• 2022/11/28

    New Features

    • Order Metadata and Order Attribution Metadata can now be edited in the dashboard on the Order detail view improving workflows for dashboard users.
    • Transaction details now have Attribution data to more easily see the source of the transaction, especially useful for failed transactions that did not successfully create an order.

    Improvements

    • Improved database queries on Customer list view with a new approach to customer total spend to improve load speeds by 2x.
    • We've now added support for product_id to the Admin API for carts, orders, and subscription line items.
    • The labeling and error messages for App Kit setup has been improved for better DX.
    • We've now added support Auth/Catpure flows for upsells and refunds using Avalara tax calculation.

    Bug Fixes

    • Fixed an issue related to customers not receiving the password reset email if they did not have a password set for their account.
    • Fixed an edge case related to Variant Products not showing the lowest price on the product catalogue view.
    • Fixed an edge case for Auth/Capture flows where payment was automatically captured on fulfillment even when setting was disabled.
    • Fixed an issue where public child products were still shown in the Google Merchant feed even though the parent was set to non-public.
    • Fixed an issue where we failed to match chargebacks to failed transactions.
  • 2022/10/17

    New Features

    • A new timeline oriented Customer Detail view is now optionally available on stores, to improve the UX when working with customers in the Dashboard.
    • Open Carts can now be exported, allowing merchants to leverage this data in external workflows.
    • Store Settings now feature a new SEO & Social Sharing section to configure store homepage SEO meta tags and also provide a preview image when shared on social platforms.
    • Subscription shipping price can now be updated on the Admin Subscriptions API.

    Improvements

    • Customer's default shipping address is now automatically populated in the checkout flow to reduce friction and improve the UX.
    • Dispute handling of subscriptions has been improved with the new ability to provide a trackable Subscription Cancel Reason in the event a subscription is canceled due to the customer filing a dispute.
    • Improved the page load performance of the Orders List view with more query optimizations.
    • Product IDs now show in on Product Detail views making it easier for Dashboard users to reference them when using Checkout Links.

    Bug Fixes

    • Fixed an issue caused by users using the back button after completing their PayPal order.
    • Fixed an issue with Orders search when the current page does not exist for the current search terms.
    • Added upload file type validation to Branding Settings to display proper error messages for supported file types.
    • Fixed an issue related to non-public products causing an error when attempted to be accessed publicly.
  • 2022/5/9

    New Features

    • Introduced support for Metadata Definitions, allowing for custom metadata fields to be defined so they can be included in exports.
    • Orders Reports now include an Orders by Offer report to assist merchant insights into offer and discounts usage and performance.
    • Transactional email templates have been revamped with a more modern email design to help in the release of more types of transactional emails over time. Email templates also now automatically inherit the store logo and brand colors from store settings.
    • Subscriptions and Subscription Line Items can now be exported, allowing easy access to subscription data in CSV format for further analysis.
    • Disputes can now be exported, allowing access to dispute data in CSV format for further analysis.

    Improvements

    • The Subscriptions Admin API now offers a full suite of filters, to allow filtering of subscriptions by various attributes.
    • Store admins can now delete email sending domains, which is occasionally necessary if the initial domain validation process times out.
    • Everflow S2S Postback can now be configured to fire for test orders.
    • Order Reports and Order List View now feature a Subscription Lifecycle filter, allowing orders views to be filtered by initial or recurring charges.
    • We've now improved customer data on all exports to include Customer First Name, Customer Last Name, and Customer Phone Number for consistency.
    • Order Reports and the Order List View filters for Order Status and Fulfillment Status now support using multiple status filters at the same time to support more view and export use cases.
    • Improved the order status pipeline validations to prevent users from mixing Fullfillment Status = "Processing" and Order Status = "Pending", which is not supported.
    • Improved inbound email filtering rules to prevent potential email auto-responder loops.

    Bug Fixes

    • Fixed an issue where filters were not maintained when creating exports.
    • Fixed an issue where it was possible to save a stock record without a price, which is a required field.
  • 2022/2/3

    New Features

    • Customer search is now more robust with the ability to search more freely (such as first and last name) and return expected results.
    • The new checkout flow now shows Express Checkout buttons for PayPal and Klarna allowing users to checkout completely in the external payment platforms.
    • We now have much more robust support for Product Variants with improved setup and configuration in the dashboard. Storefront Themes also now provide functionality for theme developers to create product option selectors.
    • Storefront Themes now feature dashboard "Settings" forms that allow theme developers to integrate options into the themes that can be controlled through settings, such as layouts, color pickers, additional text boxes, etc.
    • Transactions reports now feature all UTM reports to see a breakdown of transactions across UTM parameters.
    • Subscriptions Reports now have a new Subscriptions by Gateway report to show a breakdown of subscriptions across payment gateways.
    • Payment gateways now support multiple currencies which greatly improves and simplifies the setup of gateways for stores that sell in multiple currencies.

    Improvements

    • Subscription Shipping Price has now been added to the subscription model so that it can be individually set per subscription changes to the shipping method pricing wont impact existing subscriptions.
    • The checkout flow now shows all countries when the store's configured shipping methods do not have any countries selected to restrict them.
    • The first comment on tickets created via the dashboard is now the actual agent who created the ticket making it easier to see the actual source of the ticket.
    • Several Product Class UI improvements were made in an effort to make the UX more clear when creating and editing product classes and their associated options.
    • The "Free Shipping" threshold field on shipping methods has now been removed in favor of only allowing merchants to setup Offers and Coupon codes for shipping discounts for more clarity and reporting of shipping discounts.

    Bug Fixes

    • Corrected an issue with order serializer to ensure that all lines had the same currency and allow the order to be created.
    • Fixed an issue with theme template asset_url filter to allow asset files to use hyphens.
  • 2022/1/14

    New Features

    • Introducing a completely new Storefront Checkout, designed to improve conversion rates and support more robust customization.
    • Avalara Avatax integration now supports setting specific currencies to use tax inclusive pricing, allowing a store to sell products in multiple currencies with different pricing/tax strategies.
    • Orders Reports now have UTM oriented reports for all UTM parameters; UTM Source, UTM Medium, UTM Campaign, UTM Term, and UTM Content.
    • It is now possible to trigger polling of fulfillment partners for older orders, to sync any orders that might have been late (past 7 days) being shipped.

    Improvements

    • Order & Customer Notes have been revamped with a new UI layout for easier use.
    • Non-public products can now be chosen when updating or adding order line items in the dashboard.
    • Low stock alerts have been moved to the Stock Records section of products for improved UX.
    • The Order shipping price display has now been simplified to show the actual shipping price.
    • Updated the Order Shipments API to respond with the order shipment details when adding a shipment.

    Bug Fixes

    • We've now corrected an issue where products with 0 available inventory could be purchased on the API, even if stock was tracked and no stock was available.
    • Fixed an edge case issue with the Admin Orders API caused by multiple cart recovery tokens for the same cart.
    • Fixed an issue where some stores could not create test orders due to the test card fingerprint not matching the expected card fingerprint.
    • Fixed an edge case issue that caused the Carts API to error when the product could not be found.
    • Fixed an issue to better handle when PayPal capture fails and creates an error when the user's PayPal payment method is declined.
    • Fixed an issue where multiple event logs were created for prevention.match