Release notes

Features and improvements we've recently shipped.

February 13, 2023

Commerce: Transactions view for individual products

Improvement

On any individual Commerce product, you'll now find a Reports drop down that gives you the transaction details of all the customers who have purchased that product. 

January 31, 2023

Creator Profile: Newsletter feed + Link-in-bio

Improvement

The Creator Profile is an out-of-box experience for everyone to easily create their link-in-bio, newsletter feed, or both—all in one place. To make this your own, customize the fonts, colors, and domain to match your brand. 

Better yet, you can even curate the content that shows up in your newsletter feed. Whenever you send a broadcast, you have the option to enable it as a public post, which will then featured under posts in the Creator Profile. You can enable or disable any past broadcast campaigns, allowing you to curate a list of content that you want to feature.

    Want to see it in action? Checkout ConvertKit's Creator Profile.

    January 13, 2023

    Commerce: Transactions view

    Feature


    There is now a Transactions view under your Products to give you a better understanding of how your product sales are performing. It will give the breakdown of the following:

    • Product
    • Customer
    • Date of purchase
    • Discount (if any)
    • Gross revenue
    • Net revenue (after discounts and fees)

    You'll also be able to export this transaction data to run any additional analysis to learn how you can drive additional revenue. 

    December 12, 2022

    Commerce: Product upsells

    Feature

    Add additional standard products on the checkout page to upsell your customers and increase your average order value. Upsells are best done with with products that are typically used together or build on each other. Plus, you can even offer a checkout-only discount as an incentive for your customers.

    November 23, 2022

    Email editor: Starting Point email templates

    Feature

    Introducing Starting Points—new email templates that give you more flexibility to edit and stylize content in your email. With Starting Points, you can create email templates with layout blocks in the header and footer, and make on-the-go edits to your template in the broadcast email editor.

    To learn more about this feature, check out this support article.

    November 22, 2022

    Email editor: Text toolbar update

    Improvement

    We've made UI updates to the text toolbar to be static in the email editor. This will improve the writing experience by making it easier to style, add, and edit your email content. 

    Email editor: Additional layout blocks

    Feature

    Drive more traffic and revenue from your emails with additional new layout blocks! Easily add sponsored content, product highlights, and different types of call-to-actions in your next email campaign to drive higher engagement. 

    To learn more about using our email editor, check out this support article.

    November 01, 2022

    Commerce: EU/UK VAT support

    Feature


    You can now charge EU and UK Value-Added Tax (VAT) on products sold using ConvertKit Commerce. To charge VAT on ConvertKit products, you can enable it under Settings > Commerce and the price you set will be inclusive of the tax. When it's time to file your VAT return, you can download a report of all transactions for which you have collected VAT.

    For more information about understanding your EU and UK VAT obligations and how to use this feature, check out our support articles here.

    October 07, 2022

    Commerce: Product embeds

    Feature

    You can now embed the products you've created in ConvertKit Commerce directly into your emails. This will make it even easier for you to showcase and sell your products whether in a one-time email promotion or in your evergreen promotion sequence. 

    October 04, 2022

    Update your bank statement descriptor

    Improvement

    By default, your bank statement descriptor will be the first part of the website URL you provided when setting up payments in ConvertKit Commerce. Now, you can customize it so to help customers recognize their purchases with you more easily and reduce any refunds and disputes. 

    To update your statement description, go to Settings > Commerce.