few years ago. In 2026, with Google Merchant Center suspending almost every new store before it ever runs a single ad, the model needs to evolve. The operators who are figuring out […]

Air freight rates out of China are climbing again, and this one lands on your margins whether you ship a single SKU from overseas or not. Spot prices on the busiest Asia lanes have jumped by double digits over the past few weeks, and some routes are running as much as 75 percent higher than

Shopify is dropping its Summer ’26 Editions on June 17 with more than 150 updates, but the one that can actually break your store has a hard date attached to it. Shopify Scripts get fully shut off on June 30, 2026. Editing has been locked since April 15, so the window to make changes is

Google Merchant Center is suspending almost every new dropshipping store right now. The appeals process can take weeks or months. And a lot of new store owners are giving up before they ever run a single ad. But there is a completely legitimate alternative strategy that bypasses Google Merchant Center entirely, still uses Google Ads,

Gartner now projects that combined DRAM and SSD prices will climb more than 130% by the end of 2026, and the retail shelves already prove it. The cheapest 32GB DDR5 memory kit in the US hit $374.97 in early June, up from $80 to $120 a year ago. SSDs that sold for $38 last summer

Welcome to today’s Paradise Report, the daily news beat for small ecommerce founders and location-independent entrepreneurs from Ecommerce Paradise. Whether you are reading this from a desk in Ohio or a co-working spot in Chiang Mai, the goal is the same: cut through the noise and tell you what actually changes your Monday morning across

Google is putting an AI Max toggle inside standard Shopping campaigns, and it is showing up in accounts right now. One click and your Shopping campaign hands three big decisions to Google’s AI: what your ad copy says, which page on your site the click lands on, and whether the shopper sees a Shopping ad

Amazon just put a clock on how you ship. Starting June 29, the company begins enforcing accurate handling times on every seller-fulfilled SKU. If your stated handling time is slower than the speed you actually ship at, Amazon flags the listing, gives you 30 days to fix it, and if you don’t, takes over setting