The Paradise Report

The Paradise Report is Ecommerce Paradise’s daily news briefing for small ecommerce founders and location-independent entrepreneurs, covering ecommerce, AI, and the digital nomad lifestyle.

The Paradise Report – Mon, May 18, 2026: Tariffs Hang by a Thread

Welcome to today’s Paradise Report, the daily ecommerce news brief I write every morning over at Ecommerce Paradise for small founders and location-independent entrepreneurs. Today’s edition is the Monday drop, which means the weekly video roundup is also live on YouTube and the daily rolls into a new week of platform moves. What small founders […]

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The Paradise Report — Sat, May 16, 2026: TikTok GO Lands in the US

Welcome to today’s Paradise Report, your daily read on what small ecommerce founders and location-independent entrepreneurs need to know across ecommerce, AI, and the lifestyle beat. I’m Trevor, and over at Ecommerce Paradise we run our own high-ticket stores, build them for clients, and teach this stuff. Today’s roundup is heavy on platform moves and

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The Paradise Report — Fri, May 15, 2026: Shopify Walls Off AI Bots

Welcome to today’s Paradise Report. This is the daily roundup of what small ecommerce founders and location-independent entrepreneurs need to know across ecommerce, AI, and the lifestyle beat. I run my own stores, I build stores for clients, and I spend most of my year outside the US, so the news I track is the

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The Paradise Report — Thu, May 14, 2026: Vietnam Opens Doors to Nomads

Welcome to today’s Paradise Report for Thursday, May 14, 2026. This is the daily roundup on what small ecommerce founders and location-independent entrepreneurs need to know across ecommerce, AI, and the lifestyle beat. Today’s stories run the gamut, from Amazon turning the screws on FBA returns to Vietnam finally opening the door for nomads with

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The Paradise Report — Wed, May 13, 2026: eBay Spurns $56B GameStop Bid

Welcome to today’s Paradise Report. This is the daily roundup on what small ecommerce founders and location-independent entrepreneurs need to know across ecommerce, AI, and the lifestyle beat. We’ve got real breaking news today, so I want to lead with it. 🚨 BREAKING TODAY: eBay’s board rejected GameStop’s $56 billion takeover bid Tuesday, calling Ryan

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The Paradise Report — Mon, May 11, 2026: AWS Just Gave AI Agents a Wallet

Welcome to The Paradise Report for Monday, May 11, 2026. Today is the day the agentic commerce layer crossed a real line. AWS, Coinbase, and Stripe shipped Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Payments, which gives AI agents the ability to make autonomous USDC stablecoin micropayments settling in about 200 milliseconds. Hotels, travel reservations, and merchant payments are

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The Paradise Report — Wed, May 6, 2026: GameStop’s $56B Bid for eBay

Welcome to The Paradise Report for Wednesday, May 6, 2026. Today is a heavy news day. GameStop dropped a 55 and a half billion dollar unsolicited bid on eBay over the weekend and eBay’s board is reviewing it this week. Shopify’s Q1 actuals printed yesterday and the stock cratered 7.2 percent on the outlook. Walmart

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