👋 Happy Tuesday! Here’s your latest ecom news roundup: AI checkout fees are here, Amazon is changing the rules (again), Valentine’s spending is peaking, and new platforms are shaping how shoppers buy. Read on to stay ahead.
In Today’s Edition:
📰 Top Headlines: News, Marketplaces, and Platform updates
🎧 On the Pod: How To Master Your Digital Asset Management
🗨️ Claus’s Hot Take: AI shopping just got real — and it’s going to cost you.
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📰 WHAT’S HAPPENING
📈 General Ecommerce News
🛒 Platforms & Marketplaces
Amazon changes FBA fees again — here’s what will cost you more [read more]
TikTok Shop now UK’s fourth largest beauty retailer [read more]
Shopify opens AI catalogs to more brands [read more]
New Shopify updates you should actually care about [read more]
📱Social Media & Advertising
🎙️ ECOMMERCE COFFEE BREAK PODCAST
Why Your Product Data And Creative Assets Need To Live In The Same Place
In this episode, we explore how to fix messy product data and creative assets that slow down your brand.
Lynn Herman, APM Marketing Manager at Canto, explains how a digital asset management system acts as a single source of truth for your business.
She shares why organizing content around your products—rather than random folders—helps you launch faster on Shopify and other marketplaces.
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🗨️ CLAUS’S HOT TAKE
AI shopping just got real — and it’s going to cost you.
What’s new
Shopify now lets merchants sell products directly inside ChatGPT’s Instant Checkout. That means shoppers can ask and buy — all in one chat.
The cost
If you opt in, OpenAI will charge a 4% fee on every sale made through ChatGPT checkout — on top of Shopify’s usual processing fees.
That can push your total fees to about 7% or more depending on your plan and payment setup.
Why it matters
Seamless checkout could drive high-intent buyers right to purchase.
But the 4% fee is real money coming off your profit.
Other AI channels (Google, Microsoft) don’t charge extra — yet.
Should you opt in?
Test performance during the 30-day free trial. If conversions and AOV justify the fee, it can be worth it. If not, you can turn it off.
👉 Action step: Check your Shopify admin under Agentic Storefronts to control which AI checkouts you enable.
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