Latest Product Updates
- Updated on 8 May 2024
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Stay updated with the latest Big Cartel enhancements. Our changelog details all the recent updates to our platform, from new features to template improvements. Explore what's new to make the most of your shop. Don't forget to sign up for our newsletter to stay up to date on what's new!
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May 6, 2024
For developers and partners, we made improvements to the API for orders and products, including adding a new Pages API. This new API fetches all pages for a shop and will allow our partners to extend and add more advanced configuration for your apps. See our API changelog for more information and other improvements.
May 3, 2024
Added Fera.ai as an app integration to enhance shop's with ratings and reviews! It is a premium integration that does all the setup automatically, eliminating any need for you to manually add code to your shop.
April 15, 2024
Added express checkout for shops using Stripe as their payment processor. Express checkout provides a shop's customers with a way to breeze through checkout and avoid filling in billing and shipping information. Express checkout works with Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Stripe Link.
April 12, 2024
A completely redesigned integration with Zapier has been launched with our "2.0" integration, automatically available to all paid plans. We've added a 6 new triggers and, for the first time, over 20+ actions for sellers to automate their shops.
March 20, 2024
Diamond shops now have ability to add up to 25 images for products
Shops using recent versions of Luna and Cosmos templates have been automatically upgraded to support the additional images on the product pages. Shops that weren't auto updated will need to manually update their template.
Using a print-on-demand integrations like Printful? We'll now import up to 25 mockups per product instead of limiting those to 5
iOS and Android apps have been updated to support managing additional images.
March 19, 2024
Hopscotch template updated to v1.6.0
Rebuilt header UI with new navigation behavior and improved mobile experience
New setting for “All products” button text
New setting for welcome image overlay opacity
New setting for announcement message
New setting for rounded corners
New setting to display product search
New setting for product image zoom
New setting for desktop product detail page image display (thumbnails, carousel, stacked 2 column, stacked full width).
New setting for mobile product detail page image display (show thumbnails, hide thumbnails).
New more intuitive Cart UI
Contact form accessibility improvements
New 2 column product page layout
Accent background setting is now Header & Footer background
Improved image grid and image gallery loading behavior, more consistent “staggered” grid effect
March 15, 2024
Nova template updated to v2.0.1
Rebuilt header UI with new navigation behavior and improved mobile experience
Home page allows you to have a Slideshow + featured products, no longer forcing just the slideshow or products
New setting for featured categories/products header text
New setting for announcement message
New setting for maintenance message
New setting for All products button text
New setting for rounded corners
New setting for grid image style
New setting for product image zoom
New product share button behavior
New setting for desktop product detail page image display (thumbnails, carousel, stacked 2 column, stacked full width).
New setting for mobile product detail page image display (show thumbnails, hide thumbnails).
New settings for Snapchat, TikTok, Bandcamp, and YouTube links
New more intuitive Cart UI
New more accessible search UI
Contact form accessibility fixes
New 2 column product page layout
March 5, 2024
Good Vibes template updated to v1.6.0
New preset style picker that was first introduced with Cosmos template
New setting for product image zoom
New setting for desktop product detail page image display (thumbnails, carousel, stacked 2 column, stacked full width).
New setting for mobile product detail page image display (show thumbnails, hide thumbnails).
New Snapchat, Bandcamp, YouTube, TikTok URLs
New announcement message text setting
New Featured header text setting
New and more accessible cart UI
Improved accessibility on Contact form
New more accessible Home page slideshow
Improved performance and layout of product grid & images
New more accessible navigation menu with full keyboard support
Roadie template updated to v1.6.0
New preset style picker that was first introduced with Cosmos template
New setting for product image zoom
New setting for desktop product detail page image display (thumbnails, carousel, stacked 2 column, stacked full width).
New setting for mobile product detail page image display (show thumbnails, hide thumbnails).
New settings for Snapchat and TikTok URLs
Social links in footer are always shown on mobile for increased visibility
Various fixes/improvements to padding & spacing of elements
February 28, 2024
Adjusted tooltips linger time on the site to improve accessibility
Small improvements to the way the dashboard chart displays for new sellers
Increased the allowable limit of custom CSS and template customization code by 50%
February 21, 2024
Added TikTok Pixel and Pinterest Tag support. Enables shoppable ads and posts on both platforms.
February 15, 2024
Added Facebook/Meta Pixel support. Platinum and Diamond sellers can configure their pixel ID in their account settings and automatically have Facebook pixel code added to their shop’s pages, including checkout.
Improved Google Analytics 4 (GA4) integration that improves reporting with item level cart details. Diamond sellers get a even more events such as add_to_cart, begin_checkout and more. These new events drive an even deeper level of reports in GA4.
February 5, 2024
Google Pay now shows as an instant checkout option on product details pages as an alternative to Apple Pay if a shop’s visitors is using a browser and device that supports it. Apple Pay continues to be supported and offered.
January 31, 2024
New free Cosmos template launched
Introduced a Style Picker functionality to make it easier to change fonts+colors on the template to presets.
January 30, 2024
Added support for 4 new currencies: UAE Dirham (AED), Bulgarian Lev (BGN), Croatian Kuna (HRK) and Romanian Leu (RON).
January 25, 2024
Improved the “Contact Us” email. Simplified wording and improved layout.
December 22, 2023
Added Post Italiane as a new shipping carrier option for shipment tracking and notification
December 7, 2023
Account API now supports returning time zone, first name and last name of the account.
November 22, 2023
To help checkout conversion for shops with limited inventory during periods of higher sales volume and traffic, we've added a note within checkout that reminds shoppers that products aren't reserved until they checkout.
November 15, 2023
All shops now have the most up-to-date and best code to support search engine optimization (SEO) using the JSON-LD standard. ensure Google and other search engines index and showcase your shops the best way possible. Curious to learn more? Read more on Google's site.
November 8, 2023
Neat template updated to v2.3.1
Setting for slideshow overlay opacity (removed hardcoded overlay image)
Setting for product image zoom
Setting for desktop product detail page image display (thumbnails, carousel, stacked 2 column, stacked full width)
Setting for mobile product detail page image display (show thumbnails, hide thumbnails)
Setting for “Shop now” button text
Setting for “Featured” header text
Settings for Snapchat, TikTok, Bandcamp, and YouTube social links
Added View all products button on Home page
Added Skip to main content link to improve accessibility
More accessible search and mobile navigation
More accessible image carousel libraries for Home and Product pages
Updated Cart page to improve usability and accessibility
Announcement message closing is per browser session.
Search is enabled by default.
Simplified and consolidated color settings (header hover and border colors are automatic, error styles are hardcoded).
Product form appears above the product description.
Lunchbreak template updated to v1.10.0
More accessible image carousel libraries for Home and Product pages
Setting for product image zoom
Setting for desktop product detail page image display (thumbnails, carousel, stacked 2 column, stacked full width)
Setting for mobile product detail page image display (show thumbnails, hide thumbnails)
Setting for “Featured” header text
Setting for controlling rounded corner styles on site elements
Setting for announcement message
Settings for Snapchat, TikTok, Bandcamp, and YouTube social links
Updated Cart page to improve usability and accessibility
More accessible search and mobile navigation
Simplified and consolidated color settings.
Product form appears above the product description.
October 23, 2023
Improve checkout experience to make discount code and order notes easier to find for shoppers on mobile
In the Shop Designer, we've made it clearer when a new version of your shop's template is available for upgrade. The button caption now reads "Upgrade to x.y" where x.y is the latest version number of the template. Prior to this, the button would always say "Reset".
October 5, 2023
Sidecar template updated to v2.1.0
Announcement message feature is updated, closing the message only lasts per browser session instead of 7 days
Added TikTok and Snapchat links and updated the sort order
September 26, 2023
Our completely redesigned checkout experience has been rolled out to all shops on the platform to improve conversion and offering more payment options including Buy Now, Pay Later options through Stripe such as Affirm, ClearPay and Afterpay. Read more here.
September 5, 2023
Re-designed experience for buying and connecting a custom domain to your shop. In only a few clicks you can get connected! Domains start as low as $1 for the first year.
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