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12:00 UTCAmazonFeature

A new "Targeting strategy" beta box in Sponsored Products auto-adds up to 4 new keywords/product targets every 12-24h (up to 8/day), entering at or below your current bid. Amazon kills losers automatically: paused after 3 days no impressions, 7 days no clicks, or 20 clicks + no sale after 14 days. Also pauses any new target that spends >15% of daily budget with no sale. Only a small set of high-spending brands have it so far.

12:00 UTCAmazonPolicy

Amazon combines the new 75-char Product Title and 125-char Item Highlights into one continuous title on the PDP (not separated). Mobile feels streamlined; desktop feels cluttered and harder to read. Hitesh Aswani flagged brands should test now before enforcement, especially in categories like Household and Furniture where 25%+ of sessions are desktop.

04:34 UTCTikTokFeature

One Year Post-Launch: TikTok Shop Japan’s Smooth Market Entry, Key Growth Challenges & Strategic Insights 36 Kr

00:43 UTCPinterestFeature

Pinterest Announces 2026 ‘Pinterest Presents’ Event Social Media Today

10:20 UTCGoogleFeature

YouTube Demand Gen Chats Remain a Test quasa.io

20:00 UTCShopifyAI

Will AI Make Shopify Obsolete? Why This Beaten-Down SaaS Stock Could Be a Long-Term Winner The Motley Fool

00:10 UTCShopifyFeature

Brand Box Reviews 2026: Could This $15 Shopify Store be the Shortcut You've Been Looking For to Start Selling Online? Newswire.com

15:34 UTCShopifyFeature

Only one in three Shopify catalogs grew, StoreInspect study finds markets.businessinsider.com

06:50 UTCAmazonFeature

Amazon Vine Login 2026: Reviewer & Seller Eligibility Guide Tycoonstory Media

01:31 UTCGoogleFeature

Google adds DMs and travel activity recommendations to Demand Gen ads Social Media Today

16:50 UTCGoogleFeature

Reach your audience in new ways with August’s Demand Gen Drop. blog.google

16:00 UTCGoogleFeature

Drive high-quality leads and acquire customers with new messaging, travel, and creative features in YouTube’s August Demand Gen Drop.

14:00 UTCGoogleFeature

Daily Search Forum Recap: August 27, 2026 Search Engine Roundtable

11:54 UTCAmazonFeature

'Safe Harbour Protects Us, Have Done Due Diligence': Amazon Tells Karnataka High Court In Ravi Belagere... Live Law

00:29 UTCGoogleAI

Google rebuilt its Ads API Developer Assistant as a global AI coding plugin MarketScale

19:42 UTCShopifyPolicy

Shopify's CEO threatened to ban Claude Code. Anthropic had already closed the feature request. The New Stack

17:31 UTCTikTokFeature

MAC Cosmetics, Estée Lauder, Beautyblender and Glow Recipe are 2026 Glossy Pop Awards winners glossy.co

14:29 UTCGoogleAI

You can now virtually try on clothes and shoes with this new AI shopping feature blog.google

10:41 UTCAmazonFeature

Amazon, Flipkart Just Changed Seller Fees: Here’s What Sellers Need To Know Before Festive Sales The Logical Indian

09:00 UTCAmazonFeature

Amazon’s Monopoly Problem Is Growing The American Prospect

03:00 UTCAmazonFeature

Online Shopping May Cost More as Amazon, Flipkart Raise Seller Fees and Cancellation Penalties LatestLY

22:49 UTCAmazonFeature

Festive season pinch: Amazon, Flipkart raise seller fees, penalties The Hans India

20:27 UTCShopifyFeature

6 Practical Review APIs for Ecommerce in 2026 Shopify

20:27 UTCShopifyFeature

6 Practical Review APIs for Ecommerce in 2026 Shopify

20:27 UTCShopifyFeature

6 Practical Review APIs for Ecommerce in 2026 Shopify

17:48 UTCGoogleFeature

Google Sets Merchant Center Account Limit at 1,000 ALM Corp

16:00 UTCShopifyFeature

Tax accuracy has improved for orders shipping to customers in the United States. Tax is now calculated using the fulfillment location that your order routing settings select for each order. For local pickup orders, tax is calculated from the pickup location. Now, if you fulfill orders from multiple locations, tax reflects where each order actually ships from, and your order records show the ship-from location used in the calculation. This is beneficial because tax rates can depend on where an or

15:01 UTCGoogleFeature

Google expands Local Services Ads categories ahead of migration Search Engine Land

11:41 UTCGoogleFeature

Google Merchant Center Product Images Minimum Size Going To 500 x 500 Pixels Search Engine Roundtable

16:00 UTCShopifyFeature

The Shopify Payments activity report gives you a clearer way to understand how money moved through your Shopify Payments balance over a selected date range. You can open it from Finance > Documents > Shopify Payments activity report or from the Payouts page, then generate a report that brings together your starting balance, gross activity, fees, payouts, and ending balance in one place. Use the report when you're closing a month, checking why your Shopify Payments balance changed, or reviewing a

12:41 UTCGoogleFeature

Google blocks product images under 500 x 500 pixels from 31 January 2027 PPC Land

20:00 UTCMetaFeature

10 Hacks Every Facebook Marketplace Buyer and Seller Should Know Lifehacker

16:00 UTCShopifyFeature

Checkout now remembers a signed-in customer's last-used payment method and pre-selects it on future purchases. This feature is only enabled for checkout flows where saved payment methods are enabled on D2C and B2B.

14:30 UTCShopifyFeature

You can now create, suspend, and reactivate staff accounts in bulk by uploading a CSV file in Shopify admin. This update helps reduce manual setup for larger teams by letting you bulk create admin or POS staff accounts with assigned PINs and suspend or reactivate existing users in one upload. It’s especially useful for seasonal hiring, store expansion, and fast offboarding, when teams need to make staff changes quickly and accurately. To use this feature, go to Settings > Users > Import in Shopi

12:59 UTCGoogleFeature

Google Ads To Eliminate Language Targeting In September 08/17/2026 MediaPost

12:01 UTCGoogleAI

Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Unleashed The August 2026 Spam Update, Gemini 3.7 Powers AI Mode, Google and Microsoft Ads News & More Search Engine Roundtable

09:36 UTCAmazonFeature

Amazon steps up anti-counterfeit measures in India for sellers, consumers The Assam Tribune

09:32 UTCAmazonFeature

Amazon expands anti-counterfeit unit in India to protect 1.7 million sellers, consumers: CCU chief The Hans India

07:00 UTCShopifyBug

Shopify Outage Today: Are Shopify’s Website & Mobile App Down Today? Users Across US Report Website Disruptions & Login Failures | Shopify Downdetector Status The Sunday Guardian

05:23 UTCMetaAPI

Login with Facebook is entering open beta on August 27, 2026, bringing a wave of improvements focused on one thing: fewer steps and less maintenance.

16:40 UTCShopifyFeature

Rosenblatt Has Message for Shopify Stock Investors TradingView

14:00 UTCGoogleFeature

Daily Search Forum Recap: August 20, 2026 Search Engine Roundtable

13:09 UTCGoogleAI

Make AI Max work for your business with new testing and planning tools. blog.google

13:00 UTCGoogleFeature

Use new AI Max tools — like A/B tests and performance planners for budget and bidding changes — to maximize your Search campaigns.

09:30 UTCTikTokFeature

No more free rides: Malaysia starts stricter vetting of foreign investors to protect local jobs Malay Mail

09:01 UTCTikTokFeature

Yankee Candle launches on TikTok Shop with THG Commerce Retail Gazette

08:34 UTCTikTokFeature

Yankee Candle Expands UK Retail Strategy with TikTok Shop Launch channelx.world

20:59 UTCAmazonFeature

Malik Consolidated Steps In as Amazon FBA Grows More Complex in 2026 Issuewire

15:21 UTCGoogleFeature

Google Ads tests Enhanced Matching for Customer Match Search Engine Land