Highlights

• A completely new UI for front-end, shop and dashboard pages
• New & improved user dashboards for optimized performance as compared to the previous version
• Full-screen view of the product images
• Dependency on service and public servers eliminated — media uploads from local machine enabled
• Referred users listing page now available for affiliate users
• jQuery version updated to 3.4.1
• Option to select multiple articles (Delete, Status Changes) for admin, seller, and buyer
• PHP scripts upgraded to PHP V7.2 (PHP mailer Autoload function deprecated)

Enhancements

Import-Export Module:

• Introduced ‘Product temp images’ page under the ‘Misc’ section in the Admin Console that updates the status of cron job set for image update during bulk import.
• Introduced ‘Upload Bulk images’ page under the ‘Misc’ section in the Admin Console allowing the users to add zip file for images that need to be imported via CSV file.

Cart and Wishlist

• Connectivity in Cart and Wishlist modules allows users to move products from cart to wishlist and vice-versa easily
• The cart will now display total cart value with items count in the header

Listing Pages

• Listing pages have been updated and the products are loaded through a permanent link and respective filters via Ajax. This will improve the page load speed and optimize listing pages for search engines.
• Sort by most discounted’ filter added

Orders

• Added fields for minimum and maximum Cash on Delivery (COD) order limit for sellers.
• A maximum negative amount on COD allowed for sellers. Defined at a global level as well as seller level for admin.

Performance Optimization

• Parent category link in the header navigation has been disabled to improve page load speed
• Restricted empty search to increase page load speed. The search string must be at least 3 characters

User Dashboards

• Updated the Seller, Buyer, Affiliate and Advertiser dashboard KPIs with better statistics
• Other General Enhancements
• Introduced validations handling/messages through a centralized class/repository
• Option values cannot be deleted from the ‘Options’ group if it is linked with a product in a seller’s inventory
• All Admin links will now open in a new tab for better usability
• New ‘Cost Price’ field for products. The cost price will be reflected in the reports where users can view the profits made per product
• On the product detail page user cannot add ‘qty’ more than available inventory for the product
• Added a layout template preview for Content pages
• Removed collections’ ‘primary record field’ and ‘managed collection’ from static defined values
• Added a filter to refine search listing on the catalog page in the admin console based on user

Fixes

• Functional updates & code fixes for heading layout direction in the Seller order view
• Payfort & Paytm payment gateway issues fixed
• Updated Authorize.net payment gateway APIs
• Product Model mandatory option in the Admin console fixed
• Request new brand’ count will be displayed on the admin sidebar
• Available date’ checks for products to display on the front end fixed
• Featured shops & All Shops listing issues fixed
• Added recently viewed products slider on the product view page
• Updated the slides banner identifier to be unique
• A system accepting 'Date From' greater than 'Date To' on discount coupon form issue fixed
• Fixed Integer and Alphanumeric validation for Phone No. and Zip Code
• Applied Validation for adding more than 100% volume discount
• Restriction on entering a negative value in the ‘free shipping on’ field in the manage shop page
• Fixed Price filter now accepting decimal input
• Apple touch icon displays correctly now
• Fixed Aweber code
• Fixed redirection to the same page after turning on the ‘Shipped by me’ option on the seller dashboard

New Design

Yo!Kart has undergone design overhaul making V8 most competent from the viewpoint of user experience. Seamless design and improved navigation are noteworthy changes in this version. The change can be experienced at all ends- seller, the customer and admin. New frontend and backend design ensures better customer experience as well as easy and better website management.

Product Catalog System

Instead of the sellers creating catalog for their products, admins can use their knowledge and experience to help them. This new feature of Yo!Kart allows the admins to create a product catalog to which sellers can simply attach their price tags. And if there’s a product that sellers want to sell, they can request the admin to include it in the catalog. With this addition to Yo!Kart, customers can also view other sellers selling the similar product in a certain category.

Multi-Lingual

Yo!Kart V-8 allows users to switch to their preferred language on the go. Admin can include as many languages as they want. All you need to do is simply choose the language of your choice and that’s it. The dropdown list of all the languages supported by a marketplace built on Yo!Kart V8 makes choosing the preferred language really easy and hassle free.

Multi-Currency

The multicurrency feature has also been added to V8 keeping in view varied goals and target market of different businesses. Now you can cater to different set of customers (from different nations) by using the Multicurrency feature of Yo!Kart. Just choose the currencies of your choice and give potential customers the ease to view product price as per their preferred currency. This will not only enable businesses to expand globally but also impact their conversion rate positively.

Improved Product Recommendations

With new recommendation algorithm and better weightage criteria, admins can now recommend products that are more relevant than ever before. This advancement is very useful in improving customer experience. At the same time, it also helps motivate customers to buy more, thus increasing the cart value and increasing revenue.

Cash on Delivery Module

With this addition to the Yo!Kart multivendor eCommerce platform, admin can now offer cash on delivery option. Additional settings were integrated under "General Settings".

Sell Digital Products

Sellers can now offer digital products like PDFs, Software, etc. to buyers using Yo!Kart. The feature comes with advance options such as number of downloads and time durations.

Subscription Module

Enables the seller list a certain number of products for a specific number of days on the website. The price, days, and number of products can be customized by the admin.

PPC Module

With this feature, sellers can promote products, shop, and banner images by placing advertisements on strategically designated places on homepage using the pay per click advertisements.

Digital Wallet Updates

Add Funds: Sellers can add funds to pay for paid advertisement campaign.

Design and User Experience

Theme Management: With this improvement, admin can now change the top bar color visible on the website.

Shipping Management

ShipStation: Integrate ShipStation with Yo!Kart and save time and money on eCommerce fulfillment and shipping management.

Smart Personalization

Product Recommendations: The feature works on weightage specified by admin. To filter product recommendations, admin can mention weightage of events like viewed products, reviewed, marked favorite, etc.

Admin Dashboard Analytics

Using analytics, Yo!Kart admin can get in-depth statistics associated with sales, visitors, social statistics, conversion statistics, recent orders, etc.

New Payment Gateway Integrations

PayPal, Payfort, PayUMoney, Stripe, CCAvenue, Authorize.Net, Omise, Citrus, Khipu, Paytm, Razorpay, Amazon Payments, 2Checkout, PayU biz and Braintree have been integrated into the system.

Blog Integration

Added blog management, which comes with WYSIWYG editor. Other features include comment moderation, category management, guest posting, etc.

Design and UX Updates

Theme Management: Addition of more options under theme management feature. Admin can save or clone themes and customize the design using more number of options.

Product Page Changes

Suggested items: Commonly known as "Customers who bought this, also bought".

Recently Viewed: Display recently viewed products based on buyer's history.

Checkout Process Optimization

Shortened the checkout process by removing some steps. This improvement will help Yo!Kart admin see improved conversion statistics.

AWeber Email Marketing Tool

Email marketing tool, AWeber, can easily be used with Yo!Kart and admin can effectively manage email marketing campaigns.

Issues Resolved

Responsive Behavior: Fixed bugs and issues related to responsive website design of Yo!Kart.

New Revenue Streams

Commissions: The website admin can implement commission model and set different commissions for different sellers, products and categories.

Affiliate: Using affiliate revenue model, admin can invite affiliates and choose to pay them in two different ways – new user signup and new sale made.

Reward Points: The reward points feature can be used in combination with Refer and Earn feature. Using this, sellers and buyers can share a URL and earn reward points for each new registered member.

New Data Migration Feature

Import / Export: Using this feature, admin and vendors can transfer their data while migrating to Yo!Kart website. It can be used to migrate data such as product names, vendors, categories, etc.

Dashboard

Separate Dashboard for Buyers and Sellers: With addition of separate dashboard for buyers and sellers, users can see information such as last five orders. Sellers can also see a graphical view of their earnings.

Issues Resolved

Responsive Behavior: Resolved minor issues related to responsive nature of Yo!Kart.

Speed Optimization: Improved the page loading speed with optimized coding and images.

New Payment Options

Payment Gateways: Authorize.Net (AIM), PayPal Payments Standard, Cash on Delivery, PayU Biz, Wire Transfer

Design and User Experience

Theme management: With the addition of new theme management feature, admin can change the color of various elements of design including buttons.

Localization

Language Labels: The introduction of language labels will enable an admin change the content of the website in his / her local language.

Homepage

Collections Management: Using collections, admin can change the structure of homepage. This feature can be used to display information based on shops, products, and categories.

Android Mobile Application

Introduced a new mobile application for the Android operating system. Admin can offer the smartphone app, which buyers can use to shop for products.