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Changelog Category: Checkout

Swashata Ghosh by Swashata Ghosh

Securely load the Checkout while pre-populating the user’s information

We’re pleased to announce a new feature we implemented following our partners’ feedback. It allows you to safely and securely load the Freemius Checkout app where the user’s name, email,…

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Swashata Ghosh by Swashata Ghosh

Checkout and backend improvements – Fixing the Dunning app

Fixed the Dunning app on Freemius Checkout We fixed an integration issue with our Checkout Dunning app and the new security layer. Due to a bug in the system, the…

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Swashata Ghosh by Swashata Ghosh

Freemius Checkout Improvements

We’ve made various under-the-hood improvements to the Freemius Checkout app. Here are the notable ones. Improving the error messages and the UI We’ve updated the error message to improve the…

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Swashata Ghosh by Swashata Ghosh

Deployment summary 28th May, 2023

Backend Fixed a minor and edge case issue in the logic determining a product’s business model (free vs. freemium vs. premium only). Checkout Fixed a regression in the dunning app…

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Checkout localization improvements

We made some small but useful improvements to the new feature we rolled out last week: supporting localization in our checkout. The URL query parameter language will now serve as…

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New security system to prevent card testing attacks

Over the past few weeks, we’ve gradually been rolling out a new system to identify and block card testing attempts. We already had a system like this in place, but…

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Swashata Ghosh by Swashata Ghosh

Freemius Checkout now supports localization

We’re super stoked to announce the immediate availability of localization in the Freemius Checkout App. Besides English, the Freemius Checkout App can now be used in any supported localization. Our…

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Revealing download links in the checkout for static products

For historical reasons, we didn’t reveal the download link and license key in our checkout form. The assumption was that anyone with access to the email address would have access…

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Checkout security layer updates

This week, we’re releasing some minor updates to the new security layer we’ve been working on. This system is there to protect us and our partners from ever-increasing card testing…

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Swashata Ghosh by Swashata Ghosh

New security layer to block card testing attacks, and other changes

Phased rollout of a new security layer in the checkout process This week, we’re rolling out a new security layer that our CTO Dror Yaakov has been working on. It…

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Swashata Ghosh by Swashata Ghosh

Changelog summary 19 March, 2023

Freemius Backend The developer billing update/creation endpoint now supports country names with commas. ‘Support specialist’ and ‘Developer’ roles in the Team now have permission to update the billing of users….

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Swashata Ghosh by Swashata Ghosh

Changelog activities summary: 8 January, 2023

Backend/API Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS)-related enhancements, and supporting CORS for the /checkout/geo.json API endpoint. We began supporting the licensing unit in the ‘Cart Recovery Email’ system. Added Kinsta staging URL…

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Swashata Ghosh by Swashata Ghosh

License unit concept and miscellaneous changes

License unit concept in User Dashboard and emails After receiving feedback, we have implemented features to introduce a license unit in our User Dashboard and emails sent by Freemius. We’ve…

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Swashata Ghosh by Swashata Ghosh

The word “security” has been removed from the checkout’s marketing consent form

We received a report about agreeing to receive security updates as stipulated by our marketing consent form. The form asks the user if they would like to receive security updates…

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Cart-related improvements

Improved cart recovery heuristics We have improved the heuristics responsible for recovering cart sessions when a customer uses Freemius Checkout. A cart session can be seen as an introduction between…

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