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introduction each month, we release new features to sparklayer and you can see our latest updates below 🚀 upgrading to the latest sparklayer version to benefit from our latest updates, please upgrade your frontend integration guide docid\ qwxsym9x5 pviogutekcp may, 2025 version 3 9 🎉 new features 🎉 new features sparklayer intelligent cart sparklayer intelligent cart introduces a revolutionary new way for your b2b customers and sales teams to build orders quickly and effortlessly using the power of ai the magic lies in its simplicity files and emails containing order details (such as skus, barcodes, and quantities) can be uploaded or emailed directly to sparklayer, instantly creating a shopping cart in addition, live barcode scanning is supported, providing powerful, fast ways to build orders without manually browsing and searching for product learn how intelligent cart works in intelligent cart (ai) docid\ riacywzomfwsomd5kb5p8 version 3 8 🎉 new features 🎉 new features cart search we've just given our search tool a massive upgrade, making it even easier for your customers to add items to an order! the search tool allows customers to search by a range of criteria including product name, product sku, product variant name, sku, and barcode the tool also handles mis spellings and "partial matching", ensuring results are delivered where possible and allowing for a more user friendly search to learn more about how it works and how to enable it, see my cart interface docid\ efevur a3ycjxuhvrr7t april, 2025 version 3 7 🎉 new features 🎉 new features the sparklayer quoting engine we’re excited to announce the launch of the new quoting engine docid 8a4opninduyfs3pup tuo , designed to transform how your sales team and wholesale customers manage quotes built to simplify the entire "quote to order" process, it helps reduce manual work, speed up order conversion, and create a better buying experience with the quoting engine docid 8a4opninduyfs3pup tuo , you can let customers build and submit quote requests directly from your store enable your sales team to edit quotes, apply discounts, and set expiry dates keep all communication in one place with a shared conversation timeline seamlessly convert approved quotes into ready to process orders notify customers and sales teams automatically with emails and special workflows and a lot more! whether you’re handling high volume b2b orders or need more control over pricing negotiations, the quoting engine docid 8a4opninduyfs3pup tuo https //docs sparklayer io/quoting brings everything into one streamlined flow, all designed to save time, reduce friction, and strengthen customer relationships if you'd like to give it a try, head over to the plan page here https //app sparklayer io/settings/plan where you can add it to an existing plan or as an exclusive addon you can also learn more about how it works in quoting engine docid 8a4opninduyfs3pup tuo 🛠️ improvements improvements integration with intuitive shipping we've released our new integration with shipping application, intuitive shipping docid\ zkesmmuawx2sqq7j6as07 making it even easier to connect sparklayer to their dynamic shipping rate solution pre orders and stock display we've improved how stock is shown in the my cart interface docid\ efevur a3ycjxuhvrr7t when a product is on pre order if a customer orders more than is in active stock, it will now clearly show what stock is available and what is on pre order march, 2025 version 3 7 🎉 new features 🎉 new features sparklayer analytics we're excited to announce a major advancement in how you can report on your b2b sales and performance! we’ve partnered with the leading analytics experts, conjura, to add unparalleled operational and sales visibility to your sparklayer account learn more about how this works and you can also arrange a demo to see how it can fit your business needs automatic metafield creation metafields are a powerful way to customise the functionality of your b2b store, allowing you to configure additional data such as quantity rules docid\ cmxfrpgjqxfz9vjztvv0d , pricing display docid\ s vtljborgmnwjjfsmom9 , and much more with our latest update, we've made it really easy to quickly add metafields to your shopify store without needing to manually configure them within your shopify admin to get started, head over to the sparklayer dashboard or learn more in metafields docid\ otlhhi8sq6os4pat23 8h improved shopify b2b login page we've greatly improved our free shopify b2b registration & login docid\ gfc0uw7mjnmnpnno6edrl template, making it really easy for you to add a login and signup form to your shopify store the improvements include full control over the design and content, the ability to set different actions when a customer applies, and much more! shopify b2b registration & login docid\ gfc0uw7mjnmnpnno6edrl 🛠️ improvements improvements we've added the following additional custom slots ("targets") cart shipping step cart payment step account > purchase summary header account > purchase summary footer for our sdk, we've added a oncartload as an additional function that can be used when the cart is loaded read more here version 3 6 🎉 new features 🎉 new features sales agents add custom item we've released a major improvement to our sales agent ordering docid\ uw8mdbmefwwkqzrvb5cqx tool that your sales team are going to love the ability to add custom items to a b2b order! our new "add custom item" feature lets your sales agents add additional items to a customer's order that sit outside of your general product catalogue use cases could include adding custom instructions or details specific to an order, additional products (that don't have a specific sku), or any custom item that needs to be associated with an order items can be added at a specific cost or at a zero cost value sales agent ordering docid\ uw8mdbmefwwkqzrvb5cqx 🛠️ improvements improvements my account order details when viewing an order from the my account interface docid\ lqxani7ivdqna09d9soap , products that have variants (e g colour, size) will show the full variant information (previously this wasn't visible) february, 2025 version 3 5 🎉 new features 🎉 new features sparklayer invoices it's here one of our most requested features of all time has arrived sparklayer invoices! the invoices docid\ nkh8h14ffna5dd71swwnd feature allows you to automatically generate professional invoices that your customers can easily download, directly from their my account sparklayer's invoicing feature removes the need for third party invoicing tools or apps and offers a seamless way to manage and share invoices with your b2b customers once you've enabled invoices via the setting detailed above, the process for viewing and downloading invoices is simple for your customers watch our short video below to see interested in trying out sparklayer invoices? learn more in invoices docid\ nkh8h14ffna5dd71swwnd version 3 3 🎉 new features 🎉 new features shipping discounts it's now possible to set shipping discounts when using sparklayer discounts docid\ wrejpw9uryjqwiqeks cg ! this has been one of our most requested features for our discount engine, and it gives you the option to set a range of different shipping discount types from percentage off and fixed discounts, through to setting a specific shipping cost when the discount is applied using this feature does require enabling the sparklayer shipping docid\ cfz zpgw2umovao73lc5m and you can learn more in discounts docid\ wrejpw9uryjqwiqeks cg 🛠️ improvements improvements sales agents creating new customers for sales agents with "adminstrator" priveleges, when inviting a new customer via sparklayer, it's now possible to disable the "invite" email that is sent to the customer this is available for all merchants using shopify sales agent ordering docid\ uw8mdbmefwwkqzrvb5cqx version 3 2 🎉 new features 🎉 new features show rrp prices only (for in store shopping) if you manage orders in physical locations with customers (e g in store), it's possible to enable a setting that sets the sparklayer frontend interfaces docid\ ccz1vnh0o6d 722w35xpa to only show the rrp (or "msrp) prices when browsing and adding items to an order this is especially useful if you need to "obscure" your b2b prices from view and you only want to show the full retail prices use cases could include in store customer visits where an order needs to be placed and the customer must only be able to see the retail (rrp) prices sales teams who are placing orders on behalf of customers (e g on the road) and only the retail (rrp) prices must be seen learn more about how this works in pricing display docid\ s vtljborgmnwjjfsmom9 january, 2025 version 3 1 🎉 new features 🎉 new features sales agents custom shipping methods one of the most requested features for our sales agent ordering docid\ uw8mdbmefwwkqzrvb5cqx tool is to allow sales agents to make changes to the shipping costs during the checkout we've now released the ability for sales agents to set custom shipping prices for any orders they place on behalf of their customers to learn more about how this works, see sales agent ordering docid\ uw8mdbmefwwkqzrvb5cqx order searching and filtering by date it's now possible for b2b customers to search and filter orders by date range within the my account interface docid\ lqxani7ivdqna09d9soap this is a great way to quickly see orders based on specific criteria and time period, making it easier to keep track of order activity to see this in action, click "view all" within "recent activity" and you'll see the option to search and filter your orders 🛠️ improvements improvements mobile layout improvements we've made improvements to the cart & checkout docid\ o3ndhzbcxiswh6m6satdt to better support smaller (mobile) devices when a b2b customer is using sparklayer on these devices, the interface will now show more line items and offer an easier way to navigate between checkout steps shopify improved handling of b2b prices please note from 1st february 2025, this feature is enabled by default if you started using sparklayer before this date and you'd like to enable this on your shopfy store, please support docid\ nnuw1g9z7eaj4m78vk7t9 and our team will action this for you this is an optional feature and it is not mandatory to enable we've improved how sparklayer handles pricing in shopify, removing the need for b2b pricing to be applied as a "discount" when a b2b customer now places an order, the price shown against a product will exactly match the b2b pricing you set via sparklayer price lists docid\ s8xcbzgxqpgdeigwtxset to iillustrate the difference, the screenshot below shows how pricing was calculated previously (using a discount against the line item product price) with the latest change, the price shown will exactly match your b2b pricing without needing to apply a discount shopify support for new customer accounts if you're using shopify docid 7tmhkoehbgeggfdd6emr1 and you'd prefer to use shopify's new "customer account" feature, sparklayer is now fully compatible this means that sparklayer can now work with shopify stores that use either new "customer accounts" or classic "legacy accounts" to learn more, read installing sparklayer on shopify docid 687zisnq7rsitcgjjkfyb december, 2024 version 2 1 0 🎉 new features 🎉 new features change ownership status in the dashboard if you have multiple users invited to your dashboard docid\ nzsx6u dawtzvzsehf4or , you can now easily transfer ownership to another user this is especially useful if you're initally setting up sparklayer and you want another user to manage the ongoing account management to learn more about how this works, head over to account settings docid\ r9ng74ujdtywlvgbpnb5u november, 2024 version 2 1 0 🎉 new features 🎉 new features integrating google analytics with sparklayer if you're looking to track key events in google analytics (ga4) or google tag manager (gtm) through sparklayer, you can now set this up directly in your integration this will help you capture valuable b2b events like "add to cart" "checkout," and "purchase" actions technical information docid\ qd08q eij2 8k1mwelqca new email notifications for company users we've now added the ability for company users to receive emails when "limited users" submit an order for a review email notifications are sent to both the "main" and "limited" company users at key stages of the order review process, without requiring them to be logged in you can learn more about how this works in company users docid wwfewvjy9xrsuncqlfoz october, 2024 version 2 0 8 🎉 new features 🎉 new features product matrix interface we've introduced a major update to our frontend interfaces docid\ ccz1vnh0o6d 722w35xpa that now lets you convert your product pages into a special "product matrix" table view, making it even easier for your customers to order products! if your products come in multiple variant types (e g colour and size), it's a great way to allow customers to quickly see all variants available and purchase them to learn more about how this works, please see product matrix interface docid 8go0nyhfdmynwljsnfo s order details when viewing an order within the my account interface docid\ lqxani7ivdqna09d9soap , if an order has more than 10 unique items, a "view all" link will now show allowing the customer to see all items in one go september, 2024 version 2 0 2 🎉 new features 🎉 new features custom checkout fields support for new fields if you need to collect additional data from your b2b customers during the checkout, our cart & checkout docid\ o3ndhzbcxiswh6m6satdt now supports the ability to add drop down menus ("select" menus) for example, you may want to give customers a list of options to choose from to include in their order and it's even possible to group the options with different headings you can learn more about how this works in cart & checkout docid\ o3ndhzbcxiswh6m6satdt stock display improvements please note this feature requires being on the latest version of sparklayer to benefit from our latest updates, please upgrade your frontend integration guide docid\ qwxsym9x5 pviogutekcp it's possible to display stock display docid\ gj ao gq6oa jx0d27hys to your b2b customers when they browse your store, giving them visibility of your inventory our latest update now gives you even more flexibility and has a number of major improvements firstly, it's now possible to display stock levels on a per customer group basis for example, you may have some customer groups that you don't want to show inventory to or you may want to configure specific stock settings you can also now hide and show the specific inventory count and just show a stock status (e g in stock versus in stock \[100 available] ) beyond this, we've also simplified how you can manage max/low/last stock levels and you can learn more in customer groups docid 5 lwmnohhjbjjppg9e6vh 🛠️ improvements improvements my account addresses when adding or editing an address within the my account area, the first name and last name fields are now mandatory august, 2024 version 1 36 16 🎉 new features 🎉 new features line item tax support if you sell products that have different tax requirements, you'll like our latest update! we've just released full support for "line item tax", ensuring your b2b customers see fully accurate tax calcualtions when checking out this feature is ideal if you have more complex tax requirements for your catalogue (e g you're selling coffee, children's clothing, or products that have varying tax obligations) you can see a full overview of how it works in tax & shipping docid\ zssxg6fjrlcod gxolutn 🛠️ improvements improvements sales agents within the sparklayer dashboard based on customer feedback, we've made it easier to access sales agents within the sparklayer dashboard you'll see this in the main navigation when signing in, or you can access it here july, 2024 🎉 new features 🎉 new features b2b discount engine! it's here our most request feature ever! the discounts docid\ wrejpw9uryjqwiqeks cg our new discount engine immediately unlocks a range of discount rules, with more to come in the future right now, you'll be able to set up order level discounts eg, spend $1,000 and get 10% off, spend $2,000 and get 15% off percentage and fixed discounts eg, 20% off an order total, $100 off an order total coupon codes eg, enter code newcustomer and get 5% off scheduled discounts eg, start discount today and end it on a specific date and time customer specific discounts eg, only allow customer group ‘b2b vip’ qualify for the discount you can see a full overview of what’s possible in discounts docid\ wrejpw9uryjqwiqeks cg custom slots (add custom code) custom slots have arrived! you can now add custom code to a range of the sparklayer frontend interfaces docid\ ccz1vnh0o6d 722w35xpa allowing you to customise the b2b experience for your customers it's a great way to further enhance your b2b customer experience and use cases could include displaying promotional messages, links to pages within your store, and much more! custom slots ("targets") docid\ l 2oohjiy rax2chbmgp2 🛠️ improvements improvements purchase history re ordering when viewing the purchase history in the my account interface docid\ lqxani7ivdqna09d9soap , you can now add individual items directly to any order june, 2024 🎉 new features 🎉 new features file uploads (checkout and product level) we're excited to announce the launch of one of our top 5 most requested features, file uploads! as of today, your b2b customers can now upload file attachments during the checkout process, allowing you to capture additional information such as purchase orders, custom files (e g for personalisation) and much more and there's more! in addition to file uploads during the checkout, you can now configure product level file uploads! learn more in cart & checkout docid\ o3ndhzbcxiswh6m6satdt stock location support ("inventory locations') as brands scale their operations and build out more advanced inventory management processes, it’s very common to see multiple ‘locations’ where inventory is managed this could be based on geographic location (eg by country) or by more niche use cases specific to a brand’s internal workflows, like routing stock based on what type of customer is ordering stock locations allow you to specify which stock (or "inventory") locations you want your b2b customers to use stock from if your b2b store is set up with multiple stock locations (e g by geography), it's a great way to ensure your b2b customers are purchasing stock from the correct locations learn more in customer groups docid 5 lwmnohhjbjjppg9e6vh may, 2024 🎉 new features 🎉 new features new customer groups interface we've just released a major improvement to the customer groups docid 5 lwmnohhjbjjppg9e6vh area of the sparklayer dashboard , making it easier to manage your b2b customer rules! we've completely reworked how your customer groups are displayed with a new and improved way to quickly manage all your customer groups settings from one place the update also includes new visibility of "customer group inheritance", allowing you to see which rules are being used from another customer group check our video below or head on over to the new customer groups area ! 🛠️ improvements improvements price list improvements it's now possible to set up a price list to support a 100% discount against an automatic price source (e g your shopify retail prices) this is useful if you have a requirement to allow specific b2b customers to purchase products at a zero rated cost (e g $0 00) my account credit limits now support multi currency if you're store is set up to allow multiple currencies for your b2b customers and you're using credit, net terms, & invoicing docid\ ywm70oquosykooiqb4z4g , you can now configure these specific to the customer's currency (e g gbp, eur, usd) you can also browse previous years of sparklayer updates in the archive docid\ prmonzpq1alqeciaryrwb