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As I look ahead to 2026, I feel both optimistic and grounded. Optimistic about what is coming next, and grounded because much of what I believed when I joined Webscale...

Carding attacks are a form of payment fraud that tends to operate under the radar until damage has already occurred. They involve unauthorized attempts to validate stolen credit card information...

Selling online in a regulated category takes careful planning. Specific rules govern who you can sell to, how you're allowed to accept payments, and where products can be delivered. Categories...

Business leaders usually think about e-commerce in terms of market share or platform choices. These are important, but focusing only on what customers see masks a much deeper problem. The...

Most e-commerce platform comparisons start with simple pricing tables because fees feel relatively concrete. Numbers on a pricing page create the impression that cost is visible and contained, which makes...

The Appeal of “Easy” (And Why It Makes Sense at the Start) For many e-commerce teams, the earliest platform decision feels refreshingly straightforward. Payments activate without negotiation, and checkout flows...

The Problem Most Ecommerce Leaders Don’t Realize They Have For many e-commerce leaders, growth feels harder to obtain than it once did, even when demand appears steady. Marketing budgets stretch...

Commerce platforms generate a constant stream of data, but most of the tools that collect it were built for reporting, rather than engineering work. These tools show trends at a...

Bad bots cost ecommerce sites real money. The infrastructure spend on traffic that doesn't buy, the lost conversions when bots compete with shoppers for inventory and the direct fraud losses...