New and Updated Features

Drupal Commerce 3.0.2 : The e-commerce platform for Indiecommerce 2.0 has been upgraded to the most current release, ensuring up-to-date functionality.

Bug Fixes

Sales Tax by State : The report used to determine out-of-state sales volume for nexus purposes now generates for various date ranges without timeouts
Orders with missing numbers : All orders will receive an order number immediately upon completion of the checkout process.

New and Updated Features

• Content Scheduling: Schedule the publishing and un publishing of Pages, Product Lists, Landing Pages, Events, Blogs, and Staff Reviews by specific dates and times via Scheduling Options in the right sidebar. Scheduling by date (and not date & time) is recommended for accuracy. 
• Daily Recurring Events: Create event instances spanning multiple consecutive days with the same start and end times. For example, an event from Friday to Monday can be set up to automatically generate individual event entries for each day. 
• Wholesaler Discounts: Expanded wholesaler discount pricing options now include 5% intervals (e.g., 30-34%, 35-39%) for more precise control over discounts and markups. This can be configured under Dashboard > Commerce > Fulfillment Settings > Store Pricing by Wholesaler Discount Category.
• Promotions & Coupons: Enhanced options allow for creating promotions and coupons that apply a fixed amount or percentage discount to either the cheapest or the most expensive item in an order. This can be set up in Dashboard > Commerce > Promotions & Coupons > Add Promotion > select Offer Type.
• Fraud Detection: Improved fraud detection now flags orders as suspicious if the IP address location doesn't match the shipping and billing addresses.
• New Reports:
  • Sales Tax by State: Identify out-of-state e-commerce sales volume to help determine sales tax nexus. This report is available under Dashboard > Commerce > Reports > Sales Tax by State Report.
  • Paypal Transactions Report: Reconcile daily Paypal captures and refunds with online Paypal transactions. This report is available under Dashboard > Commerce > Reports > Charge Report > Paypal Transactions Report.
• ShippingEasy Integration: Stores using ShippingEasy can now export order information as a CSV, upload it to ShippingEasy for label generation, and upload tracking numbers back to the website to update orders This can be enabled under Dashboard > Commerce > E-Commerce Settings > Shipping > Shipping Services. A ShippingEasy link will be added to the Manage Orders page.
• Gift Registry Updates:
  • Gift registry owners can now customize the subject and message of the email sent to recipients when sharing their registry link.
  • Site admins viewing wishlists or gift registries will see additional details (ISBN, Author, Price) for each item in the admin view, which is also included in CSV downloads.
• Custom Checkout Panes: Stores can now add up to five customizable checkout panes with Yes/No input options. This feature can be enabled under Dashboard > Commerce > E-Commerce Settings > Custom Checkout Panes > Additional Options.

Minor Updates and Bug Fixes

• Order Managers can now create orders for customers.
• Order Managers and Content Editors can update book / product stock directly on the product page.
• The title of catalog category pages will no longer appear multiple times when added to an existing catalog.
• The ‘Show Badges’ checkbox on catalog category pages now correctly displays badges (Preorder, New Release, Staff Pick, or Discounted) for books in the catalog.
• Tier 1 sites can flag individual books as signed copies via a checkbox in the Author section while editing the book.
• Order Activity entries are now sorted by Log ID to ensure proper chronological order.
• Conditions can be added to the Authorize.net Payment Method settings to allow or prevent credit card payments for specific order types (e.g., allowing credit cards only for US billing addresses).

Introducing Beta Features

A beta version of the redesigned Manage Orders admin page is being introduced for feedback. While visually similar to the current version, it features a new architecture for improved efficiency and future updates. Stores interested in being part of the beta testing group can contact [email protected].

 

New and Updated Features

 

Bookshop.org eBooks

Integrate Bookshop.org eBooks into your IndieCommerce 2.0 website to provide ebooks to your customers. Enable this feature in Dashboard > Site Settings > Affinity Partner Integrations, and enter your Bookshop.org Affiliate ID. If you don't know your store's Bookshop.org Affiliate ID, please contact Bookshop.org. Once enabled, available ebook formats will be displayed under 'Available Formats' on the book's product page.

 

Drupal Core Update

Drupal has been updated to version 10.4.6.

 

Bug Fixes

 

Product Lists

When adding multiple Store Merchandise with Variations and Services with multiple fields to a product list, fields are now correctly validated and the correct values are added to the shopping cart.

 

Sales Report by SKU

Reports for unrecognizable SKUs no longer display a white page error, and duplicate columns have been removed.

 

Subscriptions and Services

When an Address field is included in these forms, only the countries allowed on the site will be listed as options.

New and Updated Features

 

Admin Navigation

The left navigation has been redesigned with improved icons.

 

Product List

Stores now have more control over how store merchandise and services are displayed when added to a product list.

Store Merchandise with Variations: When a t-shirt with variations is added to a product list, stores can now choose to display it using the base product title and replace the "Add to Cart" button with a "More Info" button. Customers can click the "More Info" button to go to the t-shirt product page, select the desired variation, and add it to their cart. The current behavior of listing all variations is still available for stores that prefer it. The two options can be toggled using a checkbox on the product list settings.

New configuration options in a product list for store merchandise

New look for the product list

 

Services: A similar configuration is available for service products. By enabling a setting, the "Add to Cart" button is replaced with a "More Info" button, which links to the service product page. When disabled, service product fields are visible on the product list with the "Add to Cart" button, allowing customers to add multiple services to their cart without being redirected to individual service pages.

Configuration option in a product list for services

 

 

Book Descriptions

When books are added to a product list, the truncated book description will now preserve the formatting from the full description data, including line breaks, paragraphs, and bold text.

 

Order Shipments

When creating multiple shipments for an order, order items that have been shipped or already included in one shipment will be grayed out or unselectable when creating subsequent shipments.

 

E-Gift Cards

Several updates and improvements have been made to the built-in E-Gift Cards feature.

General cleanup to the admin interface.

When generating gift cards in bulk, an option to download the codes as a CSV file will be available as soon as the codes are generated by the system.

A downloadable E-Gift Card Balance Report with the option to filter by balance.

A Balance and Transaction History page to easily check the balance and transaction history of an e-gift card.

Option to customize the email sent to the recipient of the E-Gift Card

   Dashboard -> E-commerce Settings -> Notification Emails -> Gift Card Emails

 

Fraud Detection 

The fraud detection rule that generates the warning "User has completed orders with different IP addresses" for guest checkout orders has been updated to reduce false warnings.

 

Credit Card Payment using Authorize.net Payment Gateway

Several improvements have been made.

The Credit Card Charge Report will now include refund transactions along with capture transactions.

All payment-related activities will be available on both the Payment tab of an order and under Order Activity.

The message displayed when a credit card transaction is canceled has been updated.

 

Incorrect Shipping/Billing Address

Store staff will now see a message when processing an order if the shipping or billing address is incomplete or incorrect.

 

Reports

The Sales Report by SKU now has two download formats: CSV and +CSV (extended report with additional order details).

The Sales Report has been updated to include the Payment Completed Date.

 

Promotions and Coupons

Two promotion/coupon options from 1.0 are now available in 2.0.

Option to offer coupons for REG discount books.

Option to exclude NET discount books from a promotion/coupon.

 

Tax Exempt

When a customer submits a tax exemption request from their account page, a store staff will receive a notification email. The recipient of the email is the address listed under Site Settings -> Order Email Address.

New and Updated Features

• Independent Bookstore Day (IBD) 2025: IBD 2025 will occur on Saturday, April 26. Participating stores can start promoting IBD exclusives on their websites by mid-next week. A webinar about preparing your website for IBD 2025 will take place on Thursday, March 20. Register for the webinar
• Event Date: The day of the week has been added to the date format.
• Updating order tags, admin comment, and order comment: Editing an order to add order tags, admin comments, and order comments no longer requires several clicks and reloading of the order each time.
• Tax Exempt Orders: The tax-exempt status on an order can be updated while processing the order, from the 'Taxes' tab on the order. 

 

• Deleting Shipping Methods: A validation has been added to prevent the deletion of shipping methods that were used on orders to avoid critical errors.

Bug Fixes

• Search Category: The placeholder message in the search form field is updated to reflect the selected category.
• Gift Card column on the Manage Orders page: The Gift Card column will be included in the Manage Orders page when any of the gift card types are enabled on the website. ​

 

• Media Mail for Book Variations: The Media Mail Eligible condition for shipping methods will now include book variations, in addition to regular books.

 

New and Updated Features

• Price Source for Books: For many books, IndieCommerce receives metadata from Ingram, and directly from the publisher or distributor of the book. Sometimes, the list price provided by each data source is different. Stores can now choose which list price they prefer to use on their website when data is available from more than one source (Ingram, Publisher, or Highest Price). The setting (site wide setting, not per book) is available under Dashboard > Commerce > Fulfillment Settings > Wholesaler Settings > List Price Preferences.
• Libro.fm Digital Audio Books: The customer experience on the IC 2.0 site has been improved to clarify which format is being purchased when buying a Libro.fm digital audio book. When the Libro.fm Digital Audio Book format is selected, the "Add to Cart" button will change to a "Buy the Digital Audio Book" button.
• Credit Card Payment: When a customer selects "Credit card" payment, the help text "(New CC - Credit card information will be collected at the end of checkout)" will appear.
• Checkout Steps: During checkout, on the 'Review' page, additional text “Review your order and if correct, continue to complete the purchase. Use the Go Back link to make any necessary changes” will appear to guide the customer, and the Coupon and Gift Card forms are removed to move the 'Pay and Complete Purchase' button further up.
• Newsletter Signup Forms: For all available integrations (MailChimp, Constant Contact, My Emma and Brevo), the Name field on the newsletter signup form is now split into First Name and Last Name fields to match the fields on the vendor’s end.

Bug Fixes

• List Prices: List prices for books will be updated frequently to keep up with changes with the publisher or Ingram. Ingram stock and price updates will be checked every 4 hours.
• ISBN Search: When searching for a book by ISBN (standard 978 or 979), any spaces or non-numeric characters will be trimmed to make the search successful. No need to worry about spaces or hyphens when copying the ISBN.
• Service Products: When purchasing 2 of the same Service product (e.g. School Visit Book) with different values (e.g. Student’s Name) in the same order, the 2 Service products will remain as separate items in the order.
• Credit Card Charge Report: The column heading 'Authorize.net Order ID' is changed to 'Authorize.net Invoice Number' to match the terminology used in Authorize.net
• Saved Credit Card Profile: Customers can always delete their saved credit card profile from their account on the website. If a customer deletes the credit card profile that is used in their current cart, they will be prompted to enter new credit card information.
• Gift Card Refund: When a gift card is used to pay for an order (partial or full), order processing staff - Site Administrators and Order Managers -  will be able to refund the gift card from the order page.
• POS Order Exporter: The file has a column for Billing Phone and a column for Shipping Phone. Billing Phone will list the phone number from the user profile if it exists, otherwise it will list the phone number from the contact information on the order. Shipping Phone will list the phone number from the contact information on the order.