New Custom Download Links for Apps
This week we are releasing a new feature aimed at App makers. When selling apps, makers often want to provide access to the application immediately after purchase. To make this…
Changelog Category: API / Backend
Volume Discount Now Visible in Reverse Invoice and Payout Emails
Freemius supports growth pricing or high-volume rates where the more you earn, the more you save. When your monthly gross sales exceed $50,000, the revenue share drops progressively, going as…
Secure Invoice Download API for User-Specific Payments
We have introduced a new API endpoint to help makers easily and securely download invoices for users. The new endpoint is: Detailed documentation can be found here. This is…
Analytics Performance Improvements for Large Products
We noticed an issue in our Analytics pages where, for some large products, requests could time out due to high data volume. After identifying the root cause, we have deployed…
One-Click Customer Portal Login via API
This week we’re releasing a new capability that lets you generate auto-login links to the Customer Portal for your buyers. We understand that in today’s SaaS & App marketplace, development…
Bug Fixes for Weekly Reports and License Activation
We are rolling out the following bug fixes across our system: We identified an issue where some makers were not receiving their weekly report email. The underlying cause has been…
See All Buyer Emails Sent by Freemius in One Place
This week we’re rolling out a new feature aimed at helping makers better understand all transactional and automated emails Freemius sends on your behalf to buyers. If you navigate to…
API & Backend Stability Improvements
This week we are rolling out a couple of small bug fixes and quality-of-life improvements across our API and backend systems. We identified an issue where removing all products from…
Refund Policies for Usage-Based Pricing Now Support Unused Credits
We are releasing a new feature aimed at easing the life of AI SaaS makers. In the age of AI, consumptive or usage-based pricing has become increasingly popular, and Freemius…
Fixed Billing Information Updates in the Store Users View
One of the many useful features of the Freemius Developer Dashboard is the ability to explore all your users in the context of a Store. Since a store can have…
Preventing env var Interpolation Issues in Secret Keys
The secret key our system generates (for example, for products) can include various special characters, including the $ sign. While this is usually fine for many systems, some frameworks, like…
Fixes for Zero-Value Trial Payments and Payment Update Emails
After releasing invoices for zero-value payments, we noticed that the Developer Dashboard was also listing the first zero-value payment for trials. Since this information is internal to our system and…
Improved Webhook Failure Detection and Recovery
Our webhook mechanism includes an error detection system that notifies you when a webhook fails multiple times consecutively. We also have a safeguard in place where, if a webhook fails…
Clearer Onboarding Steps for Releasing Plans and Add-ons
This week we’re releasing a few improvements to the Setup Checklist and related documentation to make the onboarding experience clearer for WordPress makers. Onboarding Step for Releasing Plans We have…
Subscription Zero-Value Invoices Are Now Sent to Buyers
We noticed a bug in our system where we did not send invoices for a subscription’s first payment when the payment value was zero. A zero-value payment can occur for…