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Public changelog

What's new in Ardent Seller

Ardent Seller has shipped 43 new features and 72 total updates across 5 monthly releases. Every entry below is a real user-facing change — operational and internal work is left out on purpose.

For what's coming next, see the public roadmap. For live system health, see the status page. For the full feature catalog, see the features page.

Last updated

May 2026

Etsy connector launched publicly, trust pages went live (status, security, roadmap), and the partner program opened.

  • Etsy integration is live (Highlight)

    Connect your Etsy shop, import listings, sync sales automatically, and see per-channel fees in one place.

    See the Etsy integration
  • Public roadmap (Highlight)

    See every feature in active development, planned, or under consideration — pulled live from the same catalog that powers the features page.

    See the roadmap
  • System status & security pages (Highlight)

    Live health probe for the web app and database, plus a plain-language tour of how your data is protected.

    See the system status page
  • Partner program (Highlight)

    Refer-and-earn for friends and founders, plus an affiliate program for creators. 20% recurring commission, NET-30 payouts.

    See the partner program

New changes in May 2026

New7 items
  • Public system status page

    New

    Live web and database health probes refresh every 60 seconds, with a static list of every third-party dependency and an incident history.

    See the system status page
  • Security & data-handling page

    New

    Plain-language documentation of encryption at rest, multi-tenant isolation, backup policy, GDPR posture, and one-click data export.

    See the security page
  • Public roadmap

    New

    A live view of "Coming soon", "Planned", and "Under consideration" features — driven by the same catalog as the features and comparison pages.

    See the roadmap
  • Partner & affiliate program

    New

    Apply to become an Ardent Seller affiliate or refer friends through the new Refer-and-Earn flow. 20% recurring commission, NET-30 payouts.

    See the partner program
  • Equipment maintenance auto-creates an expense

    New

    When you log a maintenance event with a cost, an expense transaction now posts to your books automatically — no more double-entry.

    See the features page
  • Promos hub at /watch

    New

    A dedicated home for our promotional videos, with per-video slug pages and clean video schema for search engines.

    See the promos hub
  • Zoho Inventory comparison page

    New

    Side-by-side breakdown vs Zoho Inventory joins the existing Craftybase, Inventora, Sortly, Katana, MRPeasy, and Thrive pages.

    See the Zoho Inventory comparison

Improved changes in May 2026

Improved5 items
  • Equipment usage & maintenance history open as full pages

    Improved

    Previously cramped sheets — now a full-page view with proper filters, sorting, and column controls.

  • Faster home page

    Improved

    Smaller logo, deferred analytics scripts, fewer backdrop-blur layers, and a leaner critical-path. Real-world load times are noticeably quicker.

  • Accessibility sweep across the public site

    Improved

    Better keyboard focus, ARIA labels, contrast fixes, screen-reader announcements on filter and result changes, and accurate landmark structure.

  • Home page polish

    Improved

    Refreshed hero, rotating lead-magnet spotlight, sharper feature cards, expanded FAQ, and tightened SEO metadata.

    See the home page
  • Free resources are no longer email-gated

    Improved

    Every free resource now downloads directly — no more email wall — making them easier to share and link from third-party blogs.

    See free resources

Fixed changes in May 2026

Fixed5 items
  • Recipe costing workflow

    Fixed

    Fixed an edge case where the costing step could miss certain ingredient categories when building or editing a recipe.

  • Initial-quantity double-count on new inventory items

    Fixed

    Adding an item with an opening balance no longer occasionally double-counts the initial quantity in subsequent reports.

  • Dropdowns showing the wrong option on first paint

    Fixed

    Resolved a race condition in selection controls that briefly showed an incorrect choice before hydrating.

  • Duplicate account creation on re-OAuth

    Fixed

    Re-signing in with Google or Facebook on a returning browser no longer occasionally creates a duplicate account.

  • Equipment maintenance no longer decrements inventory

    Fixed

    A maintenance expense used to subtract from "Total Spent" and decrement an inventory quantity — both are now correct.

April 2026

Marketplace foundation matured into a working Etsy integration, the in-app email program shipped, and documentation went live.

  • Etsy connection, listing import, and sales sync (Highlight)

    Full OAuth, listing import with photos and analytics, automatic sales sync, fee classification, and a Marketplace Fees report.

    See the Etsy integration
  • Lifecycle email program (Highlight)

    Welcome, first-inventory, first-transaction, first-recipe, monthly summary, weekly blog digest, billing alerts, and email-preference controls.

    See the features page
  • Documentation site at /docs (Highlight)

    Quick Start, FAQ, glossary, use-case guides, workflow guides, and per-area reference — all browsable and searchable.

    See the documentation

New changes in April 2026

New11 items
  • Etsy marketplace integration

    New

    Connect with OAuth, import listings (with photos, descriptions, and analytics), sync sales automatically, and reconcile per-item fees.

    See the Etsy integration
  • Marketplace Fees report

    New

    Breaks down listing, transaction, processing, shipping, regulatory, and ads fees by channel and time range.

    See the features page
  • Auto-create products from imported listings

    New

    "Create Product" action on a marketplace listing scaffolds a finished-goods inventory item with the right name, SKU, and price.

  • Listing analytics

    New

    See Etsy view counts and favorites directly on each linked listing inside Ardent Seller.

  • Historical sales backfill

    New

    Backfill option lets newly connected shops pull a configurable window of past Etsy sales, classified by fee type.

  • Sales status filter

    New

    Filter sales transactions by paid, unpaid, refunded, and canceled status — useful for marketplace reconciliation.

  • In-app lifecycle emails

    New

    Welcome, first-inventory nudge, first-recipe nudge, first-transaction nudge, monthly summary, weekly blog digest, billing alerts, and plan recommendations.

  • Email preference controls

    New

    A dedicated /settings/email page to opt in or out of every email category, with a one-click unsubscribe in every message.

  • Documentation site at /docs

    New

    Quick Start, FAQ, glossary, use-case guides, workflow guides, video tutorials, and YouTube Shorts — all browsable and searchable.

    See the documentation
  • Etsy launch banner and welcome email

    New

    Existing accounts saw an in-product banner and a lifecycle email when the connector went live — both opt-in to take action.

  • About page with named editorial team

    New

    A real "who writes this" page replaces the previous anonymous footer byline — gives readers and AI retrievers something to cite.

    See the about page

Improved changes in April 2026

Improved5 items
  • Pricing page

    Improved

    Tighter copy, accurate plan prices in JSON-LD, an FAQ moved up the page, and improved visual hierarchy on plan cards.

    See pricing
  • Features and use-case pages

    Improved

    Each page got a structured summary, an FAQ block, better related-reading links, and OG images sized for social previews.

    See the features page
  • Inventory category icons across the UI

    Improved

    Distinct icons for raw, finished, products, subassembly, equipment, food, packaging, MRO, and labor categories make lists easier to scan.

  • Procedure step-by-step scaling

    Improved

    Each step in a procedure can now scale independently — useful when only certain steps depend on batch size.

  • Transaction list

    Improved

    Server-side search across transaction descriptions, transaction-status filter, partial recording, and a sales icon refresh.

Fixed changes in April 2026

Fixed1 item
  • Marketplace sync edge cases

    Fixed

    Better handling of refunded sales, canceled mismatches, zero-amount entries, and out-of-window orders during initial sync.

March 2026

Marketplace connections framework, off-platform database backups, server-side pagination, and quality-of-life UI improvements.

  • Marketplace connections framework (Highlight)

    OAuth-based connections with paused/active state, retry logic, configurable sync fields, and per-connection breadcrumbs and detail pages.

  • Off-platform weekly database backups (Highlight)

    Weekly snapshots and daily storage backups land in an Ardent-managed AWS S3 bucket with Object Lock and KMS — independent of our database host.

    See the security page
  • Server-side pagination for transactions (Highlight)

    Transactions list now paginates and sorts server-side, with page sizes up to 200 and live counts.

New changes in March 2026

New7 items
  • Marketplace connection management UI

    New

    Connect, pause, delete, and inspect marketplace connections from a dedicated Integrations area with per-platform filters and helpers.

  • Single and batch listing sync

    New

    Pull a single listing on demand or batch-sync the whole shop, with listing-status updates and configurable sync fields.

  • Listing status, descriptions, and quantity import

    New

    Listing import now captures full descriptions, active/draft/sold status, and live inventory quantity — including platform-side variant matching.

  • Marketplace data management

    New

    Marketplace-linked records show in the Data Management list with counts and a clean cleanup flow when you disconnect.

  • Auto-match imported listings to existing inventory

    New

    When a listing's SKU matches an existing item, the link is created automatically — no manual mapping required.

  • Audit-trail CSV export

    New

    Export the full audit-trail history (cursor-based, so the export is consistent even on large accounts).

  • Weekly off-platform database backups

    New

    Encrypted weekly database snapshots and daily storage backups go to our own AWS S3 bucket with Object Lock and KMS, independent of the primary database host.

    See the security page

Improved changes in March 2026

Improved5 items
  • Server-side pagination and search for transactions

    Improved

    Sorting, filtering, and search now run on the server, supporting page sizes up to 200 items with live result counts.

  • Renamed "Reorder" to "Replenish"

    Improved

    Across inventory, replenishment fields, and reports — clearer language for restocking your own raw materials.

  • New inventory categories

    Improved

    Added finished, products, and subassembly inventory categories to better support multi-stage manufacturing workflows.

    See the features page
  • Production runs

    Improved

    Empty-state guidance, configurable step direction, default sort by initiation date, and clearer "removed" badges.

  • Stocktake layout

    Improved

    Stocktake screens use shared location-entity helpers and read better on narrower viewports.

Fixed changes in March 2026

Fixed3 items
  • Marketplace token refresh

    Fixed

    Backgrounded token refresh now retries cleanly and keeps long-running syncs from stalling on expired credentials.

  • Etsy OAuth connection routing

    Fixed

    Resolved a routing edge case where the OAuth callback could land on a stale connection detail page after disconnect/reconnect.

  • Initial sync race condition

    Fixed

    Auto-creating products during the very first sync no longer occasionally leaves orphan rows when two events land at once.

February 2026

Guided workflows, onboarding checklist, plan-change flow, and a hardened auth/security baseline.

  • Guided workflows (Highlight)

    Step-by-step Record Sale and Inventory Transfer flows give new users a predictable path through their first real transactions.

  • Onboarding checklist widget (Highlight)

    A dashboard widget that walks new accounts through the first product, recipe, transaction, and sale.

  • Plan change without re-checkout (Highlight)

    Move between Free, Maker, Artisan, and Workshop plans directly in-app, with proration and webhook reconciliation.

    See pricing

New changes in February 2026

New6 items
  • Guided Record Sale and Inventory Transfer workflows

    New

    Multi-step guided flows that walk you through the most common transactions without leaving the workflow page.

  • Onboarding checklist

    New

    A first-week dashboard widget that tracks the steps to a complete setup: first product, first recipe, first transaction, first sale.

  • In-app plan changes

    New

    Upgrade, downgrade, or switch billing frequency from the Billing page — no re-checkout required.

    See pricing
  • Subscription reactivation

    New

    Cancelled accounts can reactivate without contacting support and resume where they left off.

  • Audit trail across all major entities

    New

    Every meaningful create/update/delete now lands in the audit trail with structured before/after change objects.

  • Skeleton loaders and toast notifications

    New

    Async screens show skeletons during data load; errors and successes surface as accessible toasts.

Improved changes in February 2026

Improved4 items
  • Sign-up and complete-profile flow

    Improved

    First and last name are captured separately, copy is friendlier, and the "Complete Setup" step is now "Complete Sign Up" for clarity.

  • Sidebar and navigation

    Improved

    Sticky safe-area-aware sidebar, secondary-color accents, and reordered transaction links for less scrolling.

  • Pricing and signup-bonus copy

    Improved

    Clearer plan-comparison copy, accurate signup-bonus values, and consistent monthly/annual default frequency.

    See pricing
  • Tightened security and validation

    Improved

    Server-side identity now always comes from the authenticated session; account IDs are passed end-to-end; webhook handlers tightened against replay and tampering.

    See the security page

Fixed changes in February 2026

Fixed1 item
  • Stale checkout cleanup

    Fixed

    Pending checkouts that abandoned mid-flow now self-heal on the next visit instead of blocking new purchases.

January 2026

Public launch — marketing site, sign-up and billing, end-to-end inventory and transactions, recipes and procedures, and the blog.

  • Public site & sign-up live (Highlight)

    Marketing pages (/features, /pricing, /use-cases, /compare, /blog) and full sign-up + checkout for Free, Maker, Artisan, Workshop, and Pay-As-You-Go plans.

    See the home page
  • End-to-end inventory and transactions (Highlight)

    Raw, finished, products, food, packaging, equipment, MRO, and labor categories with purchases, sales, adjustments, transfers, waste, donations, and stocktakes.

    See the features page
  • Recipes, procedures, and production runs (Highlight)

    Full recipe costing, multi-step procedures, and production runs that consume raw materials and create finished inventory.

New changes in January 2026

New12 items
  • Marketing site

    New

    Home, pricing, features, use-cases, blog, comparison pages, contact, and legal notices — all server-rendered and indexable.

    See the home page
  • Sign-up, billing, and team invites

    New

    Free, Maker, Artisan, Workshop, and Pay-As-You-Go plans, with monthly and annual frequencies, signup bonuses, and team member invitations.

    See pricing
  • Inventory management

    New

    Multi-category inventory with variants, attributes, pricing tiers, batches, lots, barcodes, photo galleries, and file attachments.

    See the features page
  • Transactions

    New

    Purchases, sales, adjustments, transfers, donations, waste, stocktakes, expenses, and income — with line-item costing and printable receipts.

  • Recipes and procedures

    New

    Build multi-stage recipes with ingredient costs, then run them as production runs that consume raw materials and create finished goods.

  • Vendors, customers, and locations

    New

    A unified Entities system covers vendors, customers, charity recipients, and your own location entities (storage, production, sales, primary).

  • Equipment depreciation

    New

    Track equipment as inventory with straight-line depreciation, useful life, residual value, and a depreciation schedule report.

  • Reports

    New

    Cost of goods, profit & loss, inventory valuation, depreciation schedule, sales by channel, transaction summaries, and more.

  • Dashboard with widgets

    New

    A configurable dashboard with cash-flow, recent transactions, low-stock, and at-a-glance KPIs — each widget can be hidden, resized, and reordered.

  • CSV import and export

    New

    Import inventory, transactions, vendors, customers, and procedures from CSV — and export any list back out for spreadsheets and accountants.

  • Google and Facebook social sign-in

    New

    Optional OAuth sign-in alongside email/password, with password-strength feedback and account-lockout protection.

  • Blog

    New

    Long-form articles on pricing, costing, marketplace selling, and small-batch manufacturing — searchable, taggable, and SEO-optimized.

    See the blog

How this changelog works

A short, honest read so you know what to expect.

What counts as a changelog entry?

Anything a customer or visitor can see or use: a new feature, a new public page, a new free resource, a meaningful UX or performance improvement, or a user-visible bug fix. We deliberately leave out infrastructure work, CI pipelines, refactors, and marketing-automation tooling — that work is real, but it does not change what you experience in the product.

How often is this updated?

We post a new release entry at the end of each month, and we may add late-breaking items within the current month's section as soon as they ship. The "Last updated" stamp at the top of the page reflects the most recent edit, and the sitemap entry moves with it.

Why are some months bigger than others?

Some months ship marquee features (the Etsy connector launch, the trust-page set) and some months focus on quality-of-life improvements. We do not pad smaller months with internal work just to make them look busier — an honest entry list is more useful than a long one.

How does this relate to the roadmap?

The roadmap shows what is coming next; the changelog shows what has already shipped. When an item flips from "Coming soon" to live on the features page, it also lands here for the month it shipped — that is the handoff between the two surfaces.

How do I see what changed in a specific area of the product?

Most entries link to the matching feature, page, or resource so you can jump straight to the surface that changed. If you want a full inventory of what the product does today, the features page is the canonical catalog.

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