Feature Updates

Posted on : October 22, 2024

Ready for the next code release scheduled for Monday, October 28, 2024

E-Commerce & Order Processing

  • Books promoted with Events or Blogs - Orders for these books will have a reference to the Event / Blog, and stores can track sales
  • Digital Gift Cards - When an order for a digital gift card is canceled, the gift code generated and emailed will be inactivated.(Important to limit the loss from fraudulent orders)
  • Capture payments & Fulfill orders in one step - Marking an order as Completed (fulfilling an order) will also capture all valid payments for the order
  • Sales Report by SKU - This report will include the Billing First and Last Name
  • Auto-fill the Refund amount - When issuing a refund against a payment, the refund amount will be auto filled


Content

  • Search Results Page - Load More button is replaced with a pager for better usability
  • Badges on Product List / Catalog - Option to hide the badges per product list / catalog
    • Example : The Preorder badge can be removed from a product list of preorder titles, but still be visible on individual book product pages
  • ‘Location’ information for Local Store Inventory (LSI) - When uploading Local Store Inventory, the 4th column in the file is the ‘Location’ of the book at the store (the shelving information). This information is included under the on hand details on the book product page. Stores can choose not to show this information on the book product page.
  • Page title for Staff Reviews taxonomy page - When stores use the Staff Review Tags to tag their reviews, the page title for the page that lists all the reviews with a particular tag is updated. 
    • Example : The page title “Staff Reviews tagged as Geetha’s Picks’ will now be ‘Geetha’s Picks’
  • Upcoming Events - Added option to filter by Event Type, added a pager to make it obvious to customers that there are more upcoming events.
  • Weights for Store Merchandise - Weight information for store merchandise is no longer visible for customers. It is still a required field when creating store merchandise, stores can enter an approximate value. In the future when we add support for real time shipping rate calculations, this data will be necessary.
  • Additional field on book product page - Stores can use this field to provide any additional information about the book - preorder campaigns, promotional material from publishers etc. This field is in addition to the ‘Custom Description’ and will always be displayed if there is data
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