Octabiz Blog & News
Meeting action items in Octabiz: every to-do from a call now has a time, an owner, email and notifications
Since October 16, 2026, to-dos from a meeting in Octabiz carry a time and an owner, with email and notifications, and you can email the meeting notes and find them in Sent.
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Product updates8 min readHow Octabiz Moves a Small Business's Whole Website Into a New Store With Firecrawl
Pages, policies, the blog, the brand and the menus come through Firecrawl, and products come from the store platform's API. Here is how we moved Sophia's Rugs in one run, and what went wrong first.
Octa Notes
Product updates7 min readHow to stop an automation run that's going the wrong way (and what happens to the emails, approvals and half-done steps)
On 6 October we set a runaway run to cancelled by hand and watched it start again 30 seconds later. Here is how to stop an automation run in Octabiz now, and what happens to the emails, approvals and half-done steps when you do.
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shopify8 min readAfter Office and Adobe, it's Shopify's turn
AI-built alternatives to Adobe and Microsoft Office made headlines this month. The store itself is now the cheap part of selling online, so what is a small Shopify shop still paying for?
Matthew Truth
Research5 min readRug Shop Returns: Only 9 of 276 Stores Got a Refund Complaint. Here Is What That Means
Return or refund friction showed up in reviews for just 9 of 276 independent rug retailers (3.3%), the smallest of four complaint themes. Here is where returns rank and how published policies compare.
Octa Insights
Product updates5 min readQuick purchase order in Octabiz: order from a supplier in one screen, with payment plans and consignment
Quick PO, payment plans, consignment and a purchase order page for each order went live for everyone on 11 October 2026. Here is what changed and how to place your first quick purchase order.
Octa Notes- Press1 min read
Octabiz joins the Speechmatics Startup Program
Octabiz is part of the Speechmatics Startup Program. Speechmatics turns speech into text across meetings, calls and Live translate.
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Press2 min readOctabiz joins the Firecrawl and Apify startup programs
Octabiz is part of the Firecrawl and Apify startup programs. Together they let you paste your website, bring your old store into OctaShop and research new customers.
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Press2 min readOctabiz joins the PostHog for Startups program
We've been accepted into PostHog for Startups, with $50,000 in credits. Here's what PostHog does inside Octabiz and why it matters for the shops that use us.
Octa Notes- Press1 min read
Octabiz joins the Recall.ai Startup Program
We're part of the Recall.ai Startup Program, which powers the recorder bot behind Octabiz's Meeting Assistant.
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