Vendio Site Changes Log

The site changes log contains a description of all changes made to the Vendio Web site and the dates they occurred. The log keeps you informed of all enhancements, system issue fixes, and other changes we normally do not post in Announcements.

Recent changes

Date	Area	Change
August 28, 2008	Sales Manager, Checkout	Enhancement: eBay specified shipping is mandatory at eBay AddItem. An algorithm was added to the launcher that will try to determine the eBay shipping type if seller didn't explicitly choose to use eBay Shipping. Bug fix: "Free shipping with BIN" not working in Vendio Stores This issue has been resolved.
July 15, 2008	Sales Manager, Sales Manager Pro	Enhancement: Return Policy A new checkbox was added below the return policy section in My Account -> Site Specifics -> eBay: "Apply these settings when launching listings that have no Return Policy details specified (created before Return Policy was supported, or launched from SM Pro)"
July 1, 2008	Sales Manager	Bug fix: Item prices are displaying in US$ even when item is priced in GBP This issue has been resolved. Bug fix: Sales tax not applied to order when it should be This issue has been resolved. Bug fix: Mapping PayPal payments with shipping information When users choose eBay checkout and use PayPal, shipping information will be mapped and saved into PAM data (shipping carrier (US, Intl), taxes)
June 23, 2008	Sales Manager	Bug fix: Calculated insurance option is no longer available to be applied to USPS international carriers except Priority Mail
June 12, 2008	Sales Manager	eBay International Site Visibility: Support for this feature is now available in Sales Manager.
June 5, 2008	Sales Manager	Custom locations for International shipping New setting was added which will allow the seller to set different fixed costs for the same carrier when delivering to different locations.
June 2, 2008	Sales Manager/Post Sale	Feedback related changes: - Sellers can choose whether to send automatic feedback for order items or not. - Sellers can now send different feedback messages for each item in an order - Sellers can send only positive feedback for buyers
May 22, 2008	Sales Manager/Post Sale	Bug fix - Insurance rates are not current This issue has been resolved. Bug fix - "No Items to Export" error when trying to export combined order for USPS from 'export shipping' This issue has been resolved.
May 20, 2008	Sales Manager/Post Sale	Bug fix - functional bug with USPS First Class Mail International calculator This issue has been resolved.
May 14, 2008	Sales Manager	Bug fix - eBay preview not displaying images and template This bug has been resolved.
May 6, 2008	Sales Manager	eBay Return Policy support Support for eBay's return policy is now available on the Vendio listing forms.
May 5, 2008	Help and Email pages	New customer support portal and knowledge base released. Portal will display and save discussion threads with Vendio customer support.
April 8, 2008	Sales Manager	Support for PayPal payment under review was released.
April 7, 2008	Sales Manager	eBay Site Specifics "Payment Instructions & Return Policy" was not appearing on listings, despite being selected in preferences. This has been resolved. "The Shipping Cost must be a valid dollar amount (example 1.00)" appearing despite different values being entered. This has been resolved. An error "Could not get gallery preferences from db was appearing on preview. This has been resolved.
February 13, 2008	Tickets Manager and Sales Manager	Previewing items in Tickets Manager returned an error "Custom Item Specific Parsing". This issue has been resolved. Java Script Error when Editing Ticket Information using prefill from the Event Catalog. This issue has been corrected. UPS Insurance rates are not displaying correctly. This issue has been resolved.
January 28, 2008	Sales Manager and Image Hosting	"Click to Enlarge" images posted when preference is disabled: This issue was confined to items listed through the Image Hosting listing form. The issue has been corrected. Manually adding image HTML does not include "Click to Enlarge" link: This issue has been corrected. Random SMME inventory behavior issues and errors: Multiple issues related to different browser configurations have been corrected.
January 22, 2008	Sales Manager	Payment Instructions and Return Policies not appearing on eBay listings. This issue has been resolved. Listing Preview Error and Gallery Preference Error When selecting to preview, “the shipping cost must be pecified or could not get gallery preferences from db.” error was displayed. This error has been resolved.
January 14, 2008	Various System Issue Fixes	Preview when bulk relisting: The issue that was causing the preview of an item on relist to interrupt the bulk-relist process has been corrected. Link to inactive Store in Buyer Appreciation emails: Buyer Appreciation emails will no longer contain a link to a Vendio Store if the Store is not active. Timeouts occurring on bulk edit actions: The problem with page timeouts when bulk editing items in SMIE has been corrected.
September 17, 2007	Various System Issue Fixes	Vendio Stores Advanced Search Feature Not Working Some sellers experienced problems when using the advanced search options in their Vendio Store. The issue has been fixed so all items that fit an advanced search condition are displayed on the results page. eBay Store Relist Not Working Sellers experienced errors when trying to relist eBay auction listings as eBay Store listings. This issue has been fixed. Auto Launch Profile Not Copying Correctly in Sales Manager Inventory Edition Inventory The copy down function was not working correctly for sellers that were trying to copy auto-launch profiles to different inventory items. This issue has been fixed. Ability to Import Deleted Auctions into Sales Manager Inventory Edition Added The ability for sellers in Sales Manager import items they have deleted from their Control Panel has been added. Incorrect USPS International Insurance Rates Being Displayed USPS insurance rates for international shipments were not being correctly displayed in sellers’ listings. While the insurance amounts were slightly under inflated, they are now in sync with standard published USPS insurance rates. Block Bidder Feature Not Working Correctly International bidders were not being blocked when sellers’ set preference was to ship only within the United States. This issue has been fixed. Shipping Insurance Not Being Carried Over to PayPal Buyers who selected shipping insurance during the Vendio Checkout process noticed that Paypal was not recognizing it. This issue has been fixed so that buyer selections, particularly insurance, is carried over to PayPal.
September 12, 2007	eBay Category Update	Some eBay categories and subcategories were modified to be consistent with changes made to eBay, eBay United Kingdom, eBay Canada, eBay Australia, and eBay Germany.
August 30, 2007	eBay Category Update	Some eBay categories and subcategories were modified to be consistent with changes made to eBay, eBay United Kingdom, eBay Canada, eBay Australia, and eBay Germany.
July 17, 2007	eBay Category Update	Some eBay categories and subcategories were modified to be consistent with changes made to eBay United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and Germany.
July 12, 2007	Log In Enhancements	The login page is now secure and offers a checkbox where the password can be entered once and remembered for 7-days.
July 3, 2007	USPS System Issue Fixes	The shipping calculator was not displaying correct values for Priority Mail packages over 1 cubic foot in size. This issue has been fixed.
June 21, 2007	USPS System Issue Fixes	Calculated insurance rates for domestic shipments were being displayed in listings and the USPS shipping calculator was not factoring in the package type when calculating rates. Both of these issues have been fixed
June 8, 2007	Successful Integration of Andale's Products into Vendio.com	Andale customers can now log into the Vendio Web site to access their services. This major back end project marks the successful integration of Andale's products into Vendio.com and paves the way for rapid future development on Vendio's existing suite of services.
May 29, 2007	Consolidated Billing Platform for Andale and Vendio Sellers	Vendio's backend billing system now processes payments for Vendio and Andale customers. This marks the first major step in consolidating the redundant platforms.
May 17, 2007	USPS System Issue Fixes	USPS calculated international shipping rates were inconsistent with the published rates on USPS.com. A fix was implemented so that USPS calculated rates are now consistent with current published USPS international rates.
May 14, 2007	USPS Calculated Shipping Change	USPS have applied some changes to the way they calculate shipping rates. This update ensures calculated shipping for USPS shipments are consistent with the recent changes.
May 10, 2007	40 Characters Allowed for new Vendio Usernames	The maximum number of characters for a Vendio username was 25. An update was released to increase the maximum number to 40.
May 9, 2007	eBay Category Update	Some eBay categories and subcategories were modified to be consistent with changes made to eBay.com.
April 13, 2007	New Fields Added to Sales Manager Inventory Edition API	New fields were added to the SMIE API, including ShippingCost, InsuranceCost, TaxAmount, QtySold, and SKU.
April 12, 2007	eBay Category Update	Some eBay categories and subcategories were modified to be consistent with changes made to eBay United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and Germany.
April 9, 2007	Phone Number Added to Vendio Web Site	A phone number was added to all Vendio.com Web site pages to allow existing customers and potential new customers to contact Vendio directly.
March 13, 2007	eBay Category Update	Some eBay categories and subcategories were modified to be consistent with changes made to eBay United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and Germany.
March 6, 2007	Fix to UPS Shipping Calculator	The UPS shippig calculator was not factoring the correct oversize package rate. The issue has been fixed to display the correct rate for any size package.
February 19, 2007	Shipping Markup Preference Issue Fix	The fixed shipping markup specified in a seller's preferences was not being reflected in newly created listings. This issue has been fixed so that the preference is now pulled in.
February 15, 2007	eBay Category Update	Some eBay categories and subcategories were modified to be consistent with changes made to eBay United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and Germany.
January 24, 2007	Various System Issue Fixes	Vendio Checkout Showing Inconsistent Shipping Costs Sellers noticed that when customers select a preferred shipping option in Vendio Checkout, the checkout confirmation page showed a different cost amount than they initially selected. For example, if a customer selects USPS Airmail Letter Post ($27.30) as a shipping option, they are displayed $15.70 as the shipping cost on the checkout confirmation page. This issue has been fixed so that the shipping costs are consistent from the initial selection to the checkout confirmation page. Vendio Store Search Not Working Correctly Sellers experienced problems when trying to search their Vendio Store for a specific product. Even if relevant keywords were entered, there would be not search results returned. This issue has been fixed. Find & Replace Feature Not Working Correctly in SMIE Find & Replace was displaying en error when users tried to set “Visible in Store” for a specific item(s). This issue has been fixed.
January 18, 2007	Various System Issue Fixes	Items in Post Sale Cannot be Marked as Shipped Sellers trying to manually mark items as shipped in Vendio Post Sale were experiencing errors. This issue has been fixed. Best Offer Still In Listings After Being Removed Sellers who originally listed items including Best Offer but then removed the feature on relisted items still had Best Offer available on the new listings. This issue has been fixed. Vendio Store Item Numbers Not Appearing in Paypal Items sold through Vendio Stores and paid by Paypal were not importing the item numbers. This made it difficult for sellers to link payments with Vendio Store orders. This issue has been fixed. Imported Images with Bad Filenames Causing Failed Launches When importing items into Vendio Sales Manager from live listings on eBay, sellers noticed that the filenames of some images were becoming corrupted. This caused subsequent problems when trying to launch listings using these images (i.e. images with corrupt filenames). The issue has been fixed so that all imported images now have correct filenames.
December 21, 2006	Various System Issue Fixes	Inability to Send Second Chance Offers Through Vendio Post Sale Sellers were having trouble sending second chance offers through the post sale keys in Vendio Post Sale. This issue has been fixed. eBay ID Search Not Functional For Vendio Reviser's "Revision History" Feature Sellers using Vendio Reviser were having trouble searching items by eBay ID in the revision history page. This issue has been fixed. Inventory Failure In Sales Manager Inventory Edition Users trying to import inventory into SMIE based on their existing eBay listings were experiencing an error. This issue has been fixed and imports based on existing eBay listings have been fully restored.
December 11, 2006	Auto-Relist Added to Manual Launches in Sales Manager Inventory Edition	Now when launching items manually in Sales Manager Inventory Edition, you can set their auto-relist schedules on the fly. Just select the number of times you would like to re-list your item if it does not sell (this can be 1 to 10 times) under the “Relist if unsold” column on the Launch page. Note that when setting relists on manual launches, they will still be performed even if there is an auto-launch profile set for those items. Ideally, this feature would be used in place of an auto-launch profile for items that require more control over how many times a relist is attempted.
November 13, 2006	Best Offer and Second Chance Offer Enhancements	Based on your feedback and suggestions, some user interface enhancements have been made to the Best Offer and Second Chance Offer sections of Vendio Sales Manager. Now there are two columns that display offers that have been received; Accepted Offers and Active Offers. This makes it easier to identify which items you have accepted and which ones you have not. There is also a ‘Collapse All’ button for each column and numerous updates have been made to the pages to make them load more quickly.
November 13, 2006	Buyer Appreciation Enhancements	Now when sellers register for the Buyer Appreciation service, e-mails are only sent to current active bidders (not bidders who had bid on items in the recent past), or buyers who have purchased an item in the past 24 hours (not buyers who have purchased an item outside of that timeframe).
November 9, 2006	Vendio Reviser Fixes	If multiple revisions are attempted on the same item, they are now made sequentially instead of simultaneously. Previously, simultaneous revisions to items were causing unexpected billing issues at eBay, and this fix solves the problem.
November 9, 2006	Sales Manager, Stores, Post Sale	Several issues have been addressed in this release: Indicator for Paypal partial/incomplete payments in Awaiting Payment: - a warning will be displayed in the Awaiting Payment page to indicate an incomplete payment. Payments can be considered incomplete for different reasons. Uncombine / recombine process has been refined and made more visible. Customer import function in SMIE has been fixed. Vendio Stores UI enhancements: - behaviour change when the buyer has the URL for a Store item but meanwhile the item become unavailable in the Store
November 8, 2006	Reviser	Improvement to Reviser made to help eliminate skipped revisions due to max revision threshold being exceeded. Notifications will be made when this happens, and we will provide input on building new rules.
November 8, 2006	Sales Manager	eBay categories were updated. Please refer to: http://pages.ebay.com/categorychanges/
October 31, 2006	Sales Manager	An infrastructure change was made that should help reduce latency in FP items being detected as closed.
October 26, 2006	Sales Manager, Checkout	Several bug fixes were released, addressing the following issues: Entering Package Dimensions for USPS no longer marks irregular/unusual package type for eBay checkout. Added ability to selectively send checkout link with WBN if specified no checkout link in global preferences. Insurance now calculates correctly for multiple items in one Vendio Store order. Rubberstamp field added for XML export in Dazzle. Private listing option works again for Fixed Price listings. Width of price fields on the create listing form were increased. Issue that was causing Value Pack to be selected with Subtitle has been corrected.