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Changelog Category: Checkout

Swashata Ghosh by Swashata Ghosh

Checkout Trial Title Now Includes Product Name

Freemius supports offering trials to your customers. It is a great way to market your product by letting customers try it before they purchase. Freemius handles both cases, whether a…

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PayPal Checkout Outage Resolved With Added Safeguards

Over the past few days, we noticed degraded performance in our Checkout for PayPal payments. Many Checkouts were failing and could not connect to buyers’ PayPal accounts. We immediately began…

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Fixed Renewal Notice Regression for Deleted Pricing

Our Checkout supports license renewals even when the original pricing (quota) has been deleted. In such cases, the Checkout intelligently selects the closest pricing the license can be migrated to,…

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Checkout Quality-of-Life Fixes for Navigation and Bundle Upgrades

This week we’re deploying a few small quality-of-life fixes to our Checkout. The back button now aligns properly within the vertical space around the Checkout area. Previously, it was incorrectly…

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Freemius Checkout Now Fully Supports Hrvatski

Last week we released beta support for the Hrvatski language in Croatia. This week, with help from our maker community, we are glad to release it out of beta. This…

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Freemius Checkout Updates: License-Based Billing Defaults and Croatian Language Support

This week we rolled out the following updates for the Freemius Checkout. Billing Cycle Now Defaults to the License We found that our Checkout defaulted to the annual billing cycle…

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Checkout UX Improvements for SaaS & App Makers

This week we are rolling out some small but important enhancements to our Checkout, aimed at delivering a better experience to your buyers, especially for SaaS and App makers. Better…

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Smarter Billing Cycle Selection and Coupon Fixes in Checkout

This week we have updated the Checkout with the following improvements and bug fixes: Smarter Billing Cycle Selector UI Our Checkout uses a set of Upsell UI components by default….

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New Checkout Events for Tracking Coupon Interactions

Our Freemius Checkout supports tracking several events across the buyer journey — from when the checkout is loaded, to when billing information is entered, or when a plan is changed….

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Trial Reminder Consent Now Accurately Shown in Review Step

Freemius Checkout shows a checkbox for trial purchases that allows buyers to opt in to receiving a reminder email before the trial ends. This reminder helps buyers stay informed before…

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VAT Collection and Remittance Now Supported for Norway

We are glad to announce that we have started collecting, reporting, and remitting VAT in Norway for all B2C transactions. The VAT handling follows the same model used for other…

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Customizable Proration Period for Lifetime License Upgrades

Freemius supports proration out of the box. Proration means offering a discount on license upgrades based on the remaining days of usage. For example, a customer might have purchased an…

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Checkout Confirmation Dialog Customization for App Products

This week, we’ve opened up the option to customize the Checkout’s confirmation dialog for “App” products. Until now, this capability was available only for SaaS products. However, we noticed that…

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Checkout Improvements: GDPR Opt-In Control, Localization, and UX Fixes

This week we’re rolling out several improvements and bug fixes to our Checkout. Here’s what’s new. New Feature to Control Marketing Opt-In UI Freemius Checkout has several built-in features to…

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Checkout Improvements for Renewals & Upgrades

This week we’re rolling out several improvements and bug fixes across the Checkout, especially around license renewals, upgrades, and payment-method updates. These updates aim to reduce friction for makers who…

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