• 2022/3/14

    OffersSubscriptionsThemesStorefrontWebhooks

    New Features

    • New Offer Condition type to the set exact quantity of products within the range to be in the cart for the offer to be applied which greatly simplifies quantity based tiered discount scenarios.
    • Storefront Themes can now be uploaded through the dashboard UI with a zip file making it easier for Theme developers and store admins to bootstrap store themes.
    • Webhooks now feature two new events; ticket.created and ticket.updated allowing webhook subscribers to listen for support related events.
    • Store sitemap.xml feeds now properly support multiple languages configured by the store's public languages.
    • Subscription address handling has been improved to better support digital products which do not require shipping and would result in digital subscriptions.

    Improvements

    • Subscriptions UI has been overhauled to be more consistent with Orders and other areas of the platform.
    • We've improved the carts list view to exclude anonymous carts and and removed the owner object which was deprecated in favor of the user object.

    Bug Fixes

    • Fixed an issue where multiple subscriptions were created for a single line item through the admin api.
    • Corrected the CORS setting for media file handling on storefront themes.
    • Fixed an issue with Order Reports failing to generate when trying to filter by Partner SKU.
  • 2022/2/3

    CheckoutSubscriptionsStorefrontPaymentsReportsProductsCustomers

    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

    CheckoutStorefrontReportsTaxesCustomersFulfillment

    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
  • 2021/2/1

    StorefrontReportsTaxes

    New Features

    • Introducing a new Subscribers dashboard to provide a full suite of metrics pertaining to subscriptions, monthly recurring revenue, cancellations, and cohort analysis.
    • Introducing store "Localization" settings allowing store admins to configure multiple "Storefront Geo's" to be configured for easy access by customers to select their country to see available products in their language and currency.
    • A new Tax by Tax Rate Report is available to summarize your Tax Rate reporting data along with an available export of all taxes collected and credited.
    • Order Line Items can now be exported as an "Orders Flat File" export which enables many manual fulfillment workflows and manual spreadsheet order data analysis.

    Improvements

    • Improved order Cancel options for dashboard users allowing them to optionally process a refund when canceling the order.
    • Customer Detail view now has a list of all Transactions related to the customer making it easy to access their transactions.

    Bug Fixes

    • Sitemap.xml incorrectly included languages that were not configured to be public which has now been corrected.
  • 2021/1/18

    StorefrontPaymentsSettings

    New Features

    • Introducing Braintree support for bankcard payments, you can add your Braintree merchant account as a Gateway and use it for your store checkout flow or on the API.
    • The PayPal integration now supports PayPal "Reference Transactions" with ability to use the Add Line Items API on orders with PayPal as the initial payment method.
    • The PayPal integration now supports automatically uploading shipment tracking data after orders have shipped from the warehouse.
    • Dashboard Localization Settings now support adding Additional Languages to your site dynamically as needed for store owners to manage their storefront content and dashboard languages.
    • Introducing Tax handling for refunds on orders to create a "Tax Credit" of the appropriate amount when a refund is given on an order to ensure that Tax Reports accommodate payment refunds.
    • A new Order Action has been added to allow dashboard users to resend an order confirmation email to the customer.

    Improvements

    • Storefront "Add to Cart" success messages on the Product Details page have been moved to the side cart simplifying the Product Detail template and template customization process.
    • Maxmind minFraud support has been added to the API to protect against fraudulent orders.
    • Fulfillment related settings for Fulfillment Partners and Shipping Methods have been unified into a single "Fulfillment" settings section.

    Bug Fixes

    • Fixed an issue preventing additional products added to an order from not showing in the Top Selling Products dashboard widget.
  • Topics
  • Admin API
  • Apps
  • Campaigns
  • Checkout
  • Customers
  • Dashboard
  • Disputes
  • Fulfillment
  • Gift Cards
  • Metadata
  • Notifications
  • Offers
  • Orders
  • Payments
  • Products
  • Reports
  • Settings
  • Storefront
  • Storefront API
  • Subscriptions
  • Support
  • Taxes
  • Themes
  • Webhooks