This release brings two things: major updates to the GrownBy marketplace (4.1) and a milestone for Register, our point-of-sale app (1.2).
GrownBy 4.1
Highlights
- Open and close the shop. In the Farmer Dashboard, a banner on the Schedules screen shows whether the shop is taking orders, and Manage shop status opens or closes all catalogs in one step, with a custom message for customers. See Hiding and Closing Products, Schedules, and Your Shop.
- A new way to sign in. One box takes either a phone number or an email address. Email accounts can sign in with a 6-digit code sent by email instead of a password, and if a text code doesn't arrive, the code can be sent by email instead. See How to Login to GrownBy.
- Spanish and French. The marketplace is available in Spanish and French, with a language picker in the site header and footer. Notification emails follow the same preference. See Changing your language on GrownBy.
Shopping
- Farm profiles show an "Other ways to shop" section linking to the farm's wholesale shop.
- Farm tags sit in a single scrollable row with an "All tags" link that opens the full list.
- Cancelling a share paid in full offline prorates the invoice for the weeks already delivered instead of voiding the whole thing.
- A farm's email address on its profile is shown only to signed-in visitors. The farm's website, phone number, and social links stay public. See Your farm profile.
Farmer dashboard
- Received, Donated, and Missed fulfillment can be marked (and cleared) from the Subscriptions and Orders sections of a customer's detail page, for past dates as well as upcoming ones.
- Orders, Customers, Invoices, and Products all use the same Filters pop-up, with the ability to select several values per filter. Selections carry through to CSV exports. The Order Creator has the same filters, and opens on all product types at once with each row tagged by its type.
- Sales CSV reports (sorted and unsorted) include a Producer column.
- The sign-in sheet's closing button is labeled Finalize Sign In.
- An order is marked cancelled once all of its pickups have been cancelled.
- "Reschedule All" on a subscription no longer allows a switch between pickup and delivery. Move those pickups one at a time instead.
- Monthly products on a biweekly schedule correctly map to the first pickup available on the schedule for that month.
- When custom shares fail to close, specific messages detail the cause of the failure and steps to fix it.
- Customizable share preferences do a better job of honoring allergies across related products, such as leeks and onion-based sauces.
Wholesale
- Wholesale search opens on an "Any" distribution type, so the first search isn't narrowed to delivery near a specific address.
- Pickup dates can be edited in a cart that holds items from more than one farm.
BETA features
- Farm credit can be turned off as a payment option on orders that contain a share. Contact GrownBy Support to get access to this setting for your farm.
- The QuickBooks integration is available in BETA. Contact GrownBy Support to get access to the BETA for your farm.
Register 1.2
Highlights
- SNAP/EBT on Register (Beta). Farms using Fortis card readers can accept SNAP/EBT in person through GrownBy Register. See Accepting SNAP/EBT on Register.
- Several discounts on one order. An order can carry several discounts at once, and cashiers can apply a custom one-time discount without saving it as a reusable coupon. Receipts and invoices list each discount by name. See Using Discounts on Register.
More features in Register
- Adding a product after a search takes fewer taps.
- Register users without a farm get a "Set Up Your Farm" button that opens farm setup on the web.
- The new Settings screen has a Payments section for card readers and terminals and a Peripherals section for the receipt printer, barcode scanner, and cash drawer.
- A promo code can be set to Auto-apply to matching orders. See Using discounts on Register.
- Fortis EBT payments on an invoice can be refunded at the card reader with the Refund EBT action, in full or in part. See Accepting SNAP/EBT on Register.
- A red badge on the farm logo in the navigation menu shows when there is no reader paired to take a card with.