The Paradise Report

Welcome to today’s Paradise Report, the daily rundown of what small ecommerce founders and location-independent entrepreneurs need to know across ecommerce, AI, and the lifestyle beat. I run this for the people building real stores from real laptops, whether you are already posted up in Bali or Lisbon or you are still grinding from a […]

Welcome to today’s Paradise Report. This is the daily run-through of what small ecommerce founders and location-independent entrepreneurs need to know across ecommerce, AI, and the lifestyle beat, written for those of you running a store and those of you working toward running one from anywhere. I am pulling from Ecommerce Paradise, and today the […]

Welcome to today’s Paradise Report. This is the daily news brief from Ecommerce Paradise for small ecommerce founders and location-independent entrepreneurs, the people building Shopify, Amazon, eBay, and high-ticket dropshipping stores from wherever they happen to be parked this month. Some of you are reading this from a condo in Bangkok or a villa outside […]

Welcome to today’s Paradise Report, the daily run-through of what small ecommerce founders and location-independent entrepreneurs actually need to know across ecommerce, AI, and the lifestyle beat. Some of you are reading this from a desk in Ohio, some from a cafe in Da Nang, and the news today hits both groups. This is the […]

Welcome to today’s Paradise Report, Thursday, May 28, 2026, your daily read on what small ecommerce founders and location-independent entrepreneurs need to know across ecom, AI, and the lifestyle beat. Today’s lineup is heavy. Google’s May Core Update is gutting position 1 organic clicks down to 11%. TikTok Shop just turned rejected returns into a […]

Welcome to today’s Paradise Report. Today we have a real Wednesday on our hands. Two stories qualify as legitimate breaking news, one of them is going to change how every seller on TikTok Shop gets graded, and the other is going to drag a lot of Bali villa hosts and long-term renters into the immigration […]

Welcome to today’s Paradise Report. It is Sunday, May 24, 2026, and this is what small ecommerce founders and location-independent entrepreneurs need to know across ecommerce, AI, and the lifestyle beat to start the week with a real picture of what changed while you were probably out at brunch. I’m coming at you from Ecommerce […]

Welcome to today’s Paradise Report. Saturday, May 23, 2026, and this one is heavier on lifestyle policy than usual, because the news genuinely tilted that way this week. Portugal stretched the citizenship clock from 5 years to 10 years, Mexico quietly roughly doubled the cost of the 5-year residency path, and Thailand’s Destination Thailand Visa […]

Welcome to today’s Paradise Report. This is the daily news brief for small ecommerce founders and location-independent entrepreneurs, the people who run lean Shopify, Amazon, eBay, and high-ticket dropshipping stores from wherever they happen to be that month. Some of you are reading this from a desk in Florida. Some of you are reading it […]

Welcome to today’s Paradise Report. Today we have a real breaking story out of Thailand that hits anyone in this community already living in Bangkok, Chiang Mai or Phuket, plus anyone who was quietly counting on a 60-day visa-free trip to scout the country later this year. Thailand’s Cabinet just halved that runway. We also […]