Upcoming New Feature Updates by Mageplaza - May 2022

We received lots of requests from online merchants about extra features and extension compatibilities to optimize their Magento 2 stores. Hence, not only do we research to release new solutions, but we also focus on upgrading the current modules to ensure the best user experience as possible.

Here are updates that will be launched in the upcoming time. If you want to have any other features added or customization for any module, feel free to request that on each product page.

Table of Contents

• 1. Call For Price
• 2. Reward Points
• 3. Extra Fee
• 4. Product Feed
• 5. Gift Card
• 6. Layered Navigation

1. Call For Price (Updated)

What is the Call For Price extension for?

Call for Price hides the price and replaces the add to cart button as other messages to encourage shoppers’ interactions with the store. What’s more, online merchants are allowed to set visibility for each customer group, and set certain rule to automatically display the call for price action. After that, they will be able to track the request status via a report in the backend. If you want to keep your price competitive and communicate directly with your customers, this extension is for you.

Upcoming New Features:

• Config field address to call for price form: Add extra fields such as address, company, state, country,..
• Support Upload Image
• Attach a document
• Best time to contact
• By product price: Min price, Max Price: Apply call for price for products within the price range

2. Reward Points (Updated)

What is the Reward Points extension for?

Magento 2 Reward Points is a flexible reward system for you to create loyalty schemes. You can set up different rewards based on their purchases or other behaviours such as account registration, reviews and ratings, newsletter subscription, social sharing, etc. Other configuration ranges from point spending and earning rules as well to selling products by points. Thanks to this solution, customer retention becomes much easier.

Upcoming New Features:

• Lifetime amount
• Disable point earning for orders with applied points
• Enable reward points notification: Show the reward points notifications to Guest when they checkout

3. Extra Fee (Updated)

What is the Extra Fee extension for?

If you are looking for a solution to impose extra charges for additional services, Extra Fee module by Mageplaza is highly recommended. The fees will be applied based on conditions set in the backend and can be calculated in 3 ways: fixed amount for each item, fixed amount for each cart, or percentage of cart total. While stores are able to offer more services such as gift wrapping, quick delivery, or insurance service, customers can be aware of the exact extra amount they have to pay. Hence, this is a win-win situation for both parties.

Upcoming New Features:

• Advanced Condition
• Customer attributes conditions
• Fee Calculation Applicability Condition
• Display Product Fees on Product Page
  • Product Fees Position

4. Product Feed (Updated)

What is the Product Feed extension for?

Want to showcase your products on multiple shopping channels? Product Feed will help you to do so without effort. Google Shopping, Bing, Facebook, and more - everything is possible using ready feed templates. Admins are enabled to upload product feed quickly via SFTP or FTP. Also, in the latest update, now you can also track the revenue of each feed via detailed reports. This approach will definitely reduce your workload and bring higher efficiency.

Upcoming New Features:

• Delivery
  • HTTP Server Post to URL
  • Webservice/API/GraphQl

5. Gift Card (Updated)

What is the Gift Card extension for?

Sending gift cards to your loved ones has become a new trend when finding gifts for someone is too difficult. Start offering your customers gift cards by using Mageplaza Gift Card extension. Not only can admins create custom designs via drag and drop, but shoppers can also personalize each card with flexible designs, entered amount, messages, and delivery date. After that, the usage and delivery are diverse to choose from.

Upcoming New Features:

• Manage Gift Code - comment
• Check Gift Card Code Status in the frontend (product view page)

6. Layered Navigation (Updated)

What is the Layered Navigation extension for?

Boost your SEO performance by enhancing shoppers’ experience in the product search process. The default Magento 2 only gives limited options to filter search results, but there is higher demand than that. In Improved Layered Navigation, extra filtering options will be provided, including an in-stock filter, new products, sales, rating filter, or price sliders. A Shop by Brand page is also available for the Ultimate version to promote featured brands easily.

Upcoming New Features:

• Push out-of-stock products to the bottom of categories

These feature updates are upon our plan in the meantime, so please keep updated by following this blog post. We will update as soon as there are any changes or if each update is released. If you have any questions, please contact us for more details.