from Annika Fischer
The monthly overview of the latest developments out of the plentymarkets product world. Quick, compact and clear, also available as a YouTube video. This month with updates on the new item UI, eBay properties, catalogs and Document & EmailBuilder. Find the complete overview of topics in this article.
Topics in the Video
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00:00 - Welcome to the Monthly Product News December 2022 & Intro
00:30 - Introduction of the participants
In this video, founder, CEO & General Product Manager Jan Griesel is joined by General Engineering Manager Atila Szekely and Area Product Managers Daniel Bleichroth (new, see below), Torsten Dachs, Lisa Haak, and Aye Stephen, each of whom is responsible for one plentymarkets product area.
01:00 - plentymarkets Keynote | February 9th 2023 - SAVE THE DATE
The plentymarkets keynote will take place as a digital event on February 9, 2023 and should be marked as an important date in the calendar. Here you will learn everything important about plentymarkets and the goals for the coming year directly from first hand.
01:44 - Personnel change APM plentyChannel
Atila Szekely, who held the positions of both General Engineering Manager (GEM) and Area Product Manager until recently, is handing over responsibility for the plentyChannel product area to Daniel Bleichroth with immediate effect in order to devote more time to his duties as GEM.
03:33 - Permissions in plentymarkets
All user settings, such as rights, roles, account etc. currently involve six user interfaces (UIs). In the future, the settings will be set on just two UIs. In addition, there will be presets for role configurations and the e-mail address will replace the user name as an identifier.
04:32 - eBay Properties
The frequently requested use of properties in eBay listings and templates is in the testing phase and will be available soon.
04:58 - Catalogs bol.com & Zalando
The marketplace bol.com can now be integrated via catalog. Zalando will also be moved to a catalog shortly, at this time testing is underway.
05:17 - Catalog: Master Template
In the upcoming development period, a catalog master template will be elaborated to allow the mapping of recurring fields to be set across marketplaces.
06:17 - Status update Order UI
A compact view will be added to the new user interface in orders within the coming development period. It will be available as an alternative to the list view in the search results of the orders. This is a view that can be configured individually using myView.
07:16 - Document Builder: Closed Beta
Starting in January we are looking for more beta testers for the DocumentBuilder. If you are interested, please contact Jacqueline Wendel via PM in the forum.
07:41 - Messenger & EmailBuilder
The integration of the EmailBuilder with Messenger has been completed. Now, previously designed templates can be used when composing a message in Messenger. Additionally, migration of old templates is still in progress.
08:18 - Status update Item UI
Further functions, such as label printing and conversion of the current variation to the main variation, have been added to the new article UI. In addition, a corresponding view for adding properties has been integrated.
09:02 - Release blue App plentyPOS
The release of the blue app with a new SDK has been successfully completed, so it is now possible to connect to the latest generation of Zettle card readers.
09:28 - Feedback Order & Item UI
As the current development period is coming to a close, we ask you to submit feedback on the order and item UIs in the forum soon so that we can implement any final requirements.
10:11 - Plugin Build 2 - Optimization & Benefits
A number of improvements have been made to Plugin Build 2, so that build times are now mostly under five minutes. The new plugin build offers more stability and security by validating the results in the process as well as a clearer representation of the substeps to allow a more targeted processing of error messages.
12:37 - Seasonal Greetings & Outro
The entire team at plentymarkets wishes you a successful holiday season and a happy new year. The next Monthly Product News will be published in January 2023.
The Plugin News on plentyMarketplace
Customize your system even further. On plentyMarketplace there are hundreds of useful plugins, service offers and tools provided by plentymarkets and a large developer community.
This month's new releases include the Autoteile Manager Lite plugin, the axytos Invoice Purchase 3.0, the DeepL translation service, the eMarketing plugin, as well as FairGeben, Show free goodie in shopping cart and the Tracking Manager. In addition, there are setup services for Günstiger.de, limango, billiger.de and Conrad B2B.