Google Cloud's extended outage was a big headache for small stores

A significant outage on Sunday caused a host of online services to go down, including Snapchat, YouTube, and Gmail.

The Google Cloud outage also caused problems with Shopify, an e-commerce and point-of-sale platform which powers thousands of online and physical stores around the world. 

While the Google Cloud and Shopify outages were largely resolved by Sunday evening, the extended downtime also left some businesses in disarray, leaving orders unfulfilled, and crucially, missed sales.

Mackenzie Stith, who works for Pratt Daddy Crystals in Los Angeles, said the outage had "completely destroyed our day." Read more...