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 Single Sign On allowing store users to easily access multiple stores from a single user account.
Klarna integration now supports a One Click flow allowing the customer to add their details into the Klarna Checkout widget directly for their order.
Stores now have a new Branding settings section allowing store admins to upload their brand logo and icon.
Improvements
Store Tax settings now support "Tax Inclusive Prices" per currency for markets that require tax to be included in presented prices.
Support tickets can now be updated in bulk to change their status, assignee, priority, type, or add tags.
Test Subscriptions are now created when using Test Cards allowing merchants to fully test subscription processes and pricing.
Orders can now be filtered by Fulfillment partner on the Orders list view.
The Admin Cart API now has date range filter parameters to support searching by specific date ranges.
Resolving an Alert (dispute) that was created by Midigator will automatically sync the resolution to Midigator's Prevention API.
Support Macros now support order based replacement variables to make it easier for support agents to quickly respond to customers with information about their order.
The Subscriptions list view now has tabs with counts to easily see subscriptions by status and keep an eye on subscriptions that are retrying and past due.
Orders now show a Support tab when tickets are associated to the order for easier navigation to the associated tickets.
The dashboard cart view "Cart Actions" have been updated to simplify the UX for dashboard users to assist a customer with the checkout process.
Bug Fixes
Fixed an issue where failed transactions were filtered before the Avg Value was calculated preventing them from being included in Avg Value calculations.
Fixed an issue where following a link from a report to a list view with a date_group querystring causing the the export to fail.
Improved the logic to prevent duplicate Paypal shipping events from creating in the case of an issue uploading.
Fixed an issue preventing Test Orders with Klarna payment from being deleted.
Fixed an issue with the order total calculation with taxes applied in the dashboard cart summary.
Authorize.net integration is now generally available and can be added as a payment gateway in stores.
Disputes now have Resolutions which provide a clear workflow to "resolve" disputes and indicate the outcome and/or action taken.
Tickets can now be fully managed via the Admin API to enable more complex use cases and 3rd party support ticket integrations.
Improvements
Updated Order Confirmation emails to link to a secure publicly viewable order detail view allowing customers to view their order status without needing to login to their account.
The Support "Inbox" views have been refactored and incorporated as tabs on the main Tickets list view making it easier to monitor tickets in different stages and more clear workflows.
Orders line items now clearly indicate if an item is on subscription and the related subscription details are available in a Subscription tab.
Product Variants now inherit their parent's product images and content by default making it easier to manage several product offer.
Overhauled the Coupon detail view to be more similar to Offer detail and also added pagination to the orders list table.
Bug Fixes
Fixed an issue where export data sometimes did not have the store timezone applied.
We've now corrected an issue that caused orders without addresses to always attempt and fail to send to the fulfillment partner.
Fixed an issue with thank you page that caused a 500 error if it was randomly accessed without an order in the current session.
Corrected an issue with the dropdown list of users to create an API token for included all customers which caused a performance issue on stores with large customer datasets.
Fixed an issue preventing a user from updating a product slug.
2021/09/20
Admin APIPaymentsProductsSupport
New Features
Bluesnap gateway now supports a dynamic "Soft Descriptor" field that is passed along with each gateway transaction.
Improvements
Many reports have been refactored to significantly improve generation time which was especially evident on larger datasets.
The Admin Order API now validates the length of the security code matches the card brand expectation before sending to the gateway for processing.
Source Attribution filters are now remote selects improving page load performance where they are available.
Support Article navigation and UI has been improved with Categories now being nested inside with Articles as a navigation tab.
Bug Fixes
Fixed an issue with Products not being synced properly to Omnisend and therefore causing Omnisend to not attribute customers to purchasing the product.
Fixed an issue with non-admin dashboard users not showing on the list of dashboard users in store settings.
Corrected an issue with Midigator Prevention case numbers not being automatically saved as the store Dispute case number.
Fixed an issue with the Tax reports aggregation to properly show multiple tax rates charged for orders.
Corrected an issue with Klarna order capture process occasionally not being able to reference the customer correctly.
Fixed an issue with Transaction "initiator" data not being stored correctly and made available on Transaction exports.
2021/08/23
Admin APIPaymentsDisputes
New Features
Introducing support for a PayPal "One Click" checkout flow on the Admin Orders API allowing customers to checkout directly on PayPal.
Improvements
We've now updated the Midigator Extension to allow store admins to add their Midigator MID to map with store gateways so that the correct MID is synced to Midigator with transactions.
Improved the Date filters in Admin API Swagger documentation to be more clear for use and expected date formats.
Bug Fixes
We've now corrected some Omnisend syncing issues caused by rapid succession of tasks with dependencies being processed concurrently.
We've now corrected an issue that prevented offers and vouchers from being passed and applied together on the Admin Orders API.