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Jul 10, 2023
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June Patch Notes: 20+ New Products, Memberships Improvements, & More

June is officially a wrap! We made a number of improvements for creators including adding 22 new products to our product catalog and dozens of quality-of-life improvements.
Patch Notes – June 2023

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Black mugs, flags, swimsuits, and more: More than 20 new on-demand products added to the catalog

Black mug

There are now 22 new on-demand products for you to design and offer to your audiences! This includes the highly requested black mug (which is harder to manufacture on-demand than you might think), flags, swimsuits, and more. Here’s the full list:

Expect more products to be released over the coming months, including some amazing & unique items for the holidays.

Filtering by brand in the product catalog

While we’re on the subject of our product catalog, I also wanted to share a quality-of-life improvement we released: you can now filter the catalog by specific brands!

A short video showing how to filter by brand in the product catalog

Social sharing images: Customize the image that shows up when someone shares your link

The image that automatically shows up when you post a link on social platforms like Twitter and Discord can be the first impression a potential customer has about your brand.

By default, we use a photo of your most recently created product as this image, but you can now customize the image!

You can upload your own custom image in the Settings tab of your dashboard:

Go to the Settings tab of your dashboard and look for "Social sharing image" under the General tab.

And here’s how it looks when your link is shared on popular platforms:

Previews of how the social sharing image looks on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, and Discord.

Memberships updates: Public members counts (optional), easier perks previews for admins, and a bunch of other quality-of-life improvements

The memberships team had a busy month! There are the highlights:

Publicly show the number of members in each tier (optional)

You can now publicly display how many members each of your tiers have. While this feature isn’t for everyone, it’s something we’ve gotten a bunch of requests for. By default, this will be disabled – so if you do want to add it you can opt-in in your membership settings!

Screenshot showing where you can turn on publicly showing members count per tier
Auto-login to members only area for creators/admins

If you’re logged into your admin dashboard and you visit your members only area, you’ll now be automatically logged in! We hope this saves you some time and makes it easier to jump in and reply to comments from your members.

Dozens of smaller improvements and fixes

We also released dozens of smaller improvements and fixes, including improving checkout load speeds, increasing the max length of tags to 30 characters, support for longer perk descriptions, properly styling (and wrapping) long post titles, improving the private RSS feed UX, and more!

Support for Kick, Ko-Fi and Patreon links

We added support for Kick, Ko-Fi and Patreon links in our website design & layout tool:

You can now add Kick links to your website

We made it easier to create dropdown menus in your navigation

We made it easier to create nested dropdown menus in your navigation! Here’s a quick video of the improved experience:

Short video showing how easy it is to create nested menus

Order data download improvements

We made a few frequently requested improvements to the order exports in June:

  1. Twitch Gifts are now included in downloaded order data
  2. Donations are now included in downloaded order data
  3. We now correctly label sample orders, Twitch gift redemptions, 
  4. The downloaded spreadsheet is now sorted by transaction date

Domain/DNS connection improvements

We want to make connecting a custom domain as easy as possible, even if you use a domain registrar (the company you purchase the domain from) that isn’t supported by our automated setup flow. We made a number of improvements to the manual setup flow this month, including:

  1. We now detect who you purchased your domain from and link directly to their domain record setup instructions, to make setup easier
  2. When there is a problem, we now show the errors by default so you can see what’s going on without hovering over the record we’ve detected an issue with
  3. Added additional instructions/messaging during the manual setup process to help guide creators through parts of the process that we’ve heard are confusing
  4. Added a “retry connection” button that lets you retry a connection with a single click

Those are just a few of about a dozen improvements that were made to the domain connection flow this month!

New dedicated landing page for Twitch streamers

We also launched a new dedicated landing page for Twitch streamers! This is part of our effort to give creators more specific information about how Fourthwall can be best used for their platform: https://fourthwall.com/twitch

While we’re excited about what we got done in June, July is already off to a fast start. Keep an eye on our Twitter for big announcements and I’ll be back in early August for another edition of patch notes!

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Embroidered
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Allcolor 5493
Kiss Cut Stickers
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Mugz WGM78
White Glossy Mug
43
Sublimation
From $5.95
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No minimums
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Mugz WGM79B
Black Glossy Mug
42
Sublimation
From $8.95
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Gildan 5000
Gildan Heavyweight T-Shirt
42
Printed
Embroidered
From $9.50
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Mugz WGM79C
Ceramic Mug with Color Inside
40
Sublimation
From $8.95
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Gildan 64000
Gildan Unisex Softstyle T-Shirt
34
Printed
From $9.25
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No minimums
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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.