Hi Sellers!
We've said "so long" to August, and September means students are back to school! ๐ It also means it's time for our monthly roundup of all the new features and product updates posted in the US Seller Community in August 2023.
The Roundup
- [New] Receipt Printing Flexibility on Connected Square Terminal
- [Improvement] Add a customer at checkout to deliver faster, better service
- [New] Square House Accounts
- [Improvement] Additional font controls on Square Online
- [New] Purchase shipping labels from Square Dashboard
- [New] The Dashboard Home page now has Widgets!
1. [New] Receipt Printing Flexibility on Connected Square Terminal
๐ท Square Terminal
You can now streamline checkouts by printing receipts for cash payments right from your connected Square Terminal and printing receipts from external printers. This new feature allows for a wider range of receipt printing settings in your connected Square Terminal, and customers are able to select their preferred form of receipt for both card or cash payments directly on the display.
2. [Improvement] Add a customer at checkout to deliver faster, better service
๐ท๏ธ Square POS
Providing an easy and personalized checkout experience for your in-person, repeat customers helps to increase sales, retention, and customer satisfaction. Weโre excited to announce a quicker way to add customers at checkout and see their full customer profile in Square Point of Sale. This feature is now available on Android, as well as iOS.
3. [New] Square House Accounts
๐ท๏ธ Square Dashboard
Let your frequent, trusted customers keep a running balance with you. Collect payment at a later time by sending an invoice, or even setting up automatic payments. With house accounts, you can deliver a more convenient experience by creating a running bill that customers can pay later with automatic invoices.
4. [Improvement] Additional font controls on Square Online
๐ท๏ธ Square Online
Square Online now makes it easier to customize how text is displayed on your website. Starting today you can configure both Line Height and Letter Spacing from the website editor for each font style. You can find these settings by opening the Site Design > Fonts and expanding any of the font style settings.
5. [New] Purchase Shipping Labels from Square Dashboard
๐ท๏ธ Square Dashboard, Square Online, Integrations
As a follow up to our launch of managing shipments in Square Dashboard, weโre excited to announce that weโve added the ability to purchase shipping labels directly within Dashboard for US Sellers! Weโve partnered with Shippo to give you the ability to create a free Shippo account and be able to purchase shipping labels directly from eligible carriers within Dashboard.
6. [New] The Dashboard Home page now has Widgets!
๐ท๏ธ Square Dashboard
Introducing Widgets in Dashboard! Available now to all sellers using Square Dashboard on desktop devices. Your business at a glance. Widgets visualize relevant information about your business. Youโll see them in your Dashboard homepage, right when you log into your Square account. More useful insights, faster. Youโll see Widgets on payment types, items and categories sold, and customers all in one place. Dive deeper into your businessโs performance. You can set filters to see data over a period of time or click into each Widget to dive deeper into your reports and customers.
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๏๏ธ Kristen
Product Engagement, Square
