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Ecommerce Innovators: Rally

Violet talks with Rally founder Jordan Gal about the great ecommerce unbundling, empowering online merchants, and how to navigate today's funding climate

Ecommerce Innovators: Rally
Ecommerce

Ecommerce APIs: The future is here

In Part Three, we look at the growing complexity of the API economy, and the opportunities it's opening up for ecommerce innovators

Ecommerce APIs: The future is here
Ecommerce

The Complete Guide to Headless Commerce

Violet's all-up guide to headless technology, its role in ecommerce, and why Violet chose to be a headless API

The Complete Guide to Headless Commerce
Ecommerce

Ecommerce APIs: The big opportunity

In Part Two, we look at the history of ecommerce API integrations, and the big, untapped opportunity we have today.

Ecommerce APIs: The big opportunity
Ecommerce

Gift registries only solve half their users' problems

Why gift registries only get their users halfway there, and the integration they need to take it over the finish line.

Gift registries only solve half their users' problems
Ecommerce

Investor Spotlight: Taylor Brandt

Violet talks with investor Taylor Brandt of Headline about data infrastructure, merchant pain points, and where she anticipates the next ecommerce step change

Investor Spotlight: Taylor Brandt
Ecommerce

Web scraping: what it is, and why it doesn't work

Web scraping is one of the most inefficient technologies in ecommerce today. We explain what it is, why it's broken, and how to fix it.

Web scraping: what it is, and why it doesn't work
Ecommerce

Investor Spotlight: AVG Basecamp

Violet talks with investor Matt Scott of AVG Basecamp about changing consumer expectations, legacy infrastructure, and what he looks for in early-stage founders

Investor Spotlight: AVG Basecamp
Ecommerce

Shop Talk Takeaways 2022

A quick low-down on Shop Talk 2022, written by Violet's own Brandon Schulz

Shop Talk Takeaways 2022
Announcements

What is SOC 2? (and why you should do it)

The ins and outs of our SOC 2 Type 2 report: what it is, why we did it, and our top takeaways for other SaaS companies looking to start

What is SOC 2? (and why you should do it)
Ecommerce

Investor Spotlight: Sugar Capital

Violet sits down with Brian Sugar of Sugar Capital to talk about the technologies and investment strategies that are advancing ecommerce

Investor Spotlight: Sugar Capital
Ecommerce

The Experience-Driven Marketplace

A look at online marketplaces, and how Violet's API is helping support a new generation of contextually rich, relevant, and engaging ones.

The Experience-Driven Marketplace
Ecommerce

Ecommerce APIs: What they are and why they matter

An introduction to ecommerce integrations, with key terms, definitions, and an ecommerce integration checklist.

Ecommerce APIs: What they are and why they matter
Ecommerce

Investor Spotlight: Red Sea Ventures

Violet sits down with Red Sea Ventures investor Paul Strachman to talk about the future of ecommerce infrastructure

Investor Spotlight: Red Sea Ventures
Ecommerce

Market Movers 2022

The three biggest trends shaping ecommerce in 2022

Market Movers 2022
Violet Explained

The End of Manual Re-Ordering

Solving one of ecommerce's biggest backend headaches

The End of Manual Re-Ordering
Ecommerce

Channels vs. Merchants

A guide to the two biggest players in ecommerce: channels and merchants

Channels vs. Merchants
Ecommerce

Violet's Ecommerce Glossary

Your complete guide to the terms and ideas that will define the future of ecommerce

Violet's Ecommerce Glossary
Announcements

Klarna Invests in Violet

Violet Raises $10M Series A lead by Klarna

Klarna Invests in Violet
Announcements

Checkout on Instagram with Violet

We're pleased to be one of the official partners Instagram is using to bring native checkout to their users.

Checkout on Instagram with Violet
Violet Explained

The Two Sided Marketplace

Merchants have products but limited eyeballs. Channels have eyeballs but no products. We’re here to break down the walls between the two.

The Two Sided Marketplace
Violet Explained

The Commerce Graph

Welcome to the first unified API to connect Merchant and Channels seamlessly. But how do these two things connect, and why is important?

The Commerce Graph
Ecommerce

#noclickout: Buy What You See

Have you ever been deep in your social media feed when suddenly a really well targeted ad pops up and you swipe or tap to “buy”? We take issue with those three

#noclickout: Buy What You See