Updates

The new "catalogue mode" allows you to display your products without taking online orders. This feature is available on the Advanced plan, or via add-on for the Ecommerce plan.

Launch an instant sale in one click with the new shop-wide discount feature - no codes required for your customers. Find it on the Mass price update page in the Products section of the shop app.

If you need to keep an eye on the timing of shipping your orders, try the new "Dispatch date" feature, which automatically calculates the due shipping date for each order for you. To use this feature, set your own number of days on the Shop settings page > Misc tab.

Display a note for your customer on their order invoice with the new "Invoice message" feature. Find the field on the order details page.

Our integrated currency converter is finally here! Make shopping easier for your international customers by letting them choose to display prices in their local currency. Available on the Advanced plan, or via add-on for the Ecommerce plan.

If you use the shop app's search function to find, update and edit your products, you can now specifically search by SKU code. To use it, in the search field type sku: followed by your SKU code, for example sku:A123 - this works even for very short codes!

The second half of the year boasts some of the biggest online shopping events of the season. Check out the July-December eCommerce calendar from Australia Post for key dates, tips, and links to helpful resources on how to get involved.

The automatic abandoned cart email feature now sends out an additional reminder after 72 hours (3 days), to further increase your chances of customers completing their unfinished orders. Check that you have this enabled under Shop settings > Checkout tab > Send emails to abandoned carts.

It's now easier for site visitors to locate their search term when following links from the in-site search results page. Search terms in simple text will be clearly highlighted, and any FAQ answers containing the term will be automatically expanded.

How fast your product pages load can have a big impact on your search ranking, but sometimes superior image quality is more important - so we have given you the ability to choose. Find the new option on the Shop settings page > Product details pages tab.

Have you claimed your free email address? ICYMI, our annual plans from Business and above all offer a free mailbox at your custom domain (eg. info@yourwebsite.com.au). If you don't have one yet, just let our support team know what address you want and they'll set one up for you!

We've improved the automatic sharing info added to every page of your website to increase compatability with more social platforms. This new info will be overridden by any custom social tags you've added, either site-wide or for individual pages.

If you share links to your website pages on social media, did you know you can manage the appearance of the link preview? Learn how in our new Social media help article.

Ever needed to find out the URL of a file you've uploaded to your website's file library? Check out our new step by step guide that walks you through the process.

Showcase what your customers or clients have said using the new slideshow feature of the Testimonials app. Choose centred or left-aligned, and include as many testimonials as you like, without taking up precious screen space. See the help article for demo video and details.

You can now sell virtual products with files that are hosted somewhere else - all you need is the download link. Customers will purchase and access the files the same way as with files you've uploaded directly to Nimbo. Find the new "Remote file" option in the virtual product File Manager on the edit product screen.

You can now choose how posts are displayed on your blog index page - in a grid, with the most recent post featured, or in a list, stacked one under the other. Find the option on the Blog app settings page.

New display options have been added for showing your shop categories on any page in your site - ideal for leading customers directly into your shop straight from the home page. Check out the full range in the content blocks menu under "App blocks > Shop".

Our membership app now allows you to manage which individual member accounts can log in - you'll find the option to enable or disable this function when you go to edit a member on the member list page.

One of the most common questions we get from new website owners is how they can find their new site on Google. Follow the steps in our new help article to learn how to get it to start showing up in search results.

Content managed via the FAQ app can now be included in your in-site search results for specific pages. For more info, see the FAQ help article.

If you're using the product ratings and reviews feature, you'll see the star rating now also appears on your product listing page, enabling customers to identify well-rated items at a glance. See an example of how it looks on the demo website.

If it's important for you to have your customers explicitly accept your terms and conditions when they place an order, you can now require them to tick an agreement checkbox before they can check out. Find the new feature on the Shop settings page > Cart tab.

Subscription orders are coming! Because of how customer credit card data needs to be securely stored for repeat charging, you'll need to have a merchant account with Pin Payments to offer product subscriptions on your website. If you don't have one yet, apply now so you can be ready to start straight away when the feature is released.

Would you like a bit more detailed info on your website visitors than you can get from the Quick Stats graph on your Dashboard, but you're not quite up to the steep learning curve required for Google Analytics? If your website has a custom domain, you can now access the advanced statistics tool connected to your hosting account. Find the link under the Quick Stats graph.

Did you know Nimbo is fully Australian owned, made and operated? We actively try to source as much as we can from local suppliers to support our local economy, with everything from our data servers to our staff. Thanks for helping us with this mission! 

Holiday time! The development team will be taking a few weeks off, but a skeleton support crew will still be around to help. Happy and safe holidays to you all, from all of us at Nimbo HQ

We've just released a new add-on for the Ecommerce plan! The product image upgrade add-on helps you level up your image game with options for zoom, image slider, thumbnail control, and the ability to set specific images for each stock variation. Go to Apps > Add-ons to get this functionality for your site.

Do some of your shop categories have a lot of products? Using filters can help your customers find exactly what they're looking for. Check out the new filtering function in action here, then see the help article for how to add it to your site. 

Add any type of custom content, including things like FAQs, testimonials, gallery, slideshow and more, to your shop category pages with the new "custom category content" tool. Available on the Advanced plan, or via add-on for the Ecommerce plan. More info here. 

Got a slideshow with text on your website? The slideshow tool has just been updated with new horizontal and vertical text position settings, giving you control over where the text appears for each slide. 

With the Advanced membership app, you can now offer a store-wide discount to specific member groups, as well as require an optional minimum order spend, and set a minimum per item quantity. Perfect for wholesale! Find the new options in the Edit group panel.

Get Google to index your website faster (and keep your search result links up to date) by connecting your Nimbo website to Google's search console. Follow the steps in our dedicated help article to find out how.

We've just added a handy new report for online sellers that lets you analyse your product sales across any time frame, with the ability to filter down to individual categories or items. Find it in the Reports section of the shop app. 

Our referral rewards program is now live! It's open to all Nimbo account holders - even those on the Free plan. For all the details, and to start collecting your rewards, check out this article. 

You can now duplicate any membership group, including all of its settings, permissions and pricing, with the click of one button! The only thing it doesn't copy across is the members, as they can only belong to one group at a time. You'll see the new "clone" button on the Member groups page. 

Do you love Nimbo? We're working on a program that will reward you for sharing the Nimbo love - watch this space for details coming soon.

Our new "Spend X get Y" promo tool has already had an upgrade! You can now require customers to spend a minimum amount on specific products or categories to qualify for the promo. So many options!

The menus for Nimbo shop websites just got super snappy! Menus appear on every page of your site, so this means your whole website now loads faster. Speed increases will be more noticeable for sites with more categories, with some larger websites loading up to 500% faster!

We've just added a pretty amazing promo tool to the Advanced plan - "Spend X Get Y" allows you to offer tiered rewards to customers based on how much they're spending in a single order. Check out the dedicated help article for more info.

If you need a way to make sure your customers are aware of other products that are closely related to the one they are viewing, check out the new Linked products tool available on the Advanced plan. See an example here, and check out the help article for more info.

The mini editor used for managing descriptions in various apps (shop, FAQ, etc) has just had a handy upgrade, with the ability to directly access your image and file library now available. Find the new link button beside the URL field under the "Insert link" and "Insert image" options.

We've just added gift wrapping as an option for Nimbo shop checkouts; to add it to your site, enable it on the Shop app settings page under the Checkout tab. 

Digital products are here! Whether you have ebooks, music, artwork, photos, or some other digital file, now you can easily sell them online with the Nimbo shop app. See the dedicated help article for more info.

Nimbo online stores now support ShipStation, a shipping platform that allows you to manage all your small parcel shipping needs in one place. Find your personalised connection info on the Settings page under 3rd party apps. 

We've just upgraded the product carousel tool to give you more control over its appearance and behaviour - check out all the new options under the settings tab.

Have you ever accidentally declined an order you meant to approve? Now you can recover it and process it as normal using the new "reinstate order" function available on the details page of declined orders. 

You can now specify exactly which page members will see as soon as they log in! You'll see the new option under the "Can log in" setting on the "Edit member group" page. 

You now have control over whether GST amounts are deducted from your international orders. Find the new option on the Shop settings page under the GST toggle.

Instagram feeds are officially back! To add an automatically updating Instagram feed to any of your pages, follow the steps on our dedicated help article. 

All of the advanced shop features of our membership app - including setting product visibility and pricing per membership group (eg. retail / wholesale), and different payment and shipping methods per group - are now available as an add-on for the Ecommerce plan. Go to Apps > Add-ons to get this functionality for your site. 

All payment methods now give you the option of adding a processing fee; if you're on the Advanced plan, you can also assign fees just to specific member groups. See the new option on the Edit payment method panel.

Normally when you're working on your content and hit the Enter key, the editor automatically creates a new heading or paragraph, with the usual extra spacing above and below it. But what if you want to just push text on to the next line without the extra spacing? Easy! Just hold the Shift key down while you hit Enter, and you get a single line break. 

White is the perfect text colour for most slides - unless your slide image is very light! So we've just added the ability for you to set a custom text colour per slide. You'll see the new setting in the Slideshow tool for "Banner with text" slideshows. 

Leverage the power of customer feedback for increasing your conversion rate by enabling product reviews for your online shop - now available as an add-on for the Ecommerce plan. Go to Apps > Add-ons to get this functionality for your site.

Tabs, move over: you can now display your product descriptions in an expandable accordion style. Available on the Advanced plan; see an example here, and set your preference on the Shop settings page under the "Product details page" tab.

Help your customers find the exact products they're looking for while improving your SEO and leveraging your marketing with the new Product summary feature. See the help article for how to add it to your site. 

Running a blog? Your blog index has just had an upgrade - it now automatically includes the first three lines of text from every post entry (or short intro), which helps readers know what the post is about, as well as giving your blog an SEO boost. Every little bit helps!

We're excited to announce that Afterpay has now been fully integrated into Nimbo online shops, and is available as a payment method! Initially it will be available by invitation only - so if you're ready to start offering your customers Afterpay as a payment method on your website, please contact us for more info.

Add any kind of additional content to *all* of your product pages in one go, using the extra product content tool in Shop settings. See the updated help article for more info; available on the Advanced plan.  

Got a lot of products? We've just added quick search fields to the Mass stock and Mass price update tools to make these a little easier to use with large inventories.

Afterpay has finished with the testing phase, and their team is now busy preparing to welcome the first Nimbo merchants. We'll announce as soon as they're ready!

The editor's overlay tool has just had a nifty upgrade, adding the option to show an overlay by clicking a link. See the updated help article for more info.

Afterpay integration is coming along nicely; the initial setup phase is now complete, and the Afterpay team will be running their tests this week. Making good progress!

You can now set any product as "secret" to hide it from the site, but still allow people with the direct product link to purchase it - perfect for creating standalone promo products without making them publicly available. See the help article for more info; available on the Advanced plan. 

The slideshow app has a new feature - you can now set individual slides "offline", rather than having to delete them and upload the image again later. Click the status in the Edit slideshow panel to toggle any image between Live and Offline.

We're excited to announce that Afterpay is coming to Nimbo! Integration will be starting very soon - watch this space for updates.

The Unlimited product options feature is now available as an add-on for the Ecommerce plan, giving you access to way more than the two options per product provided in the basic shop. Go to Apps > Add-ons to get this functionality for your site.

If you find yourself using navigating around the left control menu a lot, did you know you can click the Nimbo logo to jump straight back to the top menu level? This shortcut could save you a lot of clicks! 

Need to add some custom code (CSS, Javascript, etc) across all of your product pages? The new Header Code field lets you do just that. Find it in Shop settings under the "Product details pages" tab. Available on the Advanced plan.

Wish lists are here! Offer your customers the option to compile an easily accessible list of potential purchases with our new wish list feature, one of the most effective means for reducing cart abandonment and increasing sales. See it in action on the demo site. Available on the Advanced plan; enable it in Shop settings under the "Misc" tab. 

The persistent cart feature of Nimbo online shops means that customers could already build their order over days, but now your site members can also do this across devices, with any cart changes automatically synced to all devices they log in to. So they can start shopping on a mobile, add a few more things to their order on the tablet, and finish on the computer - seamless!

We've just created a new tool to help streamline the task of updating product prices in bulk. Check it out under Apps > Shop > Products > Mass price update. 

Shop owners, if your orders take a little while to process, you now have the option of adding an "In progress" step to your order management. This can help with your own workflow, as well as letting your customers know that their order fulfilment is currently underway. Enable it in Shop settings, under the Misc tab. 

Do you use your printed order invoices as packing slips? You can now opt to display product images to help ensure you send the right items. Find the show images option under the Misc tab in Shop settings.

The page editor in Nimbo offers a wide range of content blocks to choose from - but if you can't find the perfect one to fit your needs, did you know you can request a new one be added? Ask our support team for more info. 

It's nearly Christmas! The development team will be taking a few weeks off, but a skeleton support crew will still be around to help. Happy and safe holidays to you all, from all of us at Nimbo HQ

Increase the impact of your customer reviews by letting people upload photos when they leave a product review. Enable image uploads on the Reviews settings page to start collecting photo reviews for your site.

We've started the process of making all Nimbo websites more accessible and user-friendly for everyone by default, regardless of ability or what technology they're using. There's still a bit to do, but we're pleased with the progress we've made so far. For more info, visit the W3C Accessibility page. 

Got products in your online shop with more than one image? Visitors will now get an automatic peek at the next image on any product listing when they hover over it. See it in action on the demo site.

Advanced shop app update: make your product details pages come alive with the new "extra product content" tool, which lets you add any type of additional content to your page - even apps and video! See an example here, and check out the help article for more info.

Facebook Pixel gives you insight into how visitors interact with your website, and lets you use this data to better target your Facebook ad campaigns. Adding it your Nimbo website couldn't be easier - simply enter your Pixel ID under the "Third party apps" tab on the settings page.

Google Tag Manager is now easier to integrate than ever - in the "Third party apps" tab of the Settings page, simply enter your Tag Manager ID, and Nimbo automatically takes care of the rest!

Advanced shop app update: for items with extra descriptions, you can now make your page layout even more compact by setting your main description as a tab as well. See an example here, and find the "Show main description as a tab" option beneath the main description field in the Edit Product panel.

The checkout flow for all Nimbo online shops has been reworked to make it even easier for customers to send purchases directly to a different address - just in time for the season of giving!

Advanced shop app update: we've added the option for you to display a live count of how many items you have in stock right above the quantity field on the product details page. To enable this in your site, turn on the "Show available stock" option on the shop settings page.

Advanced shop app update: The default design for the digital gift cards in Nimbo online shops is great, but you now have the option of using custom artwork to add your own branding or flair. Talk to us for details.

Advanced shop app update: we've added an API to allow third party custom integrations securely read data from orders placed via your Nimbo website. Talk to us for more info.

Advanced shop app update: the membership app is now also integrated with all available payment methods, letting you manage which options are offered to which member groups in the checkout. Find the new setting in the options for each payment method.

Advanced shop app update: the membership app is now integrated with shipping methods, letting you manage which options are offered to which member groups in the checkout. Find the new setting in the options for each shipping method.

Present answers to all of your commonly asked questions in a compact expandable format with our new FAQ app, now available on the business plan and above. See the demo site for an example, and check out the help article for more info.

We've just added a flexible new payment method you can add to your online store to offer your customers the option to pay by phone, or cash on delivery, or maybe even trade in chickens! Choose "Offline" when adding payment method, and add your own flavour from there.

"Landing pages" are great for encouraging visitors to complete one specific action, without all the usual distractions of menus and other links. Now you can take advantage of the marketing power of landing pages by converting any of your website pages into a landing page with one click. Find the new setting under Page Options (green cog icon).

Shop app update: get some insight into customer behaviour in your checkout by keeping an eye on the new "Unfinished orders" page. Check out the help article for more info.

Ecommerce members: have you been eyeing off some of the great features being released on the Advanced plan? Now our new add-ons section will let you have them too! The first add-on available is the recently released Volume Discount tool, with more to come in the near future. Check them out under Apps > Add-ons. 

Does your logo look perfect on your website, but doesn't look quite right in the emails sent by your site? We have a fix: you now have the option to upload an alternative logo just for use in emails! Find the upload area on the settings page.

Advanced shop app update: volume discounts are here! Encourage customers to buy more of any given product by offering a lower unit price for higher quantities. See the demo site for an example, and check out the help article for more info.

Volume discounts are coming to the Advanced shop app very soon! This feature will let you instantly reward customers for buying higher quantities of any given item, and even tailor the discounts to individual membership groups. Stay tuned for the release!

Advanced shop app update: you can now organise your product descriptions into tabbed sections, making it easier for your customers to find the info they're looking for - think ingredients, benefits, directions... See an example here, and find the "Extra description sections" beneath the main description field in the Edit Product panel.

Would you like your website's full header (including logo) to stay visible at the top of the screen, even when you scroll down the page? Sticky headers are now available for all layouts with horizontal menus. To activate yours, go to Site design > Custom options > Extras tab.

Shop app update: Add a little extra marketing power to your product pages with product subtitles - you can now add one to any of your products as a prominent label saying something like "best seller" or "all Australian ingredients" or even "coming soon!". Find the product subtitle field on the "Basics" tab of the Edit Product panel.

Talks are officially underway about developing the ability to connect your Nimbo website with popular accounting packages such as MYOB and Xero, bringing automatic invoice creation and more (saving you from doing it all manually) - watch this space for updates!

We've made further refinements to how your website's SEO data is built for all pages in your site. These updates will help improve your site's SEO score and increase page relevance in search results, which in turn leads to better ranking and more visitors. Winning!

Membership app update: you can now choose whether the links for members-only pages appear in the site menu for everyone, or only for logged in members. Find the new setting in the Permissions section under Page Options (green cog icon). 

We've just added a new feature which lets you add content that automatically appears below the main page content on every single page of your website - perfect for things like a newsletter subscription form, your contact and location details, lists of services, or even dynamic content blocks like a blog feed or new product arrivals. Access it via the link at the bottom of the Pages menu.

Shop app update: to help reveal which of your marketing efforts are paying off, you can now ask your customers how they discovered you. To enable it for your site, turn on the "Where did you hear about us?" option on the shop settings page. 

Shop app update: want to offer particular areas a special delivery rate? Now you can, with the new "Charge by postcode" shipping method. You can also refine fees even further by specifying weight ranges, giving you enormous flexibility in charging shipping. 

After months of development, we're excited to be officially launching our Advanced plan - offering a suite of sophisticated selling tools and features to get you ahead of the ecommerce game, with even more features planned for the near future. Learn more.

Advanced shop app update:  you can now set a specific image per stock variation. As soon as a customer selects the variation they want from the drop down options, the main product image is swapped to show the matching image. Try it out with this product in the demo.

Advanced shop app update: We've added the option to turn your product images into a slider - use the arrows (or swipe on touch screens) to view the next image, or jump to a specific picture using the thumbnail images. Check it out in the demo.

Advanced shop app update: Got some products that work well together? Now you'll be able to show related products, with the recommended items appearing towards the bottom of the product details page. See it working in the demo.

Advanced shop app update: Don't lose sales when your inventory runs out - our new "back in stock" feature makes it easy for customers to sign up for an alert email and complete their purchase when you've re-stocked. Check it out in the demo.

Advanced shop app update: the product review system is complete! You'll be able to leverage the power of customer reviews to help increase your conversion rates, and strengthen your search engine results. Until the advanced plan is released, you can check it out in our fully functional demo.

Advanced shop app update: our development team is currently working on a feature enabling your customers to rate and write reviews on your products, helping new shoppers decide to buy. Stay tuned... 

Shop app update: we've just upgraded the checkout to help reduce customers' address typos - addresses within Australia will now ask for postcode first, then their suburb and state will be automatically filled. No more hunting for proper delivery details! 

Email delivery can sometimes be a little unreliable, so we've added a new Email History app which gives you access to the complete record of all emails sent via your website. This tool is available to all plan levels; find it under the Apps menu.

Advanced shop app update: with the membership app now fully integrated into the Advanced shop app, not only can you offer custom pricing to certain member groups (hello wholesale!), but also you can manage which groups can even see specific items. Just a few more features to be built before the Advanced plan level is ready to be released!

Advanced shop app update: want to offer special pricing to certain member groups? We're currently busy making this possible - watch this space...

Some unusual bot activity started around the 14th of Feb which nearly doubled many websites' traffic stats for the following 10 days. We've now refined how Nimbo collects visitor info so these kinds of bots get filtered out of the stats, giving you a more accurate picture of traffic from real human visitors, and legitimate search engine bots (the friendly kind).

Membership app update: your customers can now choose to easily save their details and become a member during the checkout process. Enable this option on the Membership app settings page.

After months of development, we're excited to be launching our Membership app today! Membership brings you the ability to keep some site content or blog posts just for members, or offer your repeat customers super-quick checkout and order history. Check out the help article for more info.

Email hosting is here! Great for those who like to keep things simple, with your website and email all in the same place. Some of our annual plans now come with a free mailbox allowance, and all annual plans have the option of purchasing additional mailboxes. See the help article for more details. 

Better, faster, stronger! The recent upgrade to newer, more powerful servers means not only will you be editing and managing your site in less time within the Nimbo system, but also your own website will load more quickly for your site visitors. (Bonus: faster load times also helps with SEO)

Shop app update: you can now automatically graphically display all of your top level categories on any page with the new shop content block - ideal for leading customers directly into your shop straight from the home page. Find it in the content blocks menu under "App blocks > Shop".

Work has officially started on the membership app - this will include an array of membership features for sites on the business plan and above. Stay tuned for updates!

Advanced shop app update: Digital gift cards are coming! Watch this space for updates.

Advanced shop app update: If you sell items that have more than 2 options, you'll love the new custom options feature; this brings the ability to add unlimited options to your products, along with any additional price or weight adjustments.

Demand has been on the rise for the Advanced ecommerce plan recently, so for the near future, our development team will be focussing on building features for the plan's release. Watch this space for new feature announcements as they're completed!

Five new tests have just been added to our automated SEO adviser, including checking whether you've correctly connected Google Analytics to your website. The SEO adviser tool is available for Business and Ecommerce plans; find it under the SEO section of the Apps menu.

Our SEO adviser tool is here! This initial release brings over 30 automatic sitewide checks with helpful info and suggestions, with more tests and features to be added in the near future. Available for Business and Ecommerce plans; find it under the SEO section of the Apps menu.

SEO Adviser is coming! We're working on a tool that will make keeping on top of your SEO a breeze, with comprehensive automatic sitewide checks, and actionable reports. Watch this space!

Get online for just $7/month with our new "Connect" plan, for those of you who just need a simple website. The annual option also includes a free domain!

Our new SEO app is a real time saver, bringing the ability to manage the SEO fields for every page, blog post, shop category and product in your site into one convenient location. Available for Business and Ecommerce plans; find it under the Apps menu.

Good news for those managing multiple websites in the one account! Nimbo will now remember which website you were working on last, and automagically return you to the manage area for that same site the next time you log in - even if you change devices. No need to remember to switch from the default site anymore

Leverage the power of customer testimonials with our new testimonials app. Now you can dynamically feature testimonials throughout your site however suits you best - you can display one at a time, show them all in one column or two, and even choose a select few for each instance. See the help article for demo video and details.

Changing the look of your website has never been simpler than with our new one-step site designer. With a single click (or tap), you can instantly update the layout, colours, and fonts used throughout your website. Check it out in your account today.

We've just made your website faster! All of the JPG and PNG images you've added to your website will now be served in webP format to browsers that support it. This can reduce the size of your images significantly, and speed up your page load times. (You can turn this off in your website settings if the results are not to your liking.)

Nimbo websites with SSL are HSTS ready - take full advantage of the improved security and search engine ranking that this offers by following these steps.

We've made some tweaks to improve the SEO score of your website: URLs will no longer have end slashes (helps reduce pages being seen as "duplicate content" by search engines); and the canonical tag has been added to all pages (another way of avoiding problems caused by seemingly identical or "duplicate" content). All happening automagically - nothing you need to do!

Shop app update: your Nimbo shop can now handle virtual products (like event tickets, classes, workshops, etc) that don't require any shipping. For more info, talk to us.

Shop app update: need to collect a little extra info from your customers? You now have the option of showing a comments field in the checkout - activate it on the shop app settings page.

The popular "parallax" effect is now available for your content backgrounds - this makes the background image of your content scroll at a different speed to the rest of the page, giving an appearance of depth. To use it, choose "Moving image (Parallax)" as the background type on the background position tab.

Shop app update: you can now increase your chances of capturing lost sales by switching on the new "abandoned cart" email function in your shop settings. (Most people plan to come back to complete their purchase, so a timely email reminder helps to make that happen.)

We've added a couple of new content blocks which let you insert content beside a slideshow. Find these in the content block menu under App Blocks > Slideshow.

Want to link one of your menu items to download a file, or a different page in your site, or another website altogether? Now you can with the "Redirect link" function. Find it under the settings section for each page.

Advanced shop app update: we've added an optional automated suggestive selling tool, which automatically list products that past customers bought along with the item they're viewing. Great for automatically pairing items that frequently sell together.

Advanced shop app update: created a "clone product" function - this duplicates all aspects of a product (images, description, categories, stock, pricing...) and will save you a LOT of time if you have multiple similar products!

It's Christmas! The development team is taking a couple of weeks off, but a skeleton support crew will still be available via the Help & Support section. Happy and safe holidays to you all, from all of us at Nimbo HQ

Advanced shop app update: added the option for customers to be able to open larger versions of product images to see details right up close.

Looking for a few extra features in your online shop? The Nimbo development team is working on an Advanced Ecommerce plan that will include pretty much everything you need, including customer features such as enlarging product images, ratings and reviews, gift cards and wish lists, and admin functions including suggestive selling, cloning products, advanced promo offers, and much more. Watch this space for updates!

Shop app update: to make for a clearer, smoother shopping experience, when customers select an option with a price variation, the main displayed price will change to match it.

Shop app update: E-Go is now available as a shipping method for Nimbo online shops. Choose "E-Go" when setting up a shipping method.

Slideshows can now feature headings, text and button links, with your image in the background. To use this, choose the "Banner with text slideshow" slideshow style option under the settings tab for your slideshow.

You've already set your social page links in your site settings, and the icons show in your website's footer - now you can also drop them into your page content. Choose the "visit" option in the content blocks menu under "Blocks containing... > Social".

You can now drop sharing icons on any page in your website - find it in the content blocks menu under "Blocks containing... > Social".

Want to automatically show a feed of your latest blog posts on the home page? You can now choose from 4 different layouts - check out the Knowledgebase article for more info.

Would you like your website's menu to stay visible at the top of the screen, even when you scroll down the page? Sticky menus are now available for all layouts with horizontal menus. To activate yours, go to Site design > Custom options > Extras tab.

Shop listing pages can now be limited to display at the same width as your normal site content on wider screens. To do this, go the shop settings page and toggle the "Use full screen width..." option.

Shop app update: Having complete control over product ordering is nice, but when you have a lot of products, automation is even nicer! You can now choose to have your shop products ordered automatically by name, price, or date added. Find these options in your shop settings.

As an additional security measure, you can now view your past log ins under My account > My login history. If you were logged in to your account at the time of this update, the next time you log out and sign back in, your activity will show up here.

Wondering how much traffic your site is actually getting? We've added a Quick Stats panel to your dashboard that clearly charts page views over the past 30 days. Stay tuned for more detailed stats in the future.

Do you sell items that people frequently buy in multiples? In your shop settings, you can now choose to show a quantity field on your product details page (as well as on the cart page).

System update: you'll now find your account settings and log out function under "My Account" in the control menu. We'll be adding more options to this area over time.

The new auto-redirect tool is now live, and working like a charm. Go ahead and change any URL in your site without fear of losing traffic - that goes for regular pages, blog posts, shop products and categories.

We're busy working on a new system feature that will let you rename or reorganise your website without losing out on traffic - old outdated links will automagically send you to the right place, whether it's a page, a product, or a post.

Want to show your new product arrivals on the home page? Or insert a row of products from another category on a blog post, or any other page? Well now you can - just drag and drop shop content blocks to show products on any page of your site. Pretty cool  

The shop app's promotional discount tool is ready - you can now offer your customers $ or % discounts off their cart total, as well as limit which products it applies to, and set a minimum spend before the discount can be used.

A promo discount tool for the shop app is underway; as of next week, you'll be able to offer your customers $ or % discounts off their cart total, as well as limit which products it applies to.

Upgrading from a Shopify website? You can now import your shop's product info and images straight into Nimbo - talk to us for details. Import tools for other shop formats coming soon.

The Contact app is now using Google's invisible reCAPTCHA to protect you against spam and other types of automated abuse. We will also extend this to our form builder app soon.

We're excited to announce that the page editor has just received a major update, bringing much requested new features like the ability to insert individual images without dropping a content block first, and also the long-awaited table functionality.

The drag and drop form builder is now ready for you - quickly and simply build yourself forms to generate leads, distribute surveys, collect feedback, enable registrations, or whatever you need. Available on the business and ecommerce plans.

We're busy putting the finishing touches on a drag and drop form builder app - you'll be able to create great looking and easy to use custom forms for your website. Stay tuned for the app launch this week!

The site design tool has just been superpowered - only your imagination is the limit, as now you can set your own site-wide background images, colours, fonts, and even CSS with our custom design tool. Try it out and let us know what you think!

Our feature-rich blog app is now live, and available on the starter, business and ecommerce plans. Check out the Knowledgebase article for more info.

Our drag and drop blog app is just about ready to go! Schedule your posts, add tags, and take advantage of the spam-free Disqus commenting platform to engage your readers. Stay tuned for the launch!

Shop app update: Order management is now complete, and with that, we're officially opening the shop app for public testing. Please get in touch if you're interested in free early access!

Shop app update: we've added a stock checking function that will help prevent customers from buying items that have become sold out while they're browsing your site.

We're taking a brief breather to enjoy the holidays, then will be back on track mid-Jan to get those last few pieces of the shop into place. Happy holiday season!

Shop app update: Payment methods have been integrated, allowing you to start selling online straight away with PayPal Express or bank transfers. Other credit card payment gateways (SecurePay, Eway, Stripe) will be added in the future.

Shop app update: You'll be able to mix and match unlimited shipping methods, including flat rate shipping, click and collect, and automatic integration with Australia Post.

Shop app update: We're excited to announce we have crafted a super user-friendly one page checkout! Quick, easy and inviting, which translates to more completed sales  

Shop app update: The shop features a persistent cart - this means that people can take as long as they need to place their order - days, or weeks even!

Shop app update: Pages throughout the shop now use JSON-LD, which helps search engines display specific info about pages or products (eg. product name, price, stock status, etc) to make you stand out in search results.

Shop app update: The product details page is looking good! Nice big images (as many as you like), social sharing, and a quick and easy "add to cart" section.

Shop app update: Got a lot of products? The search app now works together with the shop - so customers can quickly see results from within your shop, or site pages.

Shop app update: As with all of Nimbo's apps, the shop is totally responsive, and finger friendly - which means your customers will enjoy a smooth, easy, comfortable shopping experience, regardless of whether they use their smartphone, tablet, laptop or desktop computer.

Shop app update: Display your shop categories in the main menu, or tidily tuck them away in a drop down menu - whatever suits you.

Shop app update: Be as organised as you like with unlimited shop categories; products can also be assigned to multiple categories to help shoppers can find exactly what they're looking for.

The shop app is a big project, so over the coming weeks we'll be bringing you little highlights about the features we're working on to make things as easy as possible for you and your customers.

And we are live! Now we'll get busy on the blog and shop apps to enable the advanced plans!

We've been industriously working away behind the scenes, and plans are now afoot to fully launch Nimbo to the public in the next weeks! We're stocking up on champagne here at Nimbo HQ  

We've completed the slideshow app, so it's now available for you to use in your site. See the help article for demo and details.

Work has begun on the slideshow app - watch this space for updates!

We've completed the gallery app, so it's now available for you to use in your site. See the help article for demo and details.

Due to popular demand, we've made developing the gallery app a priority - so this is currently underway and will be launching soon.

Welcome to the Nimbo beta release. We look forward to your feedback!

We're getting things ready for the Nimbo beta test...

Added this new system to keep track of updates made in Nimbo's life cycle.

Pages within Nimbo will now load faster thanks to Browser pushState. Browser back and forward buttons will now work across all pages.