September 30, 2022
Checkout Links #
The New
Checkout Links is now generally available to all qualifying merchants. Reach out to your Bolt Customer Success Manager for more information and to enable this feature.
September 16, 2022
Seamless Login Enhancements #
The New
To align with industry practices and reduce friction, the shopper authentication process now involves fewer clicks with the following enhancements:
- Automatically detect & authenticate shoppers with an existing session
- After a shopper enters their email address, automatically proceed to the verification step
- Automatic login upon entering the verification code
This functionality is now available to merchants using any of the following:
August 19, 2022
Fraud Protection -- Beta #
Fraud Protection for embedded checkout is currently available to participating Beta merchants.
The New
Bolt’s Fraud Protection is now available with embedded checkout to merchants who meet certain annual GMV qualifications.
August 19, 2022
Seamless Login Enhancements #
The New
To align with industry practices and reduce friction, the shopper authentication process now involves fewer clicks with the following enhancements:
- Automatically detect & authenticate shoppers with an existing session
- After a shopper enters their email address, automatically proceed to the verification step
- Auto-login upon entering the verification code
This seamless login enhancement is currently available to participating Beta merchants.
June 24, 2022
Item-Level Gift Options #
The New
Bolt now offers gift options at the item level for merchants who use Magento 2, BigCommerce, or custom cart implementations.
Gift options enable shoppers to do the following:
- When adding an item to the cart, select a gift option such as a gift message or gift wrapping
- Skip adding an invoice to a gift order
- Add different shipping and billing addresses
Gift options provide the following benefits to merchants:
- Offer gift options as a complimentary service or as an up-sell
- Choose which products are eligible for gift options
- Set gift wrapping costs at the item level
Gift options is currently available to participating Beta merchants.
June 24, 2022
Ship to Multiple Addresses #
Shoppers
Bolt’s checkout experience enables you to ship items in your cart to multiple destinations.
Merchants
Set up Complex Shipping to enable your shoppers to set multiple shipping addresses for the items in their cart.
June 24, 2022
Shopper Assistant Enhancement - Free Shipping #
The New
Bolt’s Shopper Assistant now offers free shipping over a merchant-determined order total to help drive conversions.
The Shopper Assistant is currently available to participating Beta merchants.
June 17, 2022
Risk Assessment Scoring with Fraud Protection #
The New
Risk Assessment Scoring is now available to merchants who use Fraud Protection.
June 17, 2022
Webhook APIs #
The New
You can now create, configure, query and delete webhook endpoints using Bolt’s APIs. Programmatically create hooks to receive information about Bolt events, such as transaction status.
June 16, 2022
PayPal Payflow Pro Gateway Integration #
The New
The gateway integration with PayPal Payflow Pro is now generally available.
To connect your PayPal Payflow Pro account to Bolt, add your gateway credentials in Payment Settings in the Bolt Merchant Dashboard.
June 15, 2022
Internet Explorer Deprecation Notice #
The Removed
Bolt no longer supports Internet Explorer, as Microsoft has discontinued the browser as of June 15th, 2022. Microsoft recommends switching to Microsoft Edge, as it has a backwards-compatibility feature called “IE Mode” to help onboard Internet Explorer users.
June 3, 2022
PayPal Payflow Pro Gateway Integration - Beta Only #
The PayPal Payflow Pro gateway integration is currently available to participating Beta merchants.
The New
Bolt now supports a gateway integration with PayPal Payflow Pro to support your brand’s global growth.
To connect your PayPal Payflow Pro account to Bolt, add your gateway credentials in Payment Settings in the Bolt Merchant Dashboard.
May 25, 2022
Adobe Commerce / Magento 2 2.25.2 #
The Improved
- Users no longer need to add a
Bolt SSO JS block
to their Magento 2 theme when installing SSO Commerce. CSS and JavaScript are now injected programmatically.
The Bug Fixes
- Fixed issue that caused Bolt button not to load in the mini-cart and the checkout modal to timeout.
- Users can now check out with a fixed amount shipping discount.
- Fixed issue in order view that prevented users from filtering by Bolt Payments
- Merchants will now see fully refunded orders that have shipped with
Processing
status instead ofClosed
.
See this guide to update your plugin.
May 24, 2022
Unify Authorization for Payment Processing #
The Improved
To help merchants reconcile transactions with their alternative payment method providers, Bolt updated the Affirm and Amazon Pay alternative payment method (APM) integrations to include unique transaction identifiers. Bolt now passes the Transaction Reference field as the external reference identifier for all Affirm and Amazon Pay transactions.
May 20, 2022
QR Codes - Beta #
QR Codes is currently available to participating Beta merchants.
The New
Merchants can now send customers to cart or checkout with a prepopulated product via QR Code. Use cases for this include turning awareness ads, billboards and product displays into conversions.
If you would like to participate in this Beta program, please reach out to our support team.
May 6, 2022
Cart-Based Product Add-Ons #
Cart-Based Product Add-Ons is currently available to participating Beta merchants.
The New
Bolt has released a feature (in beta) that enables merchants to make personalized recommendations and Product Upsells to their shoppers based on what is currently in their cart, shopping history, and browsing history.
INFO
This feature is currently only available for Custom Carts.
Resources
May 4, 2022
Self-Service Disputes - Beta #
Self-Service Disputes is currently available to participating Beta merchants.
The New
With Self-Service Disputes, Bolt introduces a way for merchants using Bolt Payments to upload documentation directly into the disputed transaction for Bolt to use during representment. For more information on how to complete this process, see Self-Service Disputes Guide.
May 4, 2022
Single-Identifier Verification in Checkout #
Single-identifier verification in checkout is now generally available.
The New
- During checkout, the Bolt one-time verification prompt now appears after a returning shopper enters one of their identification methods (either phone number or email address).
- This removes a step from the logged-in checkout flow and helps shoppers who may have trouble remembering the right combination of identifiers associated with their account.
May 2, 2022
Shopper Assistant - Beta #
For Shoppers
The Shopper Assistant brings you personalized experiences while shopping in a participating merchant’s storefront.
When you log in, you get the VIP treatment with product recommendations, personalized insights, and exclusive offers.
For Merchants
Add the Bolt Shopper Assistant to your storefront to offer shoppers a personalized experience and turn guest shoppers into logged-in shoppers.
Quickly set up the Shopper Assistant from the Merchant Dashboard.
The Shopper Assistant is currently available to participating Beta merchants.
April 28, 2022
In-Store Associate Checkout #
The New
- Merchants with brick-and-mortar stores can offer Bolt Checkout to their shoppers via store associate ordering.
April 25, 2022
Sezzle Alternative Payment Method #
The New
- Integrate your Bolt account with Sezzle to offer shoppers this alternative payment method during checkout.
April 21, 2022
Shopper Dashboard -- Wallet Management #
The New
- In the Shopper Dashboard, you can now use the Wallet tab to add, manage, and delete your saved payment methods.
April 18, 2022
Risk Assessment Scoring #
The New
Risk Assessment Scoring decouples risk scoring from indemnification to provide:
- Merchants with detailed insights into risk scoring for each credit card transaction
- A pathway to easily upgrade to full Fraud Protection
Risk Assessment Scoring is now available to merchants using Bolt One-Click for BigCommerce who do not use Fraud Protection.
April 11, 2022
Global Consent Collection Beta Release #
The New
This new feature will allow US-based merchants to offer their shoppers the opportunity to enable a Bolt shopper account, where they can enjoy the benefits of the Bolt Network. Merchants will see an increase in the percentage of cross-network transactions and checkout conversions.
Resources
If you would like to participate in this Beta program, please reach out to our support team.
April 8, 2022
Single-Identifier Verification in Checkout - Beta #
Single-identifier verification in checkout is available to participating Beta users.
The New
- During checkout, the Bolt one-time verification prompt now appears after a returning shopper enters one of their identification methods (either phone number or email address).
- This removes a step from the logged-in checkout flow and helps shoppers who may have trouble remembering the right combination of identifiers associated with their account.
April 7, 2022
Embeddable Component - Payment Method Update #
The New
Bolt’s embedded component library now includes a component that enables shoppers to update their payment method directly from a merchant’s storefront account and save new card details or addresses back to their Bolt account for future use across the Bolt network.
April 1, 2022
Shopper Dashboard - Delete Bolt Account #
The New
- Shoppers can now delete their own Bolt accounts via the Shopper Dashboard. Bolt’s personal data deletion process is CCPA- & GDPR-compliant.
March 21, 2022
Checkout.com Gateway Integration #
The New
Bolt now supports a gateway integration with Checkout.com to support your brand’s global growth.
To connect your Checkout.com processing account to Bolt, just add your gateway credentials in Payment Settings in the Bolt Merchant Dashboard.