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The Agentic Shift: Why E-Commerce Brands Need an MCP Server Now

The Agentic Shift: Why E-Commerce Brands Need an MCP Server Now

Published 1/15/2026
Gabriel Richards

We are entering the era of "Agentic Commerce," where AI agents like ChatGPT and Gemini handle the entire shopping journey. While Shopify’s Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) opens the door, building your own private Model Context Protocol (MCP) server is how you take control. Discover why owning your data infrastructure is the key to maintaining a competitive edge.

SoftwareE-CommerceAIShopify
The Agentic Shift: Why E-Commerce Brands Need an MCP Server Now

Bounce Rates: How They Affect Your Conversion Rates; and How to Fix Them

Published 9/10/2015
Karen D. McRae

"Bounce rates" are pesky number. Can you lower your bounce rate? Yes. Though you can't be everything to everyone, here are some tips for improving your bounce.

E-CommerceMarketing
Bounce Rates: How They Affect Your Conversion Rates; and How to Fix Them
Building a Multi-Tenant Shopify POS Product Without Forking the Storefront

Building a Multi-Tenant Shopify POS Product Without Forking the Storefront

Published 9/9/2026
Gabriel Richards

A look at the architecture behind Rapora: a publicly installable Shopify retail platform that pairs centralized app operations with dedicated merchant Hydrogen runtimes, avoiding the cost and complexity of storefront forks.

E-CommerceReactHeadlessShopify
Building a Multi-Tenant Shopify POS Product Without Forking the Storefront
E-Commerce Marketing and Remarketing - the Answer to Cart Abandonment

E-Commerce Marketing and Remarketing - the Answer to Cart Abandonment

Published 5/31/2017

Two-thirds of all e-commerce shopping carts are abandoned. That is, online customers select items for purchase but do not actually complete the purchase.

E-CommerceMarketing
E-Commerce Marketing and Remarketing - the Answer to Cart Abandonment
10 Factors to Maximize Your Conversion Rate

10 Factors to Maximize Your Conversion Rate

Published 4/27/2017

Many online stores are functionally sound, but ineffective at producing sales. The conversion rate of an eCommerce site is the rate at which its visitors become purchasers. An effective online store not only makes goods available, it promotes the desirability of those goods and encourages visitors to acquire them.

E-CommerceMarketing
10 Factors to Maximize Your Conversion Rate

Data Security: Do I Need an SSL Certificate?

Published 4/17/2014
Gabriel Richards

The potential need for an SSL Certificate is an important consideration for any website that handles visitor information in order to protect it and assure visitors that their sensitive data is being sent to the correct source rather than to a criminal enterprise.

Data Security: Do I Need an SSL Certificate?
System Design - Over Engineering

System Design - Over Engineering

Published 11/9/2022

Discover how overengineering can be hurting your software product or software plan. Learn to avoid the pitfalls.

Software
System Design - Over Engineering

Ecommerce Tips: How to Prepare for a Successful Holiday Season

Published 8/14/2014
Gabriel Richards

Successfully launching an Ecommerce site for the Holiday Season requires sufficient lead time for business planning, building your site and carefully rolling it out before the "stresses" of Cyber Monday.

E-Commerce
Ecommerce Tips: How to Prepare for a Successful Holiday Season
Build, Buy, or Co-Build AI? 10 Questions to Ask Before You Decide

Build, Buy, or Co-Build AI? 10 Questions to Ask Before You Decide

Published 10/15/2026
Gabriel Richards

A plain checklist for owners deciding whether to build, buy, or co-build AI. Why co-building is the right call when technology is not your core competency, when buying a tool is enough, and how far the research can be trusted.

SoftwareManagementAI
Build, Buy, or Co-Build AI? 10 Questions to Ask Before You Decide
The Future of Magento 2 & What It Means for Magento Store Owners

The Future of Magento 2 & What It Means for Magento Store Owners

Published 12/6/2022

Discover what the future of Magento 2 holds for merchants and developers as Adobe pursues their vision for a microservices-based ecommerce platform.

E-Commerce
The Future of Magento 2 & What It Means for Magento Store Owners
Automate Your Marketing

Automate Your Marketing

Published 6/28/2017
Roberto Olmos

Automation has a strong potential to greatly increase agility because computers can be much faster than manual human actions in defined tasks. Marketing operations can be one of those defined tasks.

Marketing
Automate Your Marketing

A Users Guide to WordPress Plugins

Published 12/20/2013

A Users Guide to WordPress Plug-Ins for beginners including discussion of All In One SEO Pack, Aksimet, and WooCommerce.

SoftwareDesignMarketing
A Users Guide to WordPress Plugins
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