Affirm announced Oct. 22 that it will be the exclusive pay-over-time provider at Sam’s Club, starting on SamsClub.com in the coming weeks. If you sell high-ticket products online, this changes what your buyers expect. A warehouse club with a huge member base is now teaching shoppers that a purchase of $500 or more comes with […]

An importer of Canadian cheese sued on Oct. 20 to void the 50% Section 338 tariffs, which now also cover Canadian furniture, lamps, ATVs and boats. If you sell high-ticket furniture, outdoor, powersports or marine products and any of them are made in Canada, your wholesale cost may be carrying a 50% duty that USMCA […]

Citi is surveying some business customers about a premium card with an annual fee above $600, Upgraded Points reported on Oct. 22. If your store pushes six figures a year of ad spend, software and freight through one card, this is the first sign that a fourth big issuer wants that spend. Nothing is open […]

Meta will switch on in-app product browsing for existing Facebook and Instagram ads on October 28, according to an advertiser notice, unless you opt out first. For the high-ticket store owners reading Ecommerce Paradise, that is a funnel change, not a cosmetic setting. A tap on your ad may now open a Meta-hosted product page […]

Meta said Wednesday that more than 10 million people have set up its Muse AI agent, and shopping is the most common thing they do with it. If you sell online, and especially if you run a high-ticket store like the ones we build at Ecommerce Paradise, this changes who stands between you and your […]

A Denver judge ruled Wednesday that Colorado’s Amendment 87 graduated income tax stays on the Nov. 3 ballot. If you run a store from Colorado, this vote decides whether your state tax on profit above $500,000 jumps from a flat 4.4% to as much as 8.4%, starting with tax year 2027. Below roughly $510,834 of […]