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What’s new in Timely
We constantly improve Timely by releasing new features, squashing bugs and improving performance. Here's what we've been working on recently.
TimelyPay comes to Europe!
From today European users will be able to access everything that TimelyPay has to offer! Take a look at all the great features now available with TimelyPay! Revenue Protection Timely has two great options to help reduce your no shows …
September 2021
TimelyPay comes to Europe!
From today European users will be able to access everything that TimelyPay has to offer! Take a look at all the great features now available with TimelyPay! Revenue Protection Timely has two great options to help reduce your no shows …
Google Contacts update
We've updated the Google Contacts add-on to improve performance. All you need to do is sync your Google Contacts again. We’ll be rolling it out to all customers over the next week.
Some payments providers removed from Timely in UK
Making sure you are able to take online payments following the latest security rules is critical for us. Ahead of the Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) regulations coming into effect in the UK, we have removed all the online payments providers from Timely that don't support these new rules intended to enhance the security of payments and limit fraud during the authentication process. Please make sure you activate TimelyPay which goes far beyond just being a payment gateway or PayPal to continue taking online payments if you haven't done that yet!
Auto-save added when filling in a Consult form
We found that clients who were spending a long time filling in a Consult form were having their progress lost. This was due to their session timing out and so progress was lost. We now auto-save a form every 5 minutes which means progress will not be lost for the client when filling in a form.
Managing no shows for new services
The "Appointment complete" option is now set to empty when checking out a service with status "did not show". Previously this field was checked by default, this is no longer the case for no shows.
TimelyPay Flexible Payout Schedule
Weekly payouts don’t work for you and you’d rather have them daily to improve your cash flow or monthly for simpler accounting? Now you can choose the payout schedule that suits you best! Daily, or weekly, or monthly - change the frequency of TimelyPay automatic payouts of your settled payments at any time with just one click on the TimelyPay settings page!
Bug list for September 2021
August 2021
Promo Codes: custom promotions to support your goals
Everyone likes to feel like they’re getting a good deal. With Timely you can now create custom promo codes to reward your clients, encourage bookings and help support your goals! What is a promo code? A promo code is a …
TimelyPay Supports Strong Customer Authentication
If you've chosen TimelyPay as your payment solution, you can be confident that your clients' payments will not fail when additional level of authentication is required! Financial Conduct Authority have applied the rules that affect the way banks and other payment services providers check that the person trying to make a payment is permitted to do so. The new rules, referred to as Strong Customer Authentication (SCA), are intended to enhance the security of payments and limit fraud during this authentication process.
Pencilled in booking email notification enabled for for customers using pencilled-in booking status.
Last month we created a new notification message type for pencilled-in bookings. Now, for all customers currently with an "Initial status for new appointments" set to Pencilled-in, we have enabled the message type. This will create immediate value as your clients will now will receive an email informing them that their booking request has been received resulting in less calls to you.
Next form button added when clients fill in Consult forms
We found that when clients were sent more than one Consult form, they were only filling in one form as it wasn't clear there were multiple to complete. Now we’re telling the client how many forms they have left and have a nice big ‘Next Form’ button front and centre! It’s now clear to clients they have more forms to go.
Extended date range picker on Transaction History page
Keen to see all your transactions made since you've started using TimelyPay? We have extended the date range picker on the transaction history page so now you can see the data from the day you enabled TimelyPay, no matter how long you've been with us!
Bug list for August 2021
July 2021
"Card Declined" Page at Checkout
If your client’s payment at checkout has been declined due to an error with the card, the staff member will be presented with payment errors, allowing them to fix the errors and, therefore, try to process the payment again.
Card Authentication in Client Login
With the 3D Secure method to authenticate cards being more and more commonly introduced by banks across the world, we have enabled a client to authenticate their card/cards in Client Login to ensure most of the time Cardless Checkout won’t need authentication for a seamless in-store client experience.
We've made improvements to the Gift Voucher email
We’ve received some awesome feedback regarding your clients on the receiving end for Gift vouchers (or recipients) would often mistake the email as the gift voucher and the attachment file for GV would go unnoticeable during the redemption process. On …
Confirmation email or sms notifications for Pencilled-in bookings
We now allow notification messages to be setup to send pencilled-in sms or email to clients. From the settings page for Customer messages > Add a message, select the “Appointment pencilled-in” message type to add this notification.
Individual item discounts can now override an overall discount at checkout
An individual discount can now be applied to a sale with an existing overall discount. This discount will override the discount for that line alone, providing more fine grained control of the discounts provided within your sale. Learn more about discounts.
Staff avatar in iOS calendar staff selector
Now you can see the staff avatar when you try to select a staff to view the calendar.
Immediate redirect to custom confirmation page
When configuring your custom confirmation page redirect, its now possible to redirect your clients immediately rather than waiting the default five seconds.
Custom confirmation pages allow you to send clients back into your own website after they make a booking with your. Learn more.
Notifications when charging a cancellation fee
When a cancellation fee is charged, we send an email advising this if a client has an email address.
Additionally, you can optionally send a text message if a client has an SMS number.
Cancellation fees on the Checkout flow
When you want to charge the cancellation fee, you will be taken to the checkout flow, so you can use the client’s saved card to charge it.
Individual payment and staff references on a sale
We now allow you to record a payment reference and date for each individual payment within a sale, or an custom staff reference when there are multiple staff members on a single sale.
Bug list for July 2021
June 2021
Adding a card during a sale
Businesses using TimelyPay are now able save a credit card and use it to pay for the sale all in one smooth step. Check out this help doc for more information.
A new Consult expert form added for Jazz Pampling
We’ve added another industry expert form to our Consult Expert tab, this time Jazz Pampling! This form is all about getting the full picture of a client’s new brows before they come to the business.
"Cancel" button changed to "Close" on the appointment screen
If you use cancellation fees, you will see that we have changed the button on the cancel appointment screen from "Cancel" to "Close" when you are charging a no-show fee.
Learn more about cancellation fees.
SKU details displayed alongside the product name in the checkout
We’ve released an update to display the SKU details (where available) alongside the product name in the checkout when adding those items to the shopping cart.
New version of Android app released
We’ve released a new version of the Android app that fixes a number of issues the previous version faced – including new sales flow, being able to upload customer photos, and being able to contact our support team from within …
Client notifications when saving a client card in-store
Now when you save a client’s card details from the Saving Credit Card Details In-Store Screen, the client will automatically receive a respective email.
We have also added functionality allowing you to save a card from the Checkout and optionally send a pre-polutated SMS to the client to reassure them that their card has been saved securely.
Learn more about saving client cards
Bug list for June 2021
May 2021
Default Tag on Saved Cards on the New Sales Flow
If a client has at least 2 saved cards, we now show a
Default tag on the first card shown on the new checkout flow, so the staff knows that it is the client’s preferred card.Default Tag on Saved Cards on the New Sales Flow
If a client has at least 2 saved cards, we now show a Default tag on the first card shown on the new checkout flow, so the staff knows that it is the client’s preferred card.
Gift Vouchers now display the expiry date on the sale complete page
We now show the expiry date along with the other gift voucher details at the end of a sale.
Always show the book another appointment button at checkout
When checking out a client that already had a future appointment we were not showing the booking button at the end of the sale. We have tweaked this logic so that it will show now even if there are future appointments.
Improve the options shown when removing a service from a sale
We now ask the user to choose whether they want to remove from sale, remove from calendar and sale, or replace. Previously it would default to removing from sale and calendar.
Updated Smart Alerts on No-Show Protection
We’ve updated the warning alerts when a staff member is trying to charge a No-Show fee too early in order to make the wording more succinct and consistent with the rest of the app.
Updated Smart Alerts for cancellation fees
We’ve updated the warning alerts when a staff member is trying to charge a cancellation fee too early in order to make the wording more succinct and consistent with the rest of the app.
Deposits in Timely iOS app
You can now add and accept deposits to new and existing appointments using the iOS app. Check out the help document to know more.
Showing the full staff name in the staff selector
This makes sure that if the staff member has both a first and last name we will show both in the staff selector when checking out a sale.
Set the default payment date when checking out appointments from the past
If you check out an appointment in the past, it will default the payment date to the appointment date rather than todays date.
Allow paying for customer credit and deposits with gift vouchers
We have removed the restriction so that you can now use a gift voucher as payment when issuing customer credit / deposits.
Improvements to gift voucher sales
- Making sure when just a recipient name is added that the voucher isn't linked to a specific customer. Previously we were searching the client list and attaching a gift voucher to an existing record if it matched the entered client name.
- Recipient name can be left blank on gift vouchers. This change lets you leave the recipient field blank if required, great for situations where who the voucher is for, might not yet be known.
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Improve display on the sale complete page when there is no recipient name on a gift voucher. This change supports the previous one, improving the display of a just purchased gift voucher to account for the fact that there is no recipient specified.
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No longer automatically email the gift voucher to the sending/purchasing client Previously we would always email the sender the gift voucher if they had an email, we now only send an email if the user explicitly chooses to at the end of the sale
Direct link for the client waitlist
This feature allows you to send their clients a link to join you waitlist without having to go through the booking flow. Sharing a link for the waitlist is a fantastic way for our customer’s to build up their cancellation list. This link can be sent to clients or added to social media. Learn more.
Custom domains for mini-websites removed
We’ve removed the use of custom domains for mini-websites as we had identified this as a potential security risk in the future.
Bug list for May 2021
April 2021
The new checkout experience your staff and clients will love
Looking for a detailed guide? Click here for a step-by-step walk-through of the new checkout and it’s key features. Even better Gift Vouchers We know gift vouchers are super important to our customers and their clients, so we’ve made a …
PCI compliance - extend auto detect logic in the Google calendar sync feature (v2.0)
For this release, we’ve extended the logic to other areas of the Timely web app to auto detect content that contains credit card information.
We’ve extended the logic to the Google calendar sync feature
Saved Card Info on the Customer Side Bar
We’ve added a new field on the customer side bar called Saved cards, so it’s easier for TimelyPay businesses to check if their client has a saved card or not from the calendar. Clicking on the link here will take them to the Merchant Form Terminal of that client’s profile too.
Updated Hierarchy of the Online Payments Page
We’ve switched components around and moved the Online Payment Terms setting at the top of the page instead of Card capture.
TimelyPay as its own Payment Type
TimelyPay is now shown as a separate payment type from Credit Card in all places on the app. This will reduce discrepancies and confusion in the cash up report and/or when reconciling payments for accounting integrations for TimelyPay businesses. Please note that this change will not be retrospective and will only apply from today.