The FTC has ordered Long Island dealer group Stream Auto Outlet to show the real price in any ad that lists a price. That sounds like a car-lot story, but it lands squarely on anyone selling big-ticket goods online. If your Google Shopping listing says $4,200 and your checkout says $4,499 after a “freight and […]

Fed Governor Christopher Waller said Tuesday he backs a December rate hike and wants a half-point move on the table. For an ecommerce entrepreneur, that is a direct hit on the cost of money. Variable SBA loans, business card balances, inventory lines and revenue-based financing all price off rates the Fed controls, and October’s inflation […]

PNC Bank is now letting some of its corporate clients receive USDC and land it as dollars in a PNC deposit account. That matters for an ecommerce entrepreneur because one of the largest US banks just put a stablecoin on-ramp inside ordinary treasury management. If you run a high-ticket store that takes large B2B orders, […]

Taxes are now the second-biggest worry for American small business owners, cited by 21% in October, the highest share since May 2021. That number comes from the National Federation of Independent Business monthly survey released Tuesday morning, seven weeks before year-end. If your store runs through an LLC or S corp, its profit lands on […]

Global Payments is reportedly adding a $699 annual fee to merchant accounts, with the first charge landing on December statements. If your store runs card payments through a Global Payments brand like Heartland, TSYS, EVO or Worldpay, this is a fixed cost that shows up whether you sell one order or a thousand. At Ecommerce […]

Shopify relaunched its Partner Directory on Nov. 9 with reviews and star ratings stripped off every partner profile. If you hire outside help for your store, this changes how you vet that help. The directory is where many Ecommerce Paradise readers find developers, theme builders, SEO people and agencies, and the main trust signal merchants […]

Google now lets shoppers filter product reviews down to non-incentivized reviews only, across Search, Shopping and AI Mode. If your store collects reviews with a discount, a gift card or a points reward, those reviews can now disappear from a shopper’s screen with one click. For a high-ticket store owner, where a $3,000 buyer reads […]

Amazon’s Black Friday Week starts Nov. 19 this year and runs 12 days through Cyber Monday on Nov. 30. That matters to every store owner selling $1,000 to $10,000 products, the kind of business I teach at Ecommerce Paradise. Your buyers will price-check you against Amazon for nearly two weeks, Amazon will drop new deals […]

The Small Business Administration will move every 7(a) loan onto a new origination system called iCAP on Jan. 1, 2027. If you plan to buy an online store with an SBA loan in the next six months, or sell yours to a buyer who needs one, this is the system your deal will run through. […]