Garnet Product Releases

9 December - Rename "approve" to "move to live"

9 December - Number and price metafields

9 December - MVP for auction integration

8 December - More images can be added with a link

4 December - Validate all specifications in on click

4 December - Default stock to 1

3 December - Change the collection product sorted

3 December - Always show shipping weight

2 December - New product creation documentation

We have aggregated all information regarding the product creation in one page.

2 December - Product export includes the barcode/ISBN

1 December - Translation supports rich text

26 November - Garnet vendor application revamp

We revamped the whole vendor application workflow. It is now more customizable, it has all the features than the specifications have.

Among others, here what you can now do in vendor application and in vendor profile:

• Additional fields supported: rich text, multi images, list of free text, character limitations, metaobject
• Support conditional display: a field can be visible based on another field's value.
• Split fields in sections, to make it more comprehensive for the users.

25 November - Garnet in Polish

Garnet is now translated in its 7th language! Welcome Poland!

25 November - Specifications updates

We setup a few stores and found ways to improve the admin's life. Here are a few updates:

• Easier to add large list of fields. Press enter to save, and scroll long lists.
• Better consistency between vendor profile and specifications.
• New fields are added at the top of the list, not at the bottom.
• We now allow fields title over 80 characters.

24 November - Vendor profile, request a review

We added an additional step to the vendor profile. Marketplaces tend to be more and more overwhelmed with vendor profile updates, the vendor can now request a review only when they are done with the updates.

22 November - Vendor can export up to 20k products

The vendor can now export more products and with less delay.

21 November - Character limitation

Going to Shopify > Metafields > Products, the admin can add a validation constraint to limit the number of characters. Garnet will show and validate minimum and maximum character limitations.

21 November - Physical products only

We renamed the "Physical products" wording to "Allow digital products". Easier to understand.

19 November - Metafield support metaobject

19 November - Checkboxes fit on several columns

18 November - Vendor export, more information available

18 November - Stripe Connect Publishable key

It is now easier to set the Stripe Connect Publishable in the Stripe onboarding. It allows the vendor to see all their payouts made via Stripe.

14 November - Specifications tag input

Vendors can add multiple value as a free text. Usually used to replicate a "tag" feature.

14 November - Drag and drop images

Images can also be drag-and-droped from the file system to Garnet Marketplace.

13 November - Chat images are bigger

The chat images were a bit small, we doubled their size. The user can always click on the image to see them in full resolution.

8 November - Vendor profile completed notification

There is now a new marketplace notification triggered when a vendor completes their vendor profile.

8 November - See vendor page approved/pending

The Admin Panel now contains color to tell whether a vendor page has been approved or if it is still pending for the admin approval.

8 November - Support rich text

Rich text allows the user to add formatted text. The content is fully managed by shopify and will respect the storefront design and font.

8 November - Product metafield sections

Produc specifications sections have been upgraded to look nicer. You can choose the name of the section and reorder them at will.

7 November - Hide the order tab

You don't need the order tab? Hide it. This is usefull when fulfillment is managed by a thrid party of when the vendor is a warehouse vendor.

7 November - SEO form revamp

We have redesigned the SEO form in the product page. It is now clearer to the vendor they can edit this section.

6 November - Cleaner order customer view

We clearly separated the customer, shipping, and billing information.

4 November - Product export improved

Can now export +10k products from the product tab.

4 November - Variant options can now be dragged and dropped

You can now reorder variant option values by dragging and dropping them.

4 November - "Comments" have been renamed to "Guidelines"

We renamed product comments to Guidelines, and added a few more options for the marketplace to guide vendors. The marketplace can add text on:

1. Product title, description, images
2. Product price, variants
3. On the vendor profile

2 November - Vendor rename also move messages

Messages are now properly ported when you change the vendor name.

1 November - Specifications display upgrade on the product page

The specifications now looks better to the vendor:

• You can choose any name your sections, corresponding to your business needs
• Specifications looks better to mobile users
• We aligned all pickers for consistency and to save space on the page.

1 November - Specifications settings revamp

Specifications can be reordered with drag and drop. It is possible to move specification from one section to another, within the same section, and reorder sections themselves!

30 October - Product creation improved on mobile

Product creation is now simpler for administrators, and we move the save button at the end of the page.

29 October - Improvement to the Prestashop integration

We worked with a French marketplace to improve our Prestashop integration. It now supports variant images, custom prices, additional shipping cost, order payment, order status, and tracking forwarding. In short, everything you need to be professional with your vendors.

Supported Prestashop versions: 1.7.x, 8.x, 9.x.

27 October - More options for Garnet Embedded

There are now more options for the theme component Garnet Embedded, you can now hide/show the menu, change the default behavior when the seller is logged out.

27 October - Application and login theme components

The Garnet Team worked on 3 new theme components: Login, Application, Application & Login:

• Login and Application allow the marketplace to move the login and application form anywhere in your theme.
• Application & Login shows both form on the same page and is responsive.

27 October - Specification country picker

Garnet has a new text picker for countries. If you expect someone

25 October - Multiple media upload for specifications

How about several media? This specification can be used to display portfolio images or another set of images related to the product or its manufacturing. Again it is fully integrated with Shopify metafields so you can use it in your storefront.

23 October - Payout more than 25 orders in one go

When running a manual payout, the marketplace can now pay more than 25 vendors in one payout:

22 October - Vendor page collection customizable

Before you had to contact us, now you can change the default collection for vendor pages directly in Admin Panel > Vendor profile > Collection template.

21 October - Clearly show when emails are disabled

Now when all email notifications are disabled, we hide all available option so the marketplace can ensure all emails are disabled.

20 October - Hide specific order fields

In Admin Panel > Orders > Visible fields, the marketplace can configure the fields visible to the vendor. Garnet's default works for most marketplaces and you change it based on your business. Based on your industry, you might want the vendor to see or not see information like the customer email, phone number, or even their full name.

17 October - Mobile friendly menu

The Garnet Team improved the menu on mobile. When there are many tabs available in Garnet, the menu becomes a nice popup taking the whole page.

We also worked with other marketplaces to make the product creation and order fulfillment workflow simpler on mobile

16 October - Show vendor fields in Admin Panel

The marketplace can have a quick look at the vendor's information present on the vendor page.

14 October - Garnet Marketplace change its domain

We migrated our whole website from domain https://garnet.center to https://garnetmarketplace.com. The old domain is still active and will redirect to the new one. Merchants using Garnet Marketplace have nothing to do.

13 October - Up to 20k variants per product

Garnet now supports up to 20,000 variants per product for Shopify Plus stores. If you are on a regular Shopify plan, we recommend using specifications instead.

10 October - Send messages as admin

The marketplace can also jump in the conversation to reply on behalf of the vendor, buyer, or even send a message as an administrator.

Messages sent as an admin will be sent to both the vendor and the buyer.

If the marketplace has custom notification templates, they'll need to edit their templates to include the proper styling for admin messages.

4 October - Membership trial days

In Garnet > Admin Panel > Membership, the marketplace can now set a number of trial days for all membership plans. The trial days are fully managed by Stripe and can be edited in the Stripe dashboard.

3 October - Live rate for all orders

With Garnet's live shipping rates, vendors are now able to print a shipping label for any orders.

Shipping labels are directly fetched from Shippo, and prices are not displayed to vendors.

We took this opportunity to revamp the fulfillment view as it has now more available options.

There is more to see, click here to see the detailed documentation.

1 October - Membership amount in the vendor list

For marketplaces using the membership add-on, Garnet now shows in the Admin Panel an active membership and the membership amount directly in the vendor list.

The column can be sorted by clicking on it.

30 September - Add URL type in vendor fields

Vendor fields now support the URL metafields. Use it to have a URL object compatible in your Shopify theme.

29 September - Update individual order commission

The marketplace can now edit the commission of individual orders. The payout and commission are automatically computed.

29 September - CSV upload specification validation

CSV upload now supports validation from specifications. Check our updated documentation to learn more about it.

We ensured our validation message is clear and allow vendors to iterate on their CSV without leaving the CSV upload view.

24 September - CSV upload unique by SKU

You can now safely update the same CSV twice to Garnet and products will be updated the way you expect it. We use the SKU as the unique identifier for each row of the file.

We also added in our documentation advanced details about the CSV upload behavior to help the marketplace troubleshoot CSV errors with vendors.

23 September - Documentation customer

We added a new piece of documentation to explain how to create collections with filters using specifications. Here is the article.

10 September - Selected vendor is on top

Were you scrolling to find your vendor? It now shows at the top of the list by default.

4 September - Make an offer feature release

Garnet Marketplace now supports the new Make an offer feature. Make an offer allows customers to offer a different price for a listed product. The vendor can accept, reject or counter the offer.

We'll write the documentation, contact us for early access.

2 September - Vendor fields support file type

While it was available for a long time for product specifications, vendor fields now support the file type.

This allows vendors to upload PDFs or any type of file to create an account with Garnet.

31 August - New marketplace comments on variants

On top of title, description, and image comments, marketplaces can now set helper comments on the variant fields to guide sellers.

1 September - Shopify integration synchronizes variant images

Garnet's Shopify integration properly synchronises the variant image. If the Do not synchronize content is turned off, the image will only be added once and never overriden.

If you have existing products, the variant image will progressively update your products in the next synchronisation.

31 August - Warehouse vendor setting

Marketplaces with a warehouse can now configure warehouse vendors where vendors ship items to the marketplace's warehouse and the marketplace handles fulfillment. When enabled, vendors cannot edit inventory, fulfill orders, or see customer details.

29 August - Better complex specification validation

Garnet Marketplace now supports a wider range of specification validations. If there were mandatory metafields based on several conditions, which depended on other non-mandatory specifications, the existing validation will apply.

Such conditions happened for marketplaces allowing multiple sub-categories in optional categories.

28 August - Better product edit using top navbar

Nice tweak on the product page to keep all important information on the same screen. Vendors don't need to scroll all the way up to save a product.

28 August - Shipping pickup

When local pickup is turned on, customers can come and collect the item at the warehouse address for free. The shipping will show to all customers. This setting can be overridden at the product level.

This feature extend the live shipping rates add-on.

28 August - Improved product shipping view

Garnet has more and more shipping features! To accommodate them, we revamped the shipping view at the product level.

With all shipping features turned on, the product shipping section will look like this:

26 August - Messages only display the customer first name

26 August - New email on integration added

Whenever an integration is added, the marketplace now receives an email notification. This feature is turned on by default.

25 August - Add application status filter

Admins now have a filter in their vendor application list.

24 August - Fix: Product variant image duplicate

Duplicate a product now works properly with any type of media on the variant level.

24 August - Click on product image to show full resolution

Users can click a product image to see it in full resolution.

24 August - Show vendor shipping in Admin Panel

Administrators can see the vendor shipping information directly in the Admin Panel > Switch vendor view.

24 August - Remove vendor documentation

The remove vendor documentation has been updated to include what is not removed,

24 August - Filter messages by unanswered

21 August - Finance view has been merged into the Order view

Garnet Marketplace has merged the finance view into the order view. All the data have been kept, this is only a layout change. Checkout our article to learn more about it.

21 August - Fix header order and product on Safari

Vendors and marketplace with an old Safari version could not select multiple orders, products, or finance line. It has been fixed.

20 August - Translate order status

We found that order status were not properly translated in all our supported languages. It has been added.

20 August - Multi location support

Garnet Marketplace now supports products added from different Shopify locations. The vendor and the marketplace can edit the quantities of products outside of the configured location.

20 August - Product type picker documentation

We've added documentation for our product type picker.

18 August - Set default units

The marketplace can now set default units for weight and dimensions.

17 August - Add weight and weight unit in product CSV export

17 August - Messages filter by unread messages

17 August - Improvements on "Make an Offer"

14 August - Shipping visible in admin panel vendor view

14 August - More granular shipping options

The marketplace can enable shipping to vendors without activating shipping on their marketplace. It allows the marketplace to collect shipping information before going live.

13 August - Message conversation keep failed message

If a message did not pass our moderation filter, the message will be back to be editable by the user. They don't have to retype everything.

13 August - Email template revamp

We gave a cosmetic boost to all our emails. They used to be minimalist, but now they are prettier using your theme colors.

See all email templates in the dedicated section

This data is, of course, mock data.

12 August - More email template

10 August - Product duplicate with many variants

Duplicating a product with more than 9 variants will have its variant image properly copied without any duplication.

8 August - Default automatic approval

We moved the automatic approval feature to Admin Panel > Features. When turned on, all new vendors will have auto-approval turned on.

8 August - Test Finance configuration on real orders

Garnet is working on an improved Finance view that will be simpler for the vendors, the marketplace, and also more accurate.

7 August - Customize sender email directly in Garnet

For marketplaces not using an email integration, you can now change the sender email directly in Garnet. Learn more about sender email and its DNS integration

7 August - Soft release of our new integration app

We are working with two marketplaces to develop our new app that is now released on the Shopify app store. It is focused on eCommerce integrations, nothing else. Built on Garnet Marketplace's technology, it allows more fine tuning when synchronising products, orders, and tracking numbers. Only supports Shopify integrations for now.

Update: We got our first review! Thank you zoo.de.

5 August - Video on the messaging feature

We made a new video to showcase the messaging feature. Explore what a customer and a vendor sees.

5 August - Order search improvement

Garnet's order search now support searching by vendor name when using the Marketplace View.

4 August - Shopify integration tweak

Regarding the Shopify integration: Products that were previously marked as continue selling when out of stock will be marked as product with untracked inventory, making it easier to understand why products are live.

1 August - Larger and more detailed tables

We tidied up our UI. It now looks better and displays more information on page:

• Larger tables,
• More information when scrolling to the right,
• Less colorful: only highlight what is necessary,
• Numeric values better displayed for comparison,
• More pages available in the pagination at the bottom of the table,
• Improvement navigating between pages.

1 August - Various chat messages improvements

Long text display, admin messages, sorted messages, moderation protections, and small screen support were improved on the messaging features.

28 July - Better tab names

Garnet's tab now contain the marketplace name. This helps vendors to find the portal url simply by typing the marketplace name in their search bar.

24 July - Garnet Marketplace live chat

Marketplace administrators can now contact Garnet Marketplace support directly in the dashboard.

24 July - Moderate messages

The marketplaces can now remove a message, a conversation, or a user from using Garnet Marketplace's messages. We've also added more information regarding moderation.

22 July - Fix payout for vendors with special characters

21 July - Digital assets script upgrade

More robust script on to display digital assets at checkout. If The Garnet Team implemented a script for you in the past, you do not have to do anything.

21 July - Auto-approval documentation

We found the auto-approval feature was never documented! It is now.

21 July - Vendor page - Mandatory fields

The vendor page now also supports mandatory fields.

19 July - Advanced form for product catalog

The product catalog theme component feature now support more advanced form on the product page. We've also improved the documentation.

18 July - Pay more than 25 vendors in one payout

Using our Stripe integrations, it is now possible to pay over 25 vendors in one payout.

17 July - Fix display of exotic metafields

Metafield with multiple validation (min, max, regex, choices) are now displayed correctly in Garnet.

16 July - Custom CSS for login modal

Theme components that require authentication, now have a more customizable (and more designed) modal. It can also now be customized with CSS.

16 July - Messaging limitation

To prevent spam, buyers aren't allowed anymore to send any links and images. Garnet will gradually become stricter in messaging moderation to protect the marketplace and its vendors. We will not publicly disclose all improvements as a security measure.

14 July - Auto-fulfill does not notify the customer

When a seller has a digital product and the marketplace enabled the auto-fulfill option, then the customer will not receive a fulfillment email.

They don't need it anyway since they received the confirmation email a few second before.

8 July - Shipping refund displayed

The order details now properly show shipping refunds, as well as refund cancellation and additional shipping.

4 July - Rename vendor

Marketplaces can now rename vendors without asking for support. Renaming vendors will rename all existing integrations and is built to avoid disrupting any marketplace automation.

4 July - Packing slip show line items properties

3 July - Reorganised documentation

As you can see, Garnet has a lot of new features. Some old pieces of documentation were misplaced or hard to find. We've done a bit of cleanup but nothing was removed. If you lost your favorite page use the search bar to find it.

3 July - Product translations

Vendors can edit product translations by clicking the translation panel at the top right of the product page.

2 July - Product Catalog release

We have released a first version of a new add-on called the product catalog. Product catalog allows the marketplace to restrict vendors to add products only from a subset of selected products by the marketplace. Vendors will compete on the marketplace to sell the best offer (which usually means the cheapest offer).

2 July - Add Italian translation

Benvenuti a tutti i marketplace e venditori italiani! Ora potete utilizzare Garnet nella vostra lingua!

1 July - Advanced Garnet fields translation

Marketplaces can now provide translations for user fields such as specifications, wordings, and more.

30 June - Search by order id

In the order search bar, the admin and vendors can search by Shopify order id such as 8023311994090. Useful when the marketplace needs to reconcile data from other applications.

30 June - Auto fulfill orders

Marketplaces can now auto-fulfill digital orders. The setting is included in all plans and is available in Garnet > Admin Panel > General > Features.

Note that high risk orders are not automatically fulfilled.

30 June - Combining admin panel menus

The Admin Panel > Products > Comments section has been merged with Admin Panel > Products > Configuration to leave more room to new settings.

30 June - Consistent design between product, orders, and finance search

24 June - Product catalog

23 June - Better payout feedbacks

We redesigned the payout modal to show feedback of all paid vendors in one view. If an error occurs for one vendor, the marketplace will clearly see the missed payout and the steps to fix it.

The same report will be sent via email with automated payouts

18 June - Paypal integration generally available

Connect your marketplace with Paypal to send manual payouts and automatic payouts to your vendors. Vendors only need to share their paypal email or Paypal ID. Compatible with Venmo.

Learn more about Paypal integration

16 June - Product approval documentation update

We have rewritten from scratch the product approval documentation.

16 June - New email template: Unapproved product

Garnet now sends a new email template when products are unapproved. This email is disabled by default on existing marketplaces and enabled for new installations.

The marketplace also has a new field named Note to vendor when unapproving product to mark it as unapproved.

16 June - Invite an existing vendor

Is the vendor already selling on your marketplace? You can use an existing vendor by clicking The vendor already has products. The field will become a list of choices from existing vendors that do not have an account on your marketplace.

16 June - Vendor can delete their Stripe Connect account

Vendors that no longer want to have their payout information stored by the marketplace can remove their Stripe Connect information from the Settings > Payout tab.

11 June - iOS top color based on your White-Label settings

For White-Label users, the color of the top bar on iOS devices now match your brand.

On the left, old top bar in blue. On the right, new top bar in brown (branded color).

10 June - Fulfill up to 100 items

The order fulfillment feature has been upgraded to allow vendors to fulfill up to 100 items with one tracking number.

10 June - Documentation and Admin Panel revamp

We reorganized the features in the Admin Panel and in the documentation to accommodate more settings. Here are the main points:

• All integrations have moved under the Integrations settings, others were combined.
• Information relative to pages generated by Garnet are now close to the corresponding feature.
• Stripe and Stripe Connect are on the same tab.
• Documentation linked to the settings have been updated.
• All feature toggles are now in the same place.
• Overall the settings are more organized now, let us know if you have suggestions.

5 June - Marketplace view

To see all products, orders, finance from all vendors combined, click on the Open Marketplace View next to the search bar.

On the Marketplace view, products, orders, and finance lines will have an additional column vendor to refer to the vendor name.

As an administrator, you can now execute operations in bulk such as approving products, send a payout, or even create a discount for all vendors.

3 June - Less financial lines for shipping and discount refunds

Garnet used to have extraneous lines in the finance view for shipping and discount refunds. The view has now been simplified and the shipping and discount refunds are consolidated in the line item refunds.

2 June - Order cancelled items displayed

For complex orders, we need to show both the payment and the fulfillment status of the order. Now for all payment status that are not paid, Garnet will display the financial status side by side with the fulfillment status.

2 June - Search order by customer and total price

We've extended our order search to include the customer full name and the order total price.

2 June - SquareSpace integrations

Garnet Marketplace is now integrated with Squarespace! Vendors using Squarespace can synchronize their products, orders, and tracking number easily. They can sell on Garnet without needing an account.

This is included in the eCommerce integration plan.

31 May - Mandatory specifications

Specifications can now be marked as mandatory. A vendor will need to fill this information before saving the product. It is compatible with specification rules.

29 May - Faster application

When vendors are uploading a large amount of information for vendor application, it could take a few seconds to record all the data. Since the delay created confusion among vendors, we improved the application submission so now it takes less than a second.

26 May - Expand long description

Long description on the product creation page can now be expanded.

22 May - Add preview data in Klavyio documentation

In our documentation, we've updated the Klavyio event available in Garnet.

15 May - More compact checkboxes

Specifications checkboxes are displayed closer to each other, allowing to show more options without scrolling.

13 May - Display discounts dates

Discounts now displays the validity window directly in Garnet.

13 May - Empty sections

When a specification section is empty because it has been set with nested conditional display, then the section will not show.

12 May - Squarespace integration

Garnet's ecommerce integrations now support Squarespace stores. Vendors only need to click a link and approve the access to be integrated with a marketplace.

9 May - Video upload in registration

Vendor applications now supports video upload.

7 May - Video icons on the product page

It is now easier to distinguish image and videos from Garnet's product page with the added icon:

5 May - Add a custom name for image and description on the vendor page

The marketplace can now edit the label of image and description of the vendor page fields. These fields are special because they are converted in the collection's image and the collections description rather than a collection metafield.

2 May - Fix shipping with digital custom products

Garnet's shipping properly account for the digital custom products when computing the cart total.

1 May - Add images to variants

Users can now attach an image to a variant, learn more.

30 Apr - Vendor page automated

When the marketplace approves a vendor application and has vendor page enabled, the vendor application will automatically create a vendor application.

25 Apr - Get started with Garnet Blog

Garnet's blog is now available at https://garnetmarketplace.com/docs/blog. We will publish here

24 Apr - Garnet embedded theme component

The marketplace can now embed Garnet Marketplace in one click using the theme component Garnet embedded.

23 Apr - Download vendors Stripe Ids

When exporting vendors on the Switch Vendor view, the marketplace will now get Stripe information to reconcile with payouts and subscriptions from Stripe.

22 Apr - Rich text in vendor fields

Garnet's vendor fields now supports rich text.

16 Apr - Nuvemshop integration onboarding update

Garnet's Nuvemshop integration now complies with the latest Nuvemshop API 2025-03.

15 Apr - Support support link

Instead of the support email, the marketplace can add a support link.

14 Apr - Test shipping zones calculation

The vendors can test their shipping rates directly on the flat shipping page.

10 Apr - CSV upload locale fix

Let's say a vendor is in Europe and the marketplace is in USA. The spreadsheet software from the vendor will probably format numbers as 1.000,00 whereas the marketplace is using 1,000.00. Garnet now supports both number formatting as long as it is consistent within the CSV.

5 Apr - Show weight only when necessary

Do you allow digital products? Then your vendors will not have the option to set the option for digital products. Less fields, less problems.

4 Apr - Order search and date format

The order page can now be searched by specific dates.

We also improved the date time format in the order view and finance view to display the year when necessary.

31 Mar - We are brewing a new app

The Garnet team worked the whole month on a brand new app leveraging the best of Garnet into a smaller, simpler, and cheaper app. Stay tuned!

4 Mar - Specification date picker

Garnet now supports the date picker specification type. This type allows vendors to select a date from a calendar.

Picker example on MacOS

27 Feb - Fix out-of-stock display

When a product was unpublished, it was still displayed in the product list. This is now fixed.

27 Feb - Add German, French, Spanish and Dutch languages

Garnet Marketplace is now available in German, French, Spanish and Dutch. Languages are defined based on the browser's default language.

Dit is in het Nederlands!

If you need an additional language, please contact us.

25 Feb - Vendor page approval revamp

Following the product page approval revamp, the vendor page only needs to be approved once as well. We took this opportunity to improve the design and make it the interface nicer and similar to the product page.

Here what changed:

1. The vendor page only needs to be approved once,
2. The vendor page is now more compact and easier to read,
3. There is no more saving state before approval. What is on Garnet is always up to date with Shopify.
4. More vendor fields are now available. They are now as flexible as product specifications.

Now at one glance the vendor can see the status of their vendor page. How marvelous!

22 Feb - Product reference picker

The product reference picker is a new specification component that allows vendors to attach a product to another product.

21 Feb - Fix vendor sorting

In some cases, the vendor list was not sorted by the number of active products. This is now fixed.

20 Feb - Product edit revamp 🎉

The product list and edit pages have been revamped to provide a more user-friendly experience. The Garnet team improved what matters the most.

Changes related to the product edit page:

1. The product edit page loading time is now 21% faster,
2. Products only need to be approved once,
3. The vendor can unapprove products,
4. The product edit page has a new design with less information displayed,
5. Images can be reordered with drag-and-drop,
6. Products coming from e-commerce integrations will have context information displayed next to the product,
7. All product submissions are now draft products and can be used in automation flows with other apps,
8. Garnet media support has been extended: videos can be in .mov, .mp4, and .webm and images in .jpeg, .png, .webp, .heic, and .gif.

We would like to thank all the marketplaces that participated in the beta program and provided feedback that helped us improve the product list and edit pages.

20 Feb - Product list revamp 🎉

The product list and edit pages have been revamped to provide a more user-friendly experience. The Garnet team improved what matters the most.

Changes related to the product list:

1. The product list loading time is now 39% faster,
2. The product list is always up-to-date with the latest changes (before there could be a few seconds delay),
3. Specification filters were removed as they were not used by vendors,
4. Sorting products by Price has been removed for the same reason,
5. The product list is now sorted by Latest update by default,
6. The product list size has been increased to 50 products per page,
7. Marketplace bulk approval/unapproval is on average 60% faster,
8. Marketplace bulk deletion is now available,
9. Hover a line and click on the eye icon to open the product on the marketplace's website.

17 Feb - Update permissions

Garnet is updating its permissions as we are working on the next major version of the vendor management feature.

14 Feb - Integration skip price update

Using any e-commerce integration, the marketplace can now prevent price synchronization in Garnet > Settings > Integrations,

12 Feb - Complex refund support

Garnet's order split computation has been improved to take into account the most complex refund scenarios such as:

• an order has been edited,
• and refunded before being edited,
• with a partial shipping refund.

11 Feb - Roll out new product approval

We've been rolling out our new approval process for products. Existing marketplaces with conflicting workflows have been contacted and we are phasing out the old approval process.

5 Feb - Update permissions

Garnet is updating its permissions to comply with the latest Shopify specifications.

4 Feb - Product approval revamp

Garnet is revamping its product approval process. Contact us to access it.

2 Feb - Shipping documentation revamp

Following yesterday's update, the shipping documentation has been revamped. We have aggregated several documentation pages and centralized all the necessary information in the following pages:

• Shipping overview,
• Flat shipping rates,
• Live shipping rates.

Also we updated the screenshots and videos to the new interface.

1 Feb - Live shipping rate (with Shippo)

The Garnet Team did an incredible job in providing a smoother experience for live shipping rates to your vendors.

Vendors only need to set their warehouse address and product size and all shipping rates will be automatically computed using your preferred third-party logistics providers.

We worked closely with two marketplaces to have this feature live and it brings a competitive advantage to their businesses as the rates are on average 1.7x cheaper.

Live shipping feature teaser

Change the type of rate in Garnet

Vendor sets their warehouse details

27 Jan - Simpler vendor creation

Marketplace administrators will only need to set the vendor name and, optionally, the vendor email to create an account.

23 Jan - Admin users lists

22 Jan - Vendor can mark product as taxable

Marketplaces can now allow vendors to mark products as taxable. If the product is not taxable, no tax will be computed by Shopify at checkout.

22 Jan - User last login & created date

Marketplaces can now see the vendors' last login and created date. With this, you are sure your vendor managed to login and access their account.

21 Jan - Application, images and links

Vendor applications now contain rich display for links and images.

20 Jan - Image & video error report

If a vendor uploads media that is not allowed by Shopify, an error will show in the interface.

17 Jan - Sales report

15 Jan - Order fulfillment

Garnet order view had a nice cosmetic upgrade! This prepares the interface for our next important features regarding third-party shipping.

What's new:

• The shipping cost is displayed on this page to the vendor
• The vendor will fulfill the order by opening a modal, they can then add their tracking details
• The notes section has a bigger dedicated space
• Fulfilled and unfulfilled orders now show similar information
• Shipping related information (such as weight and dimensions) are displayed in the fulfillment modal

13 Jan - Packing slip header

Marketplaces which configured their store logo will now have their branded banner at the top of their packing slip:

7 Jan - Switch vendor show vendor page approval

The marketplace can now see at a glance which vendors need their vendor page to be approved on the Switch vendor page.

6 Jan - Finance & free orders

When the vendor does not receive any payout for an order, finance line is marked as paid and will not show in the finance view.

2 Jan - Populate vendor component

We have a new theme component: the populate vendor component helps the marketplace to set the link from the vendor name to the vendor page.

2024

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