Pinterest Goes Programmatic, Etsy Restricts AI, EU Fees Hit Temu

Pinterest just cracked open its walled garden to programmatic buyers for the first time. Meanwhile Etsy is restricting AI-generated listings, and a new EU fee is hammering Temu and Shein volumes — three structural shifts reshaping digital commerce this week. In this episode: Pinterest is making its display and video inventory available programmatically for the first time at scale, with Magnite as the supply-side pipe and buying access through Amazon, Google, and Yahoo DSPs. Etsy published updated AI guidelines on October 22 that outright restrict specific categories of AI-generated seller content — making it one of the first major marketplaces to ban rather than merely require disclosure of AI content. A new EU minimum fee of 2 euros per product type on non-EU packages takes effect November 1, stacking on existing import duties — with PostNL already reporting a 32% drop in Asian parcel volumes in Q3 and Temu facing a separate 200-million-euro EU fine. The Digital Commerce Daily is a concise briefing for ecommerce, retail media and digital commerce professionals, hosted by Marco & Klara. New episode every day. Enjoying the show? A quick rating or review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify helps other marketers find us. Also from Marco & Klara: The FMCG Marketing Daily · The Health Marketing Daily