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Changelog Category: Marketing Automation

Swashata Ghosh by Swashata Ghosh

Bug Fix in Webhooks: License Key Now Included in All License Events

We recently discovered that the license key was unintentionally omitted from all license-related webhook events. This issue has now been resolved. Webhook listeners will now receive the full license object,…

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New Webhook: Get Notified When It’s Time to Pay Affiliates
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New Webhook: Get Notified When It’s Time to Pay Affiliates

At Freemius, we offer a robust Affiliate Platform for all our makers. Our system automatically generates and tracks affiliate links and calculates affiliate payouts every month. We already send an…

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Swashata Ghosh by Swashata Ghosh

New feature: Added authentication support for custom webhook events

We understand that custom webhook events are the cornerstone for integrating Freemius with any SaaS product. To make it even easier to consume webhooks sent from Freemius, we have introduced…

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Swashata Ghosh by Swashata Ghosh

SaaS related improvements and tweaks to our system

We are rolling out various SaaS-related improvements and tweaks to our Developer Dashboard and marketing automation system. Please find the details below. Removed unrelated features from the Developer Dashboard Our…

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Swashata Ghosh by Swashata Ghosh

Automated review request emails now support the Outlook email client

Freemius sends review request emails to your buyers as part of marketing automation. We learned that the review request emails were not working in some email clients like Outlook. We…

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Swashata Ghosh by Swashata Ghosh

Freemius for Saas – General improvements

We have made subtle changes to make the SaaS selling experience better with Freemius. If you create a new product with SaaS type like below You will notice several changes…

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Swashata Ghosh by Swashata Ghosh

Fixed expired exit-intent coupon showing negative countdown

Freemius supports Special Coupons & Discounts, the Exit Intent Coupon. This coupon helps in conversion by providing a coupon right when the user is about to abandon the checkout. We noticed…

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Swashata Ghosh by Swashata Ghosh

Fixed alignment issues with the sharable cards

Freemius has powerful marketing automation with Ratings & Reviews. Apart from getting reviews, you can also use the Developer Dashboard to generate and share card-like images. We noticed an issue…

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Swashata Ghosh by Swashata Ghosh

Fixed logging of license events for bundle purchases

We noticed an edge case where if a bundle was being manually renewed, the license.extended event of the child licenses was not being logged. In this deployment, we have fixed…

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Swashata Ghosh by Swashata Ghosh

Fixed User notes in the Developer Dashboard and misc improvements

Fixing User Notes in the Developer Dashboard We noticed the “User Notes” feature in the Developer Dashboard got broken. We have fixed the feature. Now you can add notes from…

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Swashata Ghosh by Swashata Ghosh

Improvements to License Expiration notification email

As part of our Marketing Automation, we send an email when a license is about to expire. To make it convenient for the user, we include special authorized links to…

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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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Expiring Trial notification enhancements

As part of our automated marketing efforts, we send out a reminder email to customers with expiring trials. However, if the product was uninstalled or the website was deleted, the…

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Disclaimer in review forms and emails

When a user leaves a review – either via email or the form – we now make it clear to them that the review will be publicly visible. Here’s how…

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