<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>bitbybit Notes</title><description>Building commerce in the age of AI. What we&apos;re learning about AI agents, growth, and running great brands — from the team behind bitbybit and the operators we work with.</description><link>https://bitbybit.studio/</link><language>en-us</language><item><title>Abandoned Cart Recovery Beyond Email: The Messaging Playbook</title><link>https://bitbybit.studio/blog/abandoned-cart-recovery-beyond-email/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://bitbybit.studio/blog/abandoned-cart-recovery-beyond-email/</guid><description>Seven in ten carts are abandoned and email recovers a shrinking slice. Here&apos;s how to recover more with WhatsApp and onsite chat, without annoying your buyers.</description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Hanna Dela</author></item><item><title>CAC Keeps Rising. 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Why owned customer data is now a survival requirement.</description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Hanna Dela</author></item><item><title>Why Your Customers Don&apos;t Come Back, and How to Fix It</title><link>https://bitbybit.studio/blog/why-customers-dont-return-post-purchase-gap/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://bitbybit.studio/blog/why-customers-dont-return-post-purchase-gap/</guid><description>Most ecommerce brands obsess over the first sale and ignore the second. Here&apos;s the post-purchase gap that quietly kills repeat revenue, and how to close it.</description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Hanna Dela</author></item><item><title>Stop calling it a chatbot: 4 tests an AI agent must pass for Shopify</title><link>https://bitbybit.studio/blog/agent-vs-chatbot-four-tests-for-shopify/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://bitbybit.studio/blog/agent-vs-chatbot-four-tests-for-shopify/</guid><description>Four tests an AI agent must pass to be worth installing on a Shopify store: live catalog, cross-thread memory, real actions, and escalation before damage.</description><pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Rizky</author></item><item><title>From IG click to Shopify order, inside one WhatsApp thread</title><link>https://bitbybit.studio/blog/ctwa-ig-budget-to-owned-whatsapp-leads/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://bitbybit.studio/blog/ctwa-ig-budget-to-owned-whatsapp-leads/</guid><description>Same IG ad, sent to WhatsApp instead of a form. Live Shopify catalog, the 72-hour free window, and how to ship the end-to-end flow in two weeks.</description><pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Hanna Dela</author></item><item><title>Marketplace Watch — Mei 2026: tax stack di Shopee + TikTok Shop</title><link>https://bitbybit.studio/blog/marketplace-watch-mei-2026/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://bitbybit.studio/blog/marketplace-watch-mei-2026/</guid><description>Update bulanan untuk merchant Indonesia: efektif tax stack Shopee 10–18%, TikTok Shop 20–25%, hold dana 2–3 minggu, dan apa yang berubah pasca-Lebaran.</description><pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Hanna Dela</author></item><item><title>Conversation to conversion: bitbybit + Expatify webinar, April 2026</title><link>https://bitbybit.studio/blog/accelerating-e-commerce-growth-bitbybit-and-expatify-reveal-ai-strategies-in-exclusive-webinar/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://bitbybit.studio/blog/accelerating-e-commerce-growth-bitbybit-and-expatify-reveal-ai-strategies-in-exclusive-webinar/</guid><description>How an April 2026 webinar with Expatify framed AI&apos;s role in turning natural WhatsApp conversations into completed Shopify orders.</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Hanna Dela</author></item><item><title>Executive Iftar 2026: bitbybit + Expatify with 14 commerce leaders</title><link>https://bitbybit.studio/blog/strengthening-the-e-commerce-ecosystem-bitbybit-and-expatify-facilitate-strategic-dialogues-at/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://bitbybit.studio/blog/strengthening-the-e-commerce-ecosystem-bitbybit-and-expatify-facilitate-strategic-dialogues-at/</guid><description>A March 2026 closed-door roundtable in Jakarta where 14 brand leaders dissected supply chain, CAC, and personalisation — with bitbybit + Expatify hosting.</description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Hanna Dela</author></item><item><title>AI Business Summit 2025 — mobile-first to AI-first commerce</title><link>https://bitbybit.studio/blog/together-with-industry-players-bitbybit-discusses-the-shift-from-mobile-first-to-ai-first-trends/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://bitbybit.studio/blog/together-with-industry-players-bitbybit-discusses-the-shift-from-mobile-first-to-ai-first-trends/</guid><description>Recap of bitbybit&apos;s AI Business Summit 2025 in Jakarta: how AI is rebalancing the human-machine split in Indonesian commerce operations.</description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Rizky</author></item><item><title>Tech in Asia 2025: bitbybit notes from the Startup Factory</title><link>https://bitbybit.studio/blog/bitbybit-at-tech-in-asia-2025-bringing-ai-driven-commerce-to-the-startup-factory/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://bitbybit.studio/blog/bitbybit-at-tech-in-asia-2025-bringing-ai-driven-commerce-to-the-startup-factory/</guid><description>Two days at Tech in Asia 2025 Jakarta: visitors stopped asking &apos;do I need digitalisation?&apos; and started asking &apos;how do I automate chat-to-sale?&apos;</description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Rizky</author></item><item><title>Linkpop alternatives for Shopify after the July 2025 shutdown</title><link>https://bitbybit.studio/blog/linkpop-alternatives-for-shopify-best-link-in-bio-tools-after-shutdown/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://bitbybit.studio/blog/linkpop-alternatives-for-shopify-best-link-in-bio-tools-after-shutdown/</guid><description>Shopify discontinued Linkpop in July 2025. 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