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Nov 9, 2023
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November Patch Notes

The last 30 days have seen a lot of progress, with the launch of knitted products and custom jewelry, mobile apps for memberships, strikethrough pricing, and a ton of other improvements.
Patch Notes November 2023

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New products: Knitted products and custom jewelry

We know that high-quality, unique products help your store stand out and keep your community interested, so we’ve been looking for great manufacturers to partner with, and we’re excited to announce two brand-new product categories: Knitted products and custom jewelry! We’ve been testing these for a while, and we couldn’t be more proud of the quality, we think you and your supporters will love them too.

New knitted products:

New jewelry products:

The custom jewelry process is low minimums and supports beautiful, intricate designs

Mobile apps for memberships

You can now offer your members a beautiful, fully-branded custom app where they can access your membership content along with your full site – complete with push notifications so your members never miss an update.

And the best part? You don't have to pay Apple's 30% tax for payments collected in the apps.

We were able to make this happen using the progressive web app technology that Apple recently expanded support for. The technology has finally gotten to a place where progressive web apps are nearly indistinguishable from apps you download via the app store

Compare-at (strikethrough) pricing

It’s now easier than ever to show off deals you’re offering with our new compare-at-pricing feature, which lets you show a crossed-out price next to your actual selling price. We’re excited to see how you all use it to hype your holiday sales!

This is how strikethrough pricing appears on the product page
Screenshot showing there is now a "Add compare-at pricing" checkbox in edit products pages in the admin dashboarde
You can turn on compare-at pricing in the product details page of your admin dashboard!

Product designer speed improvements and bug fixes

Last month we announced we were migrating to a new product design tool that would allow us to expand our product catalog with more unique and interesting products (like the knitted products I talked about above)  – but once we launched, we discovered that a number of creators were having issues with laggy performance or bugs that made it difficult to create new products.

The team spent the second half of this month working hard on performance improvements and bug fixes, and I’m excited to announce that we’ve now significantly increased the speed and performance of the new designer as well as tested it on a number of browsers:

  • Mac, Safari ✅
  • Mac, Firefox ✅
  • Mac, Chrome ✅
  • Mac, Opera ✅
  • Mac, Opera GX ✅
  • Mac, Brave ✅
  • Windows, Firefox ✅
  • Windows, Opera ✅
  • Windows, Chrome ✅
  • Windows, Edge ✅

New Klaviyo app

For those of you who use Klaviyo (an email marketing tool), we partnered with Klaviyo to launch an official Klaviyo app that makes it easy to sync emails you collect on your Fourthwall website with your Klaviyo account!

Screenshot of the Klaviyo app in the

New Laylo app

We also launched a Laylo app, a tool that makes it easy to launch sophisticated countdown pages to build hype for upcoming drops!

Screenshot showing the new Laylo app, available in the admin dashboard

Seamless scrolling in membership feeds

We launched infinity scrolling in the membership feeds (both desktop and mobile)! This means that when a member is scrolling down through your posts, we’ll quietly continue to load more posts so they don’t have to navigate back and forth between pages. This is the same system that TikTok and Instagram use and should make browsing your content easier than ever.

GIF animation showing the mobile app being scrolled through seamlessly
Seamless scrolling! No more pages.

onboarding checklist IMPROVEMENTS for new creators

The experience of creating a new Fourthwall site just got easier with our revamped onboarding checklist! While most of you reading this probably already have a Fourthwall site live and running, it’s never been a better time to send your creators to Fourthwall and earn free sample credit for doing so!

Screenshot of the onboarding checklist that helps you set up your shops and memberships when you create a new Fourthwall site
This is what the new checklist looks like for creators setting up shops and memberships at the same time

Account names are now editable (finally!)

You can now edit your account names after your account is created! No more contacting support and having to wait for our team to do it for you manually.

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New team role: Thank you note sender

We had a few requests from creators and managers who wanted to invite people to their team exclusively for the purpose of sending thank-you notes to supporters. We now support that with the new “Thank you note sender”, which is a team role that only allows the member to send thank yous, and they cannot view or change anything else.

Screenshot showing the new team member invite form and the new "Thank you note sender" role that appears

AI-powered support bot

We pride ourselves on having fast, effective customer support, but sometimes, you need an answer instantly and don’t have a few hours to wait for a reply. To help with this, we’re testing out an AI-powered support bot, which you can find by clicking the chat icon in the bottom right of your admin dashboard.

So far, it’s looking promising, with 82% of conversations not needing a real human to help and 70% of people rating their answers as “very helpful”.

Screenshot showing a conversation with the AI support bot, where the creat
Asking the important questions

Agency Dashboard analytics improvements

On the Agency Dashboard, our tool for people who work with lots of Fourthwall sites at once, we improved the analytics by adding a few new graphs to help you track the sites you manage:

  1. Top products by unit sold
  2. Sales by country
  3. Members

While we don’t expect a lot more feature improvements for the agency dashboard in Q4, we have a big roadmap for 2024 and are committed to making this the best platform for managers and agencies who manage multiple creators.

Screenshot of the new agency dashboard analytics improvements

Mobile app improvements: EASIER SIGN-UP VIA APP, Members-only product support, and accurate Twitch gift statuses

We want creators to be able to fully manage their Fourthwall businesses from their phones, and to do that, we’re continuing to invest in our iOS and Android mobile apps. This month, we launched the ability to sign-up for Fourthwall via our mobile app (you used to only be able to log in), support for setting up members-only products in the apps as well as making it easier to recognize and track Twitch gifts.

The new start screen experience on the mobile apps, which allows creators to sign-up v
New sign up flow on the mobile app
Animation showing you can mark products as members-only via the mobile apps
You can now mark products as members only in the app
Animation showing that you can now view the status of Twith gifts in the app
You can now see who won and who has redeemed their Twitch gifts directly from the app

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I couldn’t be more proud of how fast the team is moving and how many great improvements we’ve been able to ship out over the past few months. Keep sending us feedback on Discord and Twitter – we’re listening, and we love hearing your ideas!

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Frequently asked questions

How much does it cost to use Fourthwall?

There are no monthly fees, no upfront costs, and no contracts to use Fourthwall. You set your prices and choose your own margins. Here is how our pricing and splits work when you sell:

  • Products from our product catalog. All products in our product catalog have a publicly listed flat fee, which gets deducted from the selling price you set. There are no extra percentages/margins. You keep 100% of profits.
  • Products you ship yourself. No fee (0% fee)
  • Digital products. 3% flat fee
  • Subscription memberships. 5% flat fee

Additionally, all US-based credit card transactions have an added 2.9% + $0.30 payment processing fee (same as Shopify). Fees vary for PayPal and other providers. Learn more.

How much money do I make on sales from the Fourthwall catalog?

Product costs are listed directly in our product catalog.

If a t-shirt is listed in our catalog at a $10 cost, we will automatically deduct that amount from your profits whenever you make a sale. You can sell products for any price you want.

For example, if you sell the shirt for $22, you'll make $12 in profit on each unit sold. If you sell it for $50, then you'll make $40 in profit on each unit sold.

Does Fourthwall ship worldwide?

Yes! Fourthwall works with manufacturing & fulfillment partners around the globe in the US, UK, EU, Canada, Mexico, Australia, and Japan.

Shipping rates are dynamically determined by the size of package and destination. We work with most major carriers and pass through the true cost of shipping. That means that you can offer low-cost, fast shipping to your fans. Most items have a delivery window of 5-8 days.

Be sure to browse our product catalog to find products that are fulfilled out of your target regions to provide the fastest & cheapest shipping for your community.

Does Fourthwall handle sales tax?

Fourthwall operates as the "Merchant of Record", which means that we're responsible for handling all sales taxes. This includes nexus registration, collecting sales tax, and remitting this to US states & other countries.

That way you can focus on designing products and promoting your shop, not taxes.

Can I connect a custom domain to Fourthwall?

Yes. You can connect a custom domain or subdomain on Fourthwall. Learn More.

Does Fourthwall offer artwork & design support?

If you need help finding an artist or designer, check out our design community.

This is a vetted network of exceptional designers that can help you make great quality designs for your audience. We also recommend tools like Canva or Kittl.

Does Fourthwall provide customer support for my orders?

Yes. For any product from our product catalog, we'll handle all customer support for you.

From answering general order questions to making address changes, our team is there to ensure that your buyers are treated with the same level of care that you would personally give them. We have a 12-hour or less average reply time, including nights and weekends.

For any items that you source on your own and ship from home, however, you'll need to do customer support.

Can you show me examples of storefronts on Fourthwall?

Yes! Over 200,000 sellers use Fourthwall to power their storefronts. This includes creators, podcasters, artists, musicians, startups, non-profits, and more.

Get inspired and browse all examples sites.

What integrations does Fourthwall have?

Fourthwall supports many free integrations, including:

  • YouTube Product Shelf (Merch Shelf)
  • TikTok Shop
  • Facebook and Instagram Shopping
  • Twitch Product Gifting
  • StreamElements and Streamlabs stream alerts
  • Zapier
  • Klaviyo
  • Mailchimp
  • And many, many more

See all apps & integrations.

Are there any requirements to join Fourthwall?

There are no requirements to join Fourthwall! Sign up now.