Release Date: Monday 2 Dec 2013 10:00pm : downtime approx 20 minutes
(On this day in history, in 1976 Fidel Castro became President of Cuba.)
Implemented in this release
Combined sales orders
It is now possible to combine sales orders. Trade Me sales orders can be combined automatically when a new sale matches an existing sales order and the following criteria are the same:
- buyer
- shipping method
- shipping address
- payment method
- Trade Me account (if you have multiple accounts)
Sales orders can be combined manually when the following conditions have been met:
- same sales channel
- same customer
- same payment method
If both orders have the same product then these will be combined on to one sales order line.
You will need to approve all sales orders that have been automatically combined to ensure that the results are as expected.
Trade Me shipping templates
It is now possible to define multiple shipping templates. When setting up a listing rule you now have the additional option of setting which template is to be used.
If you had set shipping costs on the global settings then we have converted this to a template.
Clearance tag for Trade Me Stores
If you have a premium Stores Extra Trade Me account then you can now mark products as ‘clearance items’ and take advantage of the clearance section of Trade Me.
Importing active listings
We have tweaked the way that we import active listings from Trade Me. If the listing was created from My Products then we now retrieve the SKU and Inventory and set this in Tradevine. The SKU will be used as the product code.
90 day listing durations
We have added 90 day listing duration as an option for listings that allow this.
Trade Me attribute units
The attribute unit type is now available on the product’s listing rule to help provide more assistance with the values to be entered. So for example when selling a digital camera, the megapixels field is now appended with Mp. This will make it easier for you to set the attribute values.
Shopify – addresses with Company names
The Company name field used in the address fields of a Shopify sale is now populated on the sales order and the customer’s record in Tradevine.
DHL Courier added
We have added DHL as a supported courier. If selected then the customer will receive tracking details with a link directly to the DHL website.
Dashboard notes
We have added a text area to the Dashboard so you can write notes to yourself or other users of your organisation.
Inventory adjustments
We have made the Inventory Adjustments screen more user-friendly.
Stock levels on sales orders
When entering a new sales order line we displayed a traffic light icon to indicate the inventory status. We have replaced this icon to show the current available to sell quantity of the product instead, the number is coloured red/amber/green to indicate availability. Clicking on the ATS will continue to display a detailed breakdown of the product’s inventory allocations.
Pending sales orders
We have added a banner near the top of the sales order, that gives the reasons why the order has not progressed to awaiting shipment. This information is still available in the Shipments panel.
Export file optimisations
Sometimes when exporting huge numbers of product records it would fail due to a time out. We have made some tweaks to stop this happening.
Retail Feed – latest cost price
When uploading products via the Retail Feed we now value all of the inventory available at the current cost price.
API – Changes
- We have added Product Code to the sales order and shipment line items on the Get Sales Order call
- We have added a new API to create/update products
- We have added a new API to create/update Trade Me listing rules associated with a particular product and channel.
- We have added a new API to upload photos (as base64 encoded text)
See https://api.tradevine.com/Help/api-reference/index.html for more details
Importing product changes
If you import or re-import your products then you may be interested in the following changes.
New:
- Clearance Item – (Trade Me).
- Shipping Template – (Trade Me).
- Exclude From Order Combining – (General).
Modified:
- Shipping Options – (Trade Me). Now includes the Template Shipping Costs option.
For more information refer to the Import Fields Help page.
Key Bug Fixes
- The inventory in Shopify was not always updated after encountering a 429 type error.
- The Dashboard link Trade Me listing failures was including archived products.
All of these improvements are based on customer feedback. We are planning to release further improvements on a regular basis. Your feedback is vital to ensuring that we’re working on the most important things first. If you have any suggestions, then check out our suggestions page where you can also vote. Otherwise, feel free to drop us a line at suggestions@tradevine.co.nz with your feedback.