Every week we publish an overview of new products from companies serving e-commerce and omnichannel merchants. This week’s posts include the latest on generative AI, product images, page speed optimization, automated marketing, digital payments, omnichannel management, and the metaverse.
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New Tools for Merchants: May 29
GoDaddy expands the capabilities of its Generative AI prompts library. Godaddy has expanded its GenAI prompt library for small businesses. Business owners now have access to over 185 prompts with 43 new prompts added across five new categories. A clip and copy icon makes it easy to transfer AI prompts from the library to your chatbot. GoDaddy also expands In addition to accessing the GenAI Prompt library in India, you also get access to Spanish libraries in Mexico, Colombia and Spain, and a Portuguese library in Brazil.
GoDaddy’s AI Prompt Library for Small Businesses
Shopify files patent for AI-generated personalized images for ads. Shopify The company has filed a patent for “AI-generated image adjustment,” which appears to expand on the company’s existing AI tools to enable personalization for retailers. AI-generated images Used for advertising. Shopify’s system collects data from merchants’ online stores, such as product images and categories. The model is trained on a large set of “normalized images” of products in the same category. Merchants can then use the system to generate and edit photos of their products.
WP Rocket WordPress Plugin Optimizes for LCP Core Web Vitals. WP RocketWP Rocket, the WordPress page speed performance plugin, has released a new version to help optimize Largest Contentful Paint, a page speed metric that tells you how quickly the main content of a webpage loads. This latest version of WP Rocket includes automatic LCP optimization. Elements on the page By separating it from the main content and ensuring it is served first, it will increase your LCP score and provide a better user experience.
Walmart launches influencer-driven virtual shop “Realm”. new Walmart Realm is a digital shopping experience featuring influencer-driven virtual shops set in immersive worlds. The first three virtual shops feature fashion, beauty and home products curated by popular creator partners. The shops are: (i) an underwater playground called So Jelly; (ii) a gothic western destination called Y’alternative; and (iii) a futuristic metallic world called Go Chromatic. Walmart Realm also includes social content from creators and three mini-games inspired by the products featured.
Walmart Realm
Google invests $350 million in Indian e-commerce giant Flipkart. Google It has invested about $350 million Flipkartbased in Bengaluru Walmart-backed e-commerce marketplace“Google’s proposed investment and cloud collaboration will help fuel Flipkart’s expansion and modernize its digital infrastructure to serve customers across the country,” Flipkart said in a statement. The funding round led by Walmart values Flipkart at $37 billion.
Wunderkind Launches Autonomous, AI-Powered Marketing Platform. Child prodigy has launched its AI-powered Autonomous Marketing Platform and its first application, Studio. The platform brings self-service tools to marketers’ creative workflows. Wunderkind’s Autonomous Marketing Platform leverages AI to streamline the process of building, reporting, and optimizing marketing. Studio’s generative AI capabilities enable marketers to optimize messaging based on what Wunderkind has observed across trillions of consumer interactions.
Fast Simon Releases GenAI Hybrid Search for E-Commerce Search Results. Fast SimonFast Simon, a provider of AI-powered shopping optimization, has announced GenAI Hybrid Search, a tool that delivers accurate and relevant search results. GenAI Hybrid Search combines keyword and vector search with multimodal AI, leveraging different data types such as text and images to provide more context to the AI. According to Fast Simon, this combination reduces the occurrence of “no results” and More relevant answersThe same is true for long-tail queries, or queries that have similar meanings but different keywords.
Fast Simon
Google launches AI tool to generate product images. Currently, from the Product Studio GoogleMerchants can create product images that match their unique brand style. Upload a beautiful image, add a prompt to describe the scene, and Product Studio will instantly generate campaign-ready content. Product Studio also lets you create videos from a single photo. Animate static product image components with the click of a button. Create a short video Or playful product GIFs for social media.
OneStock Raises $72M for Omnichannel Order Management. One StockOrder management system provider OneStock has announced a $72 million investment from Summit Partners. OneStock provides a platform for managing order management systems. End-to-end order fulfillment It will increase visibility and enable retailers to offer a “buy anywhere, ship anywhere, return anywhere” experience. The funds will be used for international expansion, especially into the US market. OneStock is an Adobe Gold Partner and an official Shopify integration partner.
eBay launches Recommerce Day for second-hand shopping. May 21st, Ebay To celebrate the release of its annual 2024 Recommerce Report, which measures the insights and motivations of eBay sellers and buyers when it comes to second-hand shopping, eBay hosted its first-ever Recommerce Day, which took over the eBay homepage to offer a chance to learn more. About Recommercefind bargains on second-hand items, or take part in the eBay Live program featuring second-hand goods. Followers had the chance to win used and refurbished prizes during eBay Live streams throughout the day.
Visa partners with SKUx to make digital payments easier for customers. visa Partnering with digital payment providers SKUx Visa leverages SKUx solutions to deliver enhanced payment experiences to select merchants and consumer goods manufacturers. These solutions address a variety of customer needs, including customer acquisition, loyalty programs, consumer care and recovery. Visa clients include: Digital payments We are building a platform for SKUx to improve B2B and B2C payment flows for retailers.
SKUx
