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June 12, 2026
Check Your Stripe Connect Setup in One Click
Before any seller can connect their payouts, you, the marketplace owner, have to finish Connect platform setup in your own Stripe Dashboard: activate your account, complete platform setup, and accept the platform responsibilities and terms. Until now that gate only revealed itself when a real seller tried to connect and hit a generic failure, leaving you guessing whether everything was in order.
The Payments tab now has a Test seller connection setup button. One click runs a safe throwaway check against Stripe (it opens a test account and closes it immediately, nothing is actually created) and tells you straight away whether your platform is fully set up. If something is still outstanding, you get a red banner with the exact fix and a direct link to the right Stripe Dashboard page.
Your Stripe platform setup is complete — sellers can connect.
Not finished yet? A red banner points you to the exact Stripe Dashboard page to complete setup.
Nothing is created on a successful check, and nothing is created when a gate blocks it.
Seller Onboarding, Cut Down to the Essentials
We rebuilt how sellers connect their payouts. Your sellers only ever receive transfers, your marketplace is always the merchant of record, so they never actually needed the full business KYC that Stripe was asking for. Onboarding now drops to just identity verification and a bank account: no business type, no industry code, no website question, no statement descriptor, and no phone-number SMS step.
Fewer fields means more of your sellers reach the finish line. The storefront URL is prefilled for them, and the embedded onboarding skips the phone & SMS-code step entirely. Same secure Stripe Connect payouts, far less to fill in.
Storefront URL prefilled. Phone & SMS step skipped.
Same Stripe Connect payouts — we just stopped asking sellers for everything Stripe did not actually need.
We also made the flow sturdier underneath: a stale Stripe account link now self-heals instead of locking a seller out, and the Payments tab shows your platform-setup readiness at a glance.
Stop Sellers Linking Out of Your Marketplace
Some marketplace owners are perfectly happy for sellers to link out to their own Etsy shop or website; others want every sale to stay on the marketplace. Until now there was no way to enforce the second case, so we added a choice. A new Don't allow links setting keeps sellers from slipping links into their listings. Flip it on and the link tool disappears from the seller's listing editor; leave it off and nothing changes.
A hidden button alone is not enough, so we also enforce it on save: listing titles and descriptions are scanned for anchors and bare URLs (www., http(s)://, and etsy.com-style domains) and rejected with a clear, translated message. Your own admin edits, on-behalf-of-seller listings, and bulk imports keep full link freedom.
On — the link tool is hidden and links are blocked on save.
Links aren't allowed in listings. Please remove the link and try again.
Enforced in the editor and again on the server, localized across all 6 languages.
More Improvements
Other things shipped this week.
- New optional 12-hour (AM/PM) time format for bookings - flip the setting on if you prefer AM/PM over 24-hour time, and it applies across the seller availability editor, time-slot ranges, and the Request Booking modal
- Stock, SKU, and Compare-at-Price fields can now be shown or hidden per listing type, so each type only shows the fields that fit it
- Cart checkout now carries multi-variant and add-on selections end-to-end, and add-ons show up on the buyer's My Orders
- One-click "Select all of [month]" in the availability calendar's Quick Fill
- The product detail page now has a configurable background color
- Rejected sellers stay visible in Seller Management instead of disappearing from the list
- Seller signup now validates email and phone format, and the footer "Follow Us" heading is translated and editable
Bug Fixes
Bug fixes shipped this week.
- Fixed an empty platform-status card and a stuck auto-check on the Payments tab
- The booking calendar no longer shows up on fixed-price listings that don't take bookings
Older releases
Every Friday since November 2025. Click any release to read its full notes.
- June 5, 20266 changes
Shipped: scroll-to-section anchor links for nav, footer, and CTA buttons, one unified "type anything" AI assistant in the editor, France/PSD2 Stripe Connect onboarding, and conflict warnings that flag styles that silently do nothing. Plus 7 improvements and 4 bug fixes.
Read release - May 29, 20267 changes
Shipped: seller payments now live inside your marketplace - embedded Stripe onboarding, a native finance dashboard, no separate Stripe login, and branded payout emails, all on Stripe Accounts v2. Plus Seller Management upgrades, 3 improvements, and 3 bug fixes.
Read release - May 22, 20264 changes
Shipped: Seller Subscription Plans (recurring revenue from sellers), Editable Seller Detail Modal with custom fields, plus 3 improvements and 5 bug fixes.
Read release - May 15, 20267 changes
Shipped: Duplicate Component in Page Editor, Emoji Picker in Rich Text Editor, Translation Overrides + Email Translations, plus 4 more.
Read release - May 8, 20267 changes
Shipped: Wishlist Icon Picker, Listings Page Background Color, Gradient Text, plus 4 more.
Read release - May 1, 20266 changes
Shipped: Collapsible Listing Form Sections, Custom Fields on Seller Signup, Sticky Gallery + Click-to-Enlarge, plus 3 more.
Read release - April 24, 20269 changes
Shipped: Booking Webhooks, Tree-Select Custom Field, Admin-Only Custom Fields, plus 6 more.
Read release - April 17, 20267 changes
Shipped: Video Guides, Map Browse View, Per-Night Calendar Prices, plus 4 more.
Read release - April 10, 202610 changes
Shipped: Availability Filtering, Distance-Based Search & Sort, Service Price Variants, plus 7 more.
Read release - April 3, 20267 changes
Shipped: Staff Role & Permissions, Coupon Code Scoping, iCal Calendar Sync, plus 4 more.
Read release - March 27, 20267 changes
Shipped: Price Variants, Multi-Date Service Booking, City-Only Location, plus 4 more.
Read release - March 20, 20266 changes
Shipped: Coupon Codes, Refund & Cancellation Flow, Custom Seller Registration Fields, plus 3 more.
Read release - March 13, 202612 changes
Shipped: Per-Seller Commission Rate, Per-Listing Shipping Cost, Service Pricing Model, plus 9 more.
Read release - March 6, 20269 changes
Shipped: Managed Seller Onboarding, Section Dividers / Detail Page Breakpoints, Orders Management, plus 6 more.
Read release - February 27, 20267 changes
Shipped: SEO/GEO Settings, Buyer Delivery Confirmation, Navigation Link Picker, plus 4 more.
Read release - February 20, 20263 changes
Shipped: French Language Support, Improved Mobile Menu, Bug Fixes.
Read release - February 13, 20266 changes
Shipped: Social Login, Automated Review Requests, Emoji Reactions, plus 3 more.
Read release - February 6, 20264 changes
Shipped: Shopping Cart, Improved Shipping Fulfillment, Improved My Sales Dashboard, plus 1 more.
Read release - January 30, 20265 changes
Shipped: Improved Stripe Payouts, Improved Inventory Management, Image with Text Component, plus 2 more.
Read release - January 23, 20266 changes
Shipped: Undo/Redo in Visual Editor, Improved Seller Notifications, Clearer Order Summary, plus 3 more.
Read release - January 16, 20266 changes
Shipped: Launch Checklist, Revenue Calculator, Inventory Tracking, plus 3 more.
Read release - January 9, 20265 changes
Shipped: Starter Templates, Magic Link Authentication, Figma-style Font Resizing, plus 2 more.
Read release - January 2, 20265 changes
Shipped: Simplified Custom Domain Setup, Featured Listings Grid Options, Contact Form Spam Protection, plus 2 more.
Read release - December 26, 20257 changes
Shipped: Form Preview Panel, Section Dividers in Listing Form, Improved Sign-in Flow, plus 4 more.
Read release - December 19, 20254 changes
Shipped: Type-Specific Filters, Free Listings, New Components, plus 1 more.
Read release - December 12, 20254 changes
Shipped: Right-Click to Delete, AI Element Properties, Listing Page Layout, plus 1 more.
Read release - December 5, 20254 changes
Shipped: Directory to Marketplace, Logo Size Control, Custom Field Display Width, plus 1 more.
Read release - November 28, 20255 changes
Shipped: Sandbox Demo, Listing Type Pills, Better Sidebar, plus 2 more.
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