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Jigoshop 1.6 will be available today, Tuesday March 5, 2013, with new features including automatic handling of VAT for EU-based companies. That means Jigoshop is now an even better solution for shops with European business customers.

The change means that EU-based businesses will no longer pay VAT on purchases via any Jigoshop store, if the shop owner allows them to provide a valid EU VAT ID number.

When enabled, customers will be prompted to enter a VAT number during the checkout process. Jigoshop will then check the number is valid, and if so, remove tax from the purchase price. An invalid number will generate a warning, and without any VAT number tax will be charged as normal.

Jigoshop 1.6 includes new EU VAT handling

Other great new features include a new ‘Shop Manager’ role for users, and authenticated customers can now log in via different devices and still access their current Shopping Cart – which is great if you started shopping via your PC at work and want to complete the purchase when you’re at home, for example.

Jigoshop’s translations have also been updated for Brazilian, Ukrainian, and French languages, plus default attributes for variable products can now be pre-selected to appear on product pages.

Jigoshop 1.6 Changelog: 5.3.2013.

• New: VAT reduction -after- processing an Order for customers out of the Shop Base Country and with a valid EU VAT Number for EU Countries
• New: Authenticated customers can now log out and back in again on a different device and get their cart back
• New: Added default attributes for variable products to be pre-selected on front end Product page
• New: Added a WordPress ‘Shop Manager’ role for Users
• New: Support for WP-PageNavi plugin
• Tweak: Added 2 options on Settings->General for displaying certain messages on the Checkout
• Tweak: Updated Brazilian translations courtesy of Raphael Suzuki
• Tweak: Updated Ukrainian translations courtesy of Anatolii Sakhnik
• Tweak: Updated French translations courtesy of Laurent Dinclaux
• Fix: products on sale shortcode now accurately displays simple products on sale
• Fix: internal product attributes and variations saving of custom text attributes
• Fix: Adding products to the Cart if not sufficient stock available
• Fix: Variations now check for sufficient stock available
• Fix: Reports date range selectors now work in all browsers

If you’re an existing Jigoshop user, you’ll see the update notification within your WordPress dashboard, and the new download will become available via WordPress.org shortly. We test every update prior to release, but always recommend updating to a test site, or during a low traffic period for any live sites.

Klarna Payment Gateway:

Klarna is a great payment service which is particularly suited to new and small eCommerce businesses. It currently operates across Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Germany and the Netherlands.

The way it works is customers can order and receive their products and services by paying Klarna, meaning you don’t need to establish the same level of trust required for a new consumers to share their credit card details with you. And Klarna will cover the risk of non-payment to ensure you get paid whatever happens.

Our Klarna Payment Gateway covers Klarna Invoice, which allows customers to only enter their basic details, meaning less abandoned purchases, and allowing them to pay for goods when they have been received.

It also includes Klarna Account, which allows customers to aggregate their Klarna purchases and pay with installments, being used by more than 700,000 customers for bigger and more numerous purchases.

You can also use Klarna Special Campaigns, which allows you to offer deals, such as ‘buy now, pay later’, so you can allow customers to pay at defined times in the future, rather than making their purchases up front.

Take a look at the Klarna Payment Gateway now – it’s a great option for any business selling to Scandinavian, German and Dutch customers.

This week Chris Christoff has provided us some great plugin updates.

Jigoshop Price By Role

The version 3.0 update to Price by Roles adds a ton of new features.

First, there is an updated add/remove roles page. Its simpler to use, with updated and improved validation. Making a new role is as simple as typing in the name, and clicking a button. No confusing Role Management plugin needed. To remove a role, select the name from the dropdown and click on remove. Simple, quick, and easy.

One of the biggest new features is the addition of global rules. We’ve been working on global rules since Price by Roles’s launch back in early October. After several rounds of testing its ready to go. Next version we’re adding even more options, like the ability to exlude products and also do discounts by tags.

Also new, is the brand new settings panel. You can now fine tune every role, from enabling/disabling payment gateways, to enabling/disabling the ability to purchase to enabling/disabling the ability to view products. All in a quick and simple fashion.

Our biggest new feature, by far, is pricing by variations. We’ve been hard at work, working on a way to do this, and with 3.0 we’ve added this feature. You can now charge different prices on individual variations by role. Maybe you want to only give Role A a discount on red, extra large tshirts? Now you can. Simple, quick, and above all easy.

Finally, we’ve done a bit of page reorganization. We’ve move Price By Roles options to be its own menu item in the backend (so you don’t have to look for the options under Jigoshop’s menu item). We’ve also added a support page. You can now submit a ticket for help directly from the backend of the plugin. It comes right to us with your license key and System Info automatically attached, helping us dramatically speed up support times.

Price by Roles 3.0 is extremely stable. We’ve been doing public beta testing for about two months now (since early Jan), and after 7 rounds of public beta, you can rest assured that its going to be fast, simple, and easy to use.

• Jigoshop QR Code

The plugin has been rewritten from scratch. The plugin has been greatly reduced in size from 40 files to just 4, and the UI has been updated. Its never been a better time to try QR codes, as mobile web usage continues to rise among highly connected teengagers.

• Jigoshop Add Flat Rates

The plugin has been reworked. Before, we relied on a system that essentially created a file, and then required the user to jump from 1 page to another one to make it. Now, the flat rates are a Custom Post Type. Adding a rate has never been easier, and can be done on one page now. This resolves issues customers had in the past with file permissions and the like.

• Jigoshop List View

This update is a near complete rework of the old plugin. Included now is the ability to set a default option, or to have just list view or grid view allowed. Also added is an updater, and fixes compatibility with non WP-standard compliant themes.

• Jigoshop Add Redirect/Button (JARB)

This update adds the highly requested feature to remove the normal add to cart button, as fixing a bug that affected a small amount of themes.

• Jigoshop Duplicate Products

A minor update to resolve an issue with the ability to deactivate the license.

• Jigoshop Magnify

This update fixes a bug in both the licenser used for the plugin as well as an issue preventing the plugin’s Javascript files from loading on non-standards complaint WP themes.

Some great new features to this already brilliant plugins!

Starting today & ending on the 3rd March, one of our premium developers Matt Gates is having a 20% sale on all Jigoshop plugins. All you need to do is enter “20%SALE“ on the checkout screen.

The Jigoshop plugins involved are:

Custom Product Tabs
Catalog Deluxe
Product CSV Suite
Korta
ANZ eGate
Product Vendor
Limited Deals
Barclaycard ePDQ Essential
New Zealand Post Shipping
Password Protect
CyberSource Payment Gateway
Order Sequence
Bring Shipping
Amazon Simple Pay

AWeber, Dwolla and reCAPTCHA can now all be added to your Jigoshop business quickly and easily, improving your email marketing, lowering your payment fees and cutting down on spam orders. In addition, you can add more personality to your store by using Jigoshop Sold to create custom icons for out of stock products.

AWeber Newsletter for Jigoshop:

Email is still one of the best ways to generate sales for your shop. It’s always easier and more cost-effective to attract repeat purchases than to try and get new customers. Whether you want to send regular newsletters, offer an automated response when people sign-up, or just alert people to news, sales or discounts, email is a direct way to reach people. We already offer extensions for email services from Mailchimp and Campaign Monitor, and now we’re covering the big three with the release of the AWeber Newsletter for Jigoshop extension.  It uses the AWeber API to be quick and simple to set-up, with newsletter sign-ups via a widget and the checkout process. Start engaging with your customers today!

Jigoshop reCAPTCHA:

Cut out spam registrations and orders by introducing Jigoshop reCAPTCHA to your checkout process. This extension uses Google’s own service to not only provide a test which is simple for humans and difficult for computers, but also helps the efforts to digitise old books and make them accessible to everyone online. It’s a very simple and effective way to instantly reduce wasted time. Check out Jigoshop reCAPTCHA.

Dwolla Gateway for Jigoshop:

Dwolla offers incredibly low transaction fees for individuals and merchants – nothing for under $10, and just $0.25 for transactions above that amount. There’s no registration fee, contract, or annual cost, and this new extension makes it quick and easy to offer to your customers, potentially saving you substantial amounts in fee payments. Check out the Dwolla Gateway for Jigoshop and see if it’s right for you!

Jigoshop Sold:

Add more personality and style to your shop by displaying a customisable icon on products which are current out of stock. You can pick from a range of styles, colours and icon positions, add custom text, and even upload your own custom image to add more flair to your site. Take a look at Jigoshop Sold.

We’ve only had two plugins updated and they are from one of our favourite developers Sixty-One Designs.

Checkout Fields Manager

•  Fixes a nasty error message appearing once the checkout has been completed.

PDF Invoices and Packing Slips

• Resolves an issue with with variable product support in Jigoshop 1.5.1

Be sure to get these and keep your site up to date!