Merchant

Google announced a Merchant Center processing update designed to help brands offer customers more precise estimated delivery times. Starting April 9, Google will leverage the minimum and maximum attributes for processing time within your product data for both Shopping ads and free listings. Why we care. The timing of deliveries plays a crucial role in a consumer’s decision-making process when making a purchase. By offering more precise delivery times, you can enhance trust and confidence in your brand. This…

Google Merchant Center has clarified that if you use AI-generated images within your Merchant Center feed you must indicate that the image was created using generative AI. Google posted, “If you’re using AI-generated images in Merchant Center, Google requires that you preserve any metadata tags which indicate that the image was created using generative AI in the original image file.” How. Google explained that you should not remove embedded metadata tags such as trainedAlgorithmicMedia from such images.…

Ecommerce enabler GoKwik said there is an increasing proliferation of fake orders on ecommerce platforms from people who provide gibberish contact and address details, impacting the cost of operations for companies."Over the last two weeks, we have observed 2-10% of total orders being fraudulent on the affected merchants. For some, it has been as high as 15-20%. However, with our return to origin (RTO) risk intelligence and fraud prevention mechanisms, we were able to intervene and safeguard merchants immediately. We fear…

There are a variety of different types of Merchant spread across the islands of Palpagos. From Seeds to Ammo and everything between, there’s one who sells what you need. Here’s the rundown of all static Merchants, where to find them and what they sell.  Whether you’re running low on ammunition while flush with gold or you just fancy a new piece of headgear, there’s a Merchant in Palpagos somewhere who likely has what you’re looking for. They’re technically called ‘Wandering Merchants’, but in opposition to their name…

Shamba Pride has since 2016 worked to enhance last-mile distribution for farm inputs and tackle price exploitation and quality issues for farmers through its merchant network dubbed digishops. The agtech has, so far, built a network of merchants (agro-dealers) extending across 24 counties in Kenya, which represents just over half of the country. It now plans to scale further into the country to cover more retailers and agricultural regions in the next one year, and later explore neighboring…

This time in 2023, the world was in thrall to the rise of OpenAI’s dazzling chatbot. ChatGPT was metastasizing like a fungal infection, amassing tens of millions of users a month. Multibillion-dollar partnerships materialized, and investments poured in. Big Tech joined the party. AI image generators like Midjourney took flight.Just a year later, the mood has darkened. The surprise sacking and rapid reinstatement of OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman gave the company an embarrassing emperor-has-no-clothes moment. Profits…

Image Source : FILE Paytm records Rs 912 crore surge in merchant transactions in Q2FY24 In the remarkable Q2FY24 update, One97 Communications Limited (OCL), the parent company of Paytm, pioneering QR codes, soundbox, and mobile payments in India, has announced an astounding 912 crore merchant payments through the leading financial and payments platform. The 'Paytm Recap…

Image Source : FREEPIK Matrimonial site scam (Representational Image) Another day, another online scam!  A 32-year-old woman in Delhi was duped of Rs. 6 lakhs by a man pretending to be a merchant navy officer from Sweden. Narrating her ordeal, the Pratap Nagar resident informed the police that she had been talking to the man named Pradeep Kumar Thakur since September…

Google Merchant Center Next will support rules and supplemental feeds early next year. The predecessor version, Google Merchant Center, is still used by some advertisers and already supports these new features. Google Merchant Center Next (GMC Next), a simplified version of Merchant Center, was unveiled in May.Advertisers that haven’t transitioned to GMC Next and want access to the rules and feeds should not upgrade to GMC Next. Those who have already migrated to GMC Next and need access to these tools can…

Google Merchant Center will remove the ability to select four rules-based attribution models when setting up the conversion source in 2024. The models being removed are: First-click. Linear. Time decay. Position-based. Starting in April 2024, any conversion sources still using these models will be switched to data-driven attribution. Marketers not wanting conversions that use data-driven attribution will be able to use the…