If you're building an online store in 2026, I'd split the tools into a few categories. You don't need dozens of tools. You need a small stack that works well together.
I'm writting this because my neighbour's business now depends on 300 Prompts she wrote and argued with the LLM when she built her website. It's the same as building your home on a sand. BUT - if you have no money to hire some pro dev team for this - at least do this sh*t right. Here's a successful website's formula:

Store platform

Shopify – Still the best choice for most businesses. Fast, secure, and has the largest app ecosystem.
WooCommerce – Good if you want complete control and already use WordPress. But 90% are not so this I would not recommend. ❌
BigCommerce – Strong for larger businesses. But if you are readign how to build something out of nothing - this not for you ❌
Squarespace – Great for simple stores with a clean design.

AI website builders

Lovable – Excellent for quickly building custom tools and web apps.
Bolt.new – Fast prototyping.
v0 by Vercel – Brilliant for generating React interfaces.
Replit – Build and deploy from one place.

Design

Canva
Figma
Adobe Express

Product photos

Photoroom
Pixelcut
ChatGPT Image Generation for lifestyle images and banners.

Copywriting

ChatGPT
Claude
Perplexity

Use AI for:

Product descriptions
FAQs
SEO articles
Email campaigns
Meta descriptions

SEO + Organic Growth

Ahrefs
Google Search Console
Semrush
PUBlish

Email marketing

Klaviyo
Mailchimp

Analytics

Google Analytics
Microsoft Clarity
Hotjar

Automation

n8n
Zapier
Make

Payments

Stripe
PayPal

Customer support

Gorgias
Tidio
Intercom

If I were starting today

My stack would be:

Shopify
ChatGPT
Figma
Photoroom
Klaviyo
Stripe
Microsoft Clarity
n8n
Google Search Console
Ahrefs
PUBlish

That gives you a professional ecommerce setup that can scale from your first sale to millions in revenue.