👋 Happy Thursday! Here's your latest ecom news roundup: AI is getting closer to the checkout, Google wants to own the transaction, and the biggest platforms are making moves that could impact your sales. Let's dive in.

In Today’s Edition:

📰 Top Headlines: What Ecommerce Operators Need to Know
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☕ Claus’s Take: Google Just Put a Buy Button Between You and Your Customer

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📰 TODAY'S MUST-READS

📈 General Ecommerce News

🛒 Platforms & Marketplaces

📱Social Media & Advertising

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🗨️ CLAUS’S HOT TAKE

It wants to close the sale itself.

Google is quietly turning Search into a checkout page.

Shoppers can now buy products directly inside Google Search using Google Pay — without ever visiting your store.

Why it matters: AI-attributed orders on Shopify grew 11x between 2025 and 2026. More buyers are discovering and purchasing products on Google's surfaces, not brand websites.

The surprising part: Most brands aren't blocked by technology. They're blocked by bad product feeds.

Before involving your developers, audit these 3 things in Google Merchant Center:

Miss one, and your products may never get the Buy button.

The opportunity: Shopify and BigCommerce merchants are already positioned to participate. Many brands can become eligible in a single afternoon.

Don't stop at eligibility. UCP purchases can happen without a website visit, which means standard analytics may miss the sale entirely. Set up proper attribution now, before this channel becomes mainstream.

Bottom line: The next ecommerce battleground isn't ranking #1 in Google. It's being buyable wherever AI and Search send shoppers.

👉 Audit your Merchant Center feed this week. The brands fixing feed issues today may own tomorrow's AI-powered sales.

So here's my question for you: Would you trust Google to close the sale for you?

Hit reply and let me know. I read every response.

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