Here are some results from the WooCommerce holiday trends survey. It is interesting that for some stores it accounts for a huge % of revenue. Also, the preparedness time frame is interesting.

Watermarks for AI generated content. A California law will require watermarks in the metadata for AI content, as well as clear disclosure on large social media platforms.

Barbara and Mark Crowell are a husband and wife team who have been in the web design business for a number of years. In this live stream they talk about their journey and changes in the industry. Their discussion of the current state of the market and how they are adapting is pretty interesting. Leads from search have largely dried up and they are doing more white label work.

WordPress market share seems to be on the decline. Miriam Schwab of the Elementor team has suggested that large WordPress companies join together to form a consortium to help market WordPress.

Alex Denning from Ellipsis talks about Google’s monopoly and how Google is slowing down the rollout of AI.

Michelle Frechette and Corey Maass are starting up a new directory, an independent product alliance where WordPress product creators can work together to cross-promote each others work and hopefully get attention and sales.

The Beaver Builder team announced changes to their packages and pricing. Beginning in September, all of the their packages will include Themer and the Beaver Builder Theme. They are also offering a lower priced single site license and raising the prices of some of the packages.

Are you a freelancer or at an agency and don’t yet have an accessibility program? Gen Herres shares a blueprint of the steps you can take to get started and build up your program.

This is a very insightful video on marketing and market share. It takes a look at Wix marketing involving influencers and their targeting of agencies and designers and ties it in with WordPress.