Mirakl vs WooCommerce

Siia Cosmetics Expands Across Four Retail Marketplaces With Mirakl Connect

Siia Cosmetics expands across four retail marketplaces with Mirakl Connect, as reported by RetailBoss.

Payback Launches 'Payback Produkte' Marketplace, Expanding Platform Strategy

Payback, the German loyalty program, has launched 'Payback Produkte', a new marketplace within its app, currently in beta. It allows users to search, buy, and pay for products directly in the app while earning points. The marketplace offers several thousand articles across electronics, home, fashion, and sports. It operates on a model where selected partners and other merchants sell their goods, avoiding Payback holding inventory, with technology from Mirakl. This move strengthens the app as a central platform for shopping, saving, and loyalty. Payback has over 35 million active customers and 18 million active app users, with partner revenue exceeding 46 billion euros last year. The company plans to onboard more merchants and promote the service through its own channels, building on its existing 700+ partners.

• Payback launched 'Payback Produkte' marketplace in beta within its app.
• The marketplace offers thousands of products in electronics, home, fashion, and sports.
• Payback partners with Mirakl for marketplace technology; merchants sell without Payback holding inventory.

Q&A: Mirakl chief customer officer on why marketplaces should be a tool, not a strategy

New press mention added at the top of the Mirakl news listing.

WordPress parent Automattic forces CEO Matt Mullenweg on leave

WordPress parent company Automattic's board has placed CEO Matt Mullenweg on a forced leave of absence, with CFO Mark Davies appointed as interim CEO. Mullenweg expressed surprise in internal Slack messages, alleging a 'conspiracy' by board members. The decision follows years of internal tensions and a legal dispute with WP Engine over licensing fees. Automattic confirmed the move to TechCrunch. The company, which also owns Tumblr and WooCommerce, saw mixed reactions from employees, with some feeling relief and others fearing instability.

• Automattic's board forced CEO Matt Mullenweg on a leave of absence.
• CFO Mark Davies will serve as interim CEO.
• Mullenweg claimed in Slack that board members conspired to vote for his leave.

What’s new with WooCommerce 11.1: order withdrawal, image gallery updates, and more

This release includes several exciting enhancements and additions. Here's what to expect.

Softminal launches B2B Suite for WooCommerce

Softminal published a technical explanation and launch notice for its Softminal B2B Suite for WooCommerce, a plugin designed to avoid common B2B pricing and checkout failures. The suite enforces a single pricing resolver pipeline so all price computations follow one deterministic path, stores B2B data in dedicated smb2b_ tables instead of wp_postmeta, and ensures compatibility with WooCommerce HPOS (High Performance Order Storage) and Cart & Checkout Blocks via WC_Order CRUD and the Store API. A free version provides a single-group wholesale channel; a Pro tier adds organizational and accounting features (companies, credit ledger, quotes, EU VIES VAT validation, webhooks). The plugin is available on WordPress.org and at b2bsuitewp.com.

• Softminal released Softminal B2B Suite for WooCommerce and published technical details about its design.
• The plugin enforces a single Pricing\Resolver pipeline so price mutation follows a fixed, deterministic order.
• B2B data (pricing rules, companies, quotes, credit) is stored in dedicated smb2b_ database tables rather than wp_postmeta.