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.
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
2021/10/18
ReportsSettingsNotificationsDashboardCustomers
New Features
Introducing a new Customers by Tag report allowing you to easily see a breakdown and order revenue by customer tags.
Improvements
Dashboard Permission Groups now automatically inherit the ability to access the dashboard index view which previously had its own permission for a more clear setup process.
Improved the customer list view to exclude all dashboard users so they aren't confused with customers.
Bug Fixes
Fixed an issue where it was possible to have a dashboard user without a permissions group or admin status.
Fixed an issue where we were not able to get the correct Klarna transaction when processing a refund.
Fixed an issue where links were sending the wrong querystring parameter causing an error.
Fixed an issue with vouchers that are limited to once per customer and the user was not yet created.
Introducing a new Orders by Product report which breaks down orders revenue by product to help in reviewing product sales, revenue, and inventory forecasting.
Admin Order API now returns the tokenized payment method in the payment transaction response details, allowing the token to be reused in a reattempt.
Improvements
Order Notes are now visible in the Customer Notes section, providing a consolidated view of all notes related to the customer and their orders.
We've now implemented Void transactions for Braintree to support voiding a transaction prior to the payment being settled.
Support tickets search filters now have more fields to make it easier to find tickets.
Incoming support emails are now handled with a new storage backend to support larger file attachments being attached to the tickets.
All date filter input fields now have a date picker making them more straight forward and easier to use.
ShipStation extension now uses batch order polling to significantly improve the efficiency of retrieving order updates on regular intervals.
Added validation to require first and last name on shipping addresses. It was previously possible to not pass these values, but they are required by most fulfillment providers.
Bugs Fixed
Fixed an issue with Product SKU filters on Orders list and reports not applying properly.
Fixed an issue with support ticket email HTML content stored in the database being rendered improperly in the Dashboard.
Corrected an issue with missing CSRF token in storefront templates causing a 403 error.
Corrected CSV Export data issues on null fields that were incorrectly populated.
Fixed an issue wherein the wrong currency was shown when a cart was empty.
Investigated and fixed an issue that caused Orders and Transaction reports to show discrepancies in totals.