The EcartSoft editorial team reports on e-commerce platforms, payments, marketing tools and business software.
Walmart announced Agent Profiles, an MCP-based Agent Gateway and published terms that let customers' AI assistants shop at Walmart and Sam's Club under spending limits and approval rules.
Step-by-step settings for turning on two-step verification in Shopify, WordPress.com with Jetpack for WooCommerce sites, Stripe and PayPal, and what to do when a phone is lost.
Klarna's new Consumer FX feature lets shoppers buy from Klarna merchants abroad and pay in their own currency with no exchange fee, without merchants adding a new integration.
Notion now gives each Business and Enterprise seat 1,500 Standard and 500 Select AI credits a month. The system is live for new customers; existing workspaces switch on November 2.
Xero has launched a Gemini connected app that answers questions from live accounting data and handles routine tasks, with confirmation required before any change. It excludes the UK and EEA.
How to set up a Google Merchant Center account, verify your store, send product data and switch on free listings so products can appear across Google at no cost.
Google launched Universal Cart in the U.S., a cross-retailer cart in Search, AI Mode and the Gemini app with price alerts, card-perk suggestions and Google Pay checkout built on its Universal Commerce Protocol.
Google Ads is rolling out channel prioritization and budget allocation for Search, Shopping, Performance Max and Demand Gen, and will change Display Network spend on Search campaigns in February 2027.
Square has launched a $1,999 self-service kiosk with voice ordering, AI menu answers and built-in card payments, aimed at quick-service restaurants in the United States.
Klaviyo made Composer, its AI marketing agent, available to every customer on October 13, adding scheduled tasks, cited answers and a SQL layer that turns plain-language questions into checkable queries.
New European Commission guidance says a €2 Union handling fee on goods bought online from outside the EU is expected to apply from November 1, per declaration line and regardless of value.
What Gmail and Yahoo require of stores that send email, what SPF, DKIM and DMARC records do, and how to publish them through Mailchimp's domain authentication tool.
