Year 1: What we BUILT, FIXED, IMPROVED and EVOLVED
By Jack Ship
Apr 8, 2014
What a year it’s been. Though our engineers are clearly rock stars, we owe a huge thank you to all of our customers that provided suggestions, ideas and feedback every step of the way.
LOOK WHAT WE BUILT TOGETHER
Orders
Order details rollover
Combine Orders
Flag orders- categories
Extend # categories and colors available
Notes on Orders
Search multiple orders in a pop up box
Print Packing slips from Orders page
Add column for PO, Residential, Commercial, Military, Territory
Show 50 orders, 100 orders
Sort by Order #
QUICK Ship! from Orders page
Shipping
US Territories – add the ability to ship there
Batches allowing varying weight
Batch: allow Edit on ShipFrom address
Batch: enable 100 order batches
Cache USPS First Class rates
Address recommendations
Set default Ship From address
Order #s on labels
Custom packages: add to weight
Custom packages: merge into Package drop down on RTS (Ready to Ship page)
Saved Selections
Stealth postage on Large Flat
Weight rounding
Retrieve Order # from RTS (1 by 1 shipping)
Request USPS Pick up
Signature confirmation on Express Mail shipments (don’t waive it)
9 digit zip code (add 4)
Ship from: different zip code (eg mail from Post Office)
FedEx residential address flag removal (add a toggle)
Set default return shipping address
If a shipment can’t get a rate in a batch, flag it
Ship date to trigger emails if date advance is selected vs. ‘Print’ button
Parallel rate quoting
Override Address Flag – UPS/FedEx
CSV
Ability to upload CSV
CSV field mapping
CSV: Delete/Edit Mapping
CSV: save uploads
CSV: speed improvement for large files
CSV: make state and zip codes required fields
CSV: don’t make country and date mandatory fields on CSV
Manual Orders
Address validation
Paste & Parse an address
Ability to filter to Manual Orders
Make it a store type
Create & Ship now bypassing Orders page
Extend weight boxes; allow for longer Order #
Smarty Streets API
Settings
Add to weight – custom packaging
Email notifications – ability to turn off
Auto-refill postage balance
International shipments
Insurance defaults & preferences
Hardware: printers & scales
Customer addresses
Insurance
Add the ability to include insurance (v2 launched without it!)
Add insurance to a batch
Insurance settings
Shipsurance for FedEx/UPS; remove $100 Cap
Printing
Quick print! directly to your printer
Print labels in preferred order
Batch print retained in a queue
Integrations
3d cart
Amazon
eBay
etsy
FedEx
Jane
Magento
Volusion
UPS
Extra stuff to make the app awesome
Reporting
Dashboard
USB Scale integration
Notifications at top of app
Pick Lists
Packing Slips v2 – entirely based on customer feedback
Volusion: let customer pick which order status to download
Bulk actions: Shipment History (cancel, duplicate and refund labels in bulk)
Batch ID: add column to Shipment History
Increase batch history hold on Ready to Print from 24hrs to 72 hrs