Release Notes

Blink 1.2.5| April/May 2024

New Features

 

Reorder Feature in App and Web

This new feature allows customers to easily reorder items from a previous order with just a tap, streamlining the ordering process and enhancing user convenience.

Order History Access
The Reorder feature is integrated with the order history, allowing customers to quickly find and reorder their favorite items

Benefits:

  • Time saving
  • Enhanced User Experience
  • Increased Order Frequency

 

Merchant Console: Loyalty Redemption Limit

Merchants can ensure that users cannot redeem more than the specified amount in a single order, providing greater control over loyalty program management.

Control Over Redemptions
This feature gives merchants greater control over the redemption process, ensuring that users cannot redeem more points than desired.

Benefits:

  • Prevents Over Redemption
  • Enhanced Program Management
  • Improved User Experience

Flutter App
Date of Birth + Gender Field Toggle

Merchants now  have the option to turn the toggle on for Date of Birth (DOB) and Gender fields during user registration process in sign up, allowing for more personalized interactions and experiences for users within the app.

Personalized Experience
By recording DOB and Gender, merchants can tailor the app experience to better suit individual user preferences, loyalty programs and demographics. 

Benefits

  • Personalization
  • Improved  Engagement
  • Enhanced User Profiles

New Updates

Rider Auto Assignment 

With this revamp, the auto assignment logic has been enhanced to assign rides to riders based on their distance and tasks completed. This update aims to optimize task distribution among riders and improve overall efficiency in your delivery operations.

Distance-Based Assignment
Rides will be assigned to the nearest available rider, reducing delivery times and improving customer satisfaction.

Benefits:

  • Faster Deliveries
  • Equitable Task Distribution
  • Enhanced Customer Satisfaction

Rider Portal Dashboard

Merchants gain real-time visibility into hub-wise rider tasks, attendance, and current status snapshots. This update revolutionizes how they can manage and monitor  delivery operations, providing invaluable insights for better decision-making.

Real-Time Task Monitoring
Gain instant access to hub-wise rider tasks, allowing merchants to track the progress of deliveries in real time.

Benefits:

  • Enhanced Operational Efficiency
  • Improved Resource Management
  • Greater Visibility and Control

Flutter App: Resend SMS/Call OTP

Users now have the option to resend the One-Time Password (OTP) via SMS or Call in cases where the OTP is not received or has expired.

SMS or Call
Users can choose to receive the new OTP via SMS or Call, providing flexibility based on their preferences or network conditions

Benefits:

  • Improved accessibility
  • Enhanced Security
  • Seamless User Experience

Pictures with Sub-Options (Variations)

Merchants can now enable pictures associated with sub-options or variations, making it easier and more intuitive for customers to select options such as flavors for a box of donuts.

Enhanced Product Presentation
Displaying pictures with variations improves the presentation of products, making them more attractive and engaging to users

Benefits:

  • Enhanced User Experience
  • Increased Engagement
  • Improved Product Understanding

Flutter App
Home Feature UI Revamp + Delivery ETA Range


UI Revamp:

  • Improved Item Cells: Previously, item cells with larger prices were being cut off. The redesign ensures that all item details, including prices, are fully visible and accessible to user

Delivery ETA Range:

  • Flexible Delivery Estimates: Delivery ETA (estimated time of arrival) can now be set up in day ranges, providing more flexibility in managing delivery expectations.

Merchant Console Update: Paymob & JazzCash Errors in Order Detail View

With this update, the reject reason for payment errors is now appended by a “|” with the payment error if it is received from the gateway. This enhancement provides merchants with more detailed information about payment issues, enabling them to resolve them more efficiently.

Improved Transparency
Merchants can now see the exact reason for payment errors, enabling them to understand and address issues more effectively.

Benefits: 

  • Improved Error Handling
  • Faster Issue Resolution
  • Enhanced Customer Experience