eCommerce Digest #121

A weekly digest of the best eCommerce articles 

The world of eCommerce is constantly growing. Every week something new happens product updates, new tools, industry events, knowledge sharing initiatives. Our mission is to make it easier for you to find your way in the ocean of eCommerce-related information by putting together this digest.

The articles range from tutorials, tools, and videos to events in Magento, Shopify, Bigcommerce, Shopware, WooCommerce, Laravel, WIX and WordPress. Click on the link to see what’s happening around the most popular eCommerce platforms.

General

Why Your DTC Business Will Fail Without First-Party Data by Ecommerce Coffee Break

Forget Influencers, Do This for Viral UGC Ads — Bostjan Belingar by Ecommerce Coffee Break

How to Use First Party Data Without Breaking Privacy Laws by Ecommerce Coffee Break

Why Your Website Development Company Must have a Strategic eCommerce Plan? by IDS Logic

Website and Web Portal: Understanding the Key Differences by Technoprofiles

Ecommerce Personalization: Benefits, Methods and Strategies by XtremeUX

How to Calculate and Reduce Customer Acquisition Cost by XtremeUX

Meta Ads for eCommerce: Tactics to increase sales by Akvile DeFazio

10+ Best Free AI Tools for Generating HTML Code by Sally Do

What is HTML? A Beginner’s Guide to Hypertext Markup Language by Sally Do

Magento 2

Magento 2.4 Full Course by Max Pronko

Magento Association Seeks Election Committee Volunteers by Jörg Ems

Meet Magento UK in Mermaid, London on June 17-18

Meet Magento Brazil 2024 in Consolação, São Paulo on  Jun 24

MageTitans Groningen 2024 in DOT, Groningen on Sep 13

Meet Magento Poland 2024 in Poznan on Sep 30 - Oct 01

Meet Magento NYC 2024 in New York City, USA on Oct 10

Meet Magento Netherlands in Amsterdam on Oct 31

Mage Unconference Germany in Cologne, Germany on Nov 01-03

Meet Commerce Spain 2024 in Barcelona, Spain on Nov 12

Hyvä Developers Paradise 2025 in Gran Canaria, Spain on Feb 21- 22, 2025

If you would like to check out the rest of the collection of resources dedicated to Magento development and related topics, please visit Magento Tech Digest #296.

Shopify

Here’s Why Your Shopify Store Must Be ADA Complaint by Yogesh Khasturi

How To Import Products From AliExpress To Shopify Step-by-Step Tutorial by FireBear Studio

Shopify NetSuite Integration Guide: Automated Data Sync Made Easy by FireBear Studio

Website Hosting Costs: A Breakdown (2024) by Michael Keenan

Discover Shopify App Store - A Comprehensive Handbook 2024 by Summer Nguyen

Shopify vs Shoplazza: Finding the Perfect Fit by Summer Nguyen

Shopify vs Shift4shop: Comparing Two Popular E-commerce Platforms by Summer Nguyen

Shopify vs Shopee: A Detailed Comparison by Summer Nguyen

Speed Score Shopify: What and How to Improve? by Summer Nguyen

How To Fulfill Orders On Shopify Dropshipping: A Comprehensive Guide by Summer Nguyen

How To Start Shopify Dropshipping: A Comprehensive Guide by Summer Nguyen

Meesho Vs Shopify: Which Should You Choose For Dropshipping? by Summer Nguyen

Know the Importance of Product Validation for Shopify Store by IDS Logic

Shopify Maintenance to Build Brand Visibility by IDS Logic

Shopify Store Builder: Guide that Explains How to Start Building A Store on Shopify by IDS Logic

8 Best Shopify Apps For Product Reviews by Shivbhadrasinh Gohil

How to Send Newsletter Emails Shopify by Ecom Masterclass

Shopify Email Marketing Automation by Ecom Masterclass

Checkout Extensibility || Shopify Academy by Shopify Help Center

HexaSync Demo |QuickBooks & Shopify Integration - Product Sync by HexaSync

HexaSync Demo |QuickBooks & Shopify Integration - Check Report by HexaSync

Bigcommerce

BigCommerce vs Shopify: How to Choose Your Ideal Ecommerce Platform by Mariana Kosynska

3 Stunning BigCommerce Themes to Elevate Your Online Store in 2024 by EPIC

Shopware

Shopware Community Day 2024: Official Aftermovie by Shopware

Shopware Developer Digest May 24 by Marco Steinhäuser

Shopware 6 release news: Discover the new features in June 2024 by Anna Nordhoff

Your Shop in one hour! by Shopware Knowledge

Beyond: Digital Sales Rooms by Shopware Knowledge

Beyond: Flow Builder - delayed actions by Shopware Knowledge

WooCommerce

WooCommerce Updated to Address Data Tracking Issue by Jay Walsh

Automattic and Woo Help Maximize Agency Potential by Jay Walsh

June Office Hours: Performance and Scalability by Shani Banerjee

HPOS Full-text search for orders is available in experimental mode by vedjain

Developer Advisory: Backporting Notice for WooCommerce Versions 7.8.0 – 8.9.1 by pia8c

WooCommerce 7.8.3-8.9.2: Dot Release and Backport Fixes by pia8c

Laravel

Introducing Dash UI: A Laravel Blade Component Library Inspired by Shopify Polaris by Bharat Desai

Exploring HTTP Tests in Laravel: A Comprehensive Guide with Examples by Bharat Desai

The ultimate guide to Laravel Validation by Ashley Allen

Using Eloquent Factories With PHPUnit Data Providers by Paul Redmond

Use a Closure with updateOrInsert() in Laravel 11.10 by Paul Redmond

Randomize Command Execution Time with the Chaotic Schedule Package for Laravel by Paul Redmond

Wix

How to start a blog in 10 steps: a beginners guide by Rebecca Strehlow

WordPress

WordPress 6.6 Beta 1 by marybaum

WordPress 6.5.4 Maintenance Release by Aaron Jorbin

Using the Interactivity API outside of WordPress by WordPress

SEO strategies by WordPress

Typography Talk: Making Your WordPress Site Pop! by WordPress

One single reason why your Core Web Vitals are not passing by WordPress

WordPress security VIP: what are the Very Important Practices that will let you sleep tight at night by WordPress

Woo Performance & Optimisation by WordPress

Figma to WordPress Transition Explained by IDS Logic

Effective Ways to Update WordPress Manually by IDS Logic

Become a WordPress.com Affiliate and Elevate Your Earnings by Stacy L. Carlson

Maximize Your Agency’s Potential by Partnering With Automattic and WordPress.com by Pablo Postigo

In case you missed the previous digest edition, here is a link eCommerce Digest #120.

We hope you found a lot of interesting materials and got some ideas. Every week we collect the most powerful articles, videos, and instructions from the world of eCommerce. If there are articles that should be added to the digest, please share your thoughts with us we are always interested in enriching our digest.

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