Changelog
We’re always improving our apps to meet the evolving needs of our users and anticipate any issues they might have. Our changelog shows you everything we've done from our launch in 2015 until now.
2023
March 09
Improvement
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2022
October 28
Random Test
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August 10
bug test
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2021
October 30
Bug Fix
2021
2020
October 31
Bug Fix
2020
2019
July 03
Improvement
Redesign Changelog page
2017
November 27
Improvement
New changelog CMS
November 12
Brand new design for Settings page
October 04
Improvement
ImgIX dedicated review image hosting (much faster now)
September 30
Improvement
Remove redirect in loading JS files (much faster now)
September 28
Improvement
Upgrade Beans integration to Beans 2.0
September 20
Awesome Feature
Customize star color in review request emails
September 20
Improvement
Determine order of custom form fields of review form
September 20
Improvement
Custom forms now with tick box, multiple choice, 1-5 scale and text
September 19
Improvement
Searching 'featured' in dashboard returns all featured reviews
September 08
Improvement
Add reviewer location to export CSV
September 04
Free Feature
Verified Reviews Count Badge for in theme footer
August 31
Awesome Feature
Custom forms for review widget and review request emails
August 25
Improvement
Support latest CSV format for Stamped.io import
August 24
Free Feature
Support Shopper Approved import
August 22
Awesome Feature
Automatic reminders for review request emails
August 21
Improvement
Email notification for new questions in Q&A widget
August 08
Awesome Feature
"Most helpful" review filter in review widget
August 08
Improvement
Optionally use MPNs for SKUs in Google Shopping feed
August 03
Awesome Feature
Add Reviewer Location inside the widget
August 02
Bug Fix
Fix some bugs in the Leex widget theme
July 31
Awesome Feature
Review Upvote/Downvote
July 31
Awesome Feature
Q&A tab inside reviews
July 24
Improvement
Support latest CSV format for Loox import
July 13
Free Feature
Shoelace Integration
July 06
Free Feature
Support Ryviu import
July 05
Awesome Feature
Allow shop admin to add pictures in review edits
July 04
Awesome Feature
Social share for reviews
June 30
Improvement
Add search to dashboard
June 28
Awesome Feature
Loyalty Lion Rewards Integration
June 23
Awesome Feature
Cross-Shop Group Syndication
June 16
Awesome Feature
Swell / Beans Integration
June 12
Free Feature
LimeSpot Personalizer integration to show our badges in JS rendered LimeSpot Personalizer files
June 08
Awesome Feature
Widget theme Align turning widget into two columns (widget 2.0)
June 07
Awesome Feature
Happy Customers integration to showcase review stats in bar in shop
June 06
Awesome Feature
Aftership integration to send review requests after order delivery
June 05
Awesome Feature
Widget theme Leex highlighting review pictures (widget 2.0)
May 31
Improvement
Add "X" close button to the reviews tab
May 31
Awesome Feature
Customize preview text in review request email template
May 29
Bug Fix
Scrolling issue in widget 2.0 pagination is now fixed
May 26
Improvement
Cleaner look for widget 2.0 if no reviews (no sorting dropdown)
May 25
Free Feature
Send review request later for international vs domestic orders
May 24
Free Feature
Widget 2.0 with better looking, faster widget
May 24
Free Feature
Widget review pagination (widget 2.0)
May 24
Free Feature
Widget rating overview and filter in the header (like Amazon)
May 24
Free Feature
Filter reviews on lowest / highest rating first (widget 2.0)
May 24
Free Feature
Filter reviews to show only reviews with pictures (widget 2.0)
May 19
Free Feature
Export CSV for the hidden reviews
May 19
Bug Fix
Deleting large amount of dynamic coupons now works
May 18
Free Feature
API endpoint for sending manual review request emails
May 17
Improvement
Excel files are now accepted for import, converted into CSV
May 12
Improvement
Clear "X" to close review tab for in case screen is too small
May 11
Improvement
Importing reviews now allows for different names for same email
May 08
Improvement
Hide preview badge by default (removes the flashing effect)
May 01
Improvement
Reduce product image size in review carousel
April 17
Improvement
Prevent large product_image from overflowing in Outlook mobile app
April 17
Free Feature
{{ product_href }} variable in review request email templates
April 14
Bug Fix
Yet another automatic fix to deal with Turbo theme weirdness
April 13
Improvement
Add `{{ reviewer_first_name }}` variable for Facebook posts
April 10
Bug Fix
Add background color to Reviews Tab if none in shop theme
April 07
Improvement
Hiding empty badges is now a free feature
April 03
Improvement
Add products’ SKUs to Google Shopping XML feed (if available)
March 30
Awesome Feature
Reviews tab to show on all pages left / bottom / right
March 30
Free Feature
Private reply (email) to reviewer via app admin
March 23
Bug Fix
Review Carousel now compatible with FastClick om mobile
March 14
Improvement
Faster loading of our shopify.js file via CDN, without redirect
March 13
Improvement
Review Carousel now uses the widget star color
March 13
Bug Fix
Invalid dates in review import CSV no longer causes review duplication
March 10
Improvement
Review Carousel now uses product thumbnails rather than full images
March 10
Improvement
Review Carousel now has auto-slide (can be disabled)
March 10
Improvement
Review Carousel now respects reviewer name initialization setting
March 10
Improvement
Review Carousel now updates when a review has been edited
March 09
Free Feature
Send Again option in Dashboard for already sent review requests
March 09
Free Feature
Send Anyway option in Dashboard for skipped review requests
March 03
Improvement
Other Widgets settings tab listing all our widgets
March 03
Bug Fix
We no longer update customer name once customer left a review
February 28
Improvement
Notification email when our Facebook access expires
February 27
Bug Fix
Make review form work for edge case where theme hides divs
February 24
Free Feature
Reviews Carousel for reviews featured from app admin
February 22
Improvement
Rich snippets from data-vocabulary to schema.org (optionally)
February 13
Improvement
Allow unlimited-usage Dynamic Coupons from Shopify Discount
February 13
Bug Fix
Fix 0 months ago glitch for timestamps in February (short month)
February 13
Free Feature
JS function to add our badge to JS loaded collection pages
February 13
Free Feature
Import reviews from Stamped.io
February 13
Bug Fix
Namespacing no longer loads FontAwesome library in IE by accident
February 07
Bug Fix
Make variable {{ average_rating }} works for Facebook reviews tab
February 07
Improvement
Automatic URL hyperlinking in review body and title
February 06
Free Feature
Send Now button in Dashboard after clicking "Don't send"
February 03
Improvement
Deal with edge case where email is added to order after fulfillment
January 24
Improvement
Prevent bug due to upcoming change in new Chrome version
January 23
Improvement
Don't send review requests for fulfilled but cancelled orders
January 19
Improvement
Automatically apply fixes to Turbo theme do make JS load OK
January 17
Improvement
Dynamic coupons CSV format is now same as Bulk Discount App
January 17
Improvement
Allow Facebook review tab names without "Judge.me" in them
January 16
Improvement
Better UI for dynamic coupons CSV upload feature
January 14
Awesome Feature
Email dynamic coupons to reviewers for review/picture
January 12
Awesome Feature
Translate the default email template in 29 languages
January 06
Free Feature
Send a review request now via "more" dashboard option
January 03
Free Feature
Import reviews from StoreSmith Reviews
2016
December 30
Free Feature
Add reviewer to blacklist via "more" dashboard option
December 30
Free Feature
Make product excluded via "more" dashboard option
December 30
Free Feature
Skip a single review request via "more" dashboard option
December 26
Improvement
Better UI for creating and managing product groups
December 20
Improvement
Product images can now be used in review request emails
December 14
Awesome Feature
Send review requests for old Shopify orders via dashboard
December 05
Free Feature
Our emails now auto-detect Outlook bug and link to web form
November 25
Free Feature
Send review requests for non-Shopify orders via dashboard
November 22
Improvement
Even faster All Reviews Page using AJAX
November 17
Free Feature
Blacklist reviewers based on wildcard patterns in their email
November 17
Free Feature
Blacklist reviewers based on buyer accepting marketing
November 10
Improvement
GTIN and brand now added to the Google Shopping XML feed
November 10
Improvement
Pictures submitted with reviews can now be individually curated
November 08
Improvement
Make import accept our export CSV for cross-shop import
November 08
Bug Fix
Solve edge case where review request emails were sent twice
November 08
Improvement
All Reviews Page now ranks chronologically, not per ranking
November 07
Free Feature
Edit reviews from admin, edit approval by reviewer
October 13
Improvement
Make Facebook review star color yellow again
October 13
marketing
Basic About Us page to get to know the team behind Judge.me
October 12
Improvement
Drastically faster review import, database optimization
October 12
Free Feature
Installation preferences in theme settings for free help
October 12
Improvement
We now automatically detect theme change and do re-install
October 07
marketing
Launch of partner program for shop referrals
October 04
Bug Fix
Make setting dropdowns look better in Chrome on Windows 10
October 04
Awesome Feature
Email static coupons to reviewers for review/picture
October 03
Bug Fix
Make request follow-up page work if web reviews disabled
September 28
Bug Fix
Fix rich snippet conflict with Offer snippets if no reviews
September 26
Improvement
Judge.me now automatically works on all shop subdomains
September 25
Beta test
End of beta test, all beta features deployed for all shops
September 25
Free Feature
In-email review request template as new default template
September 25
Free Feature
Choice between in-email review form and 100% HTML email
September 25
Awesome Feature
Component editor to edit in-email review form email
September 23
Beta test
Show both email templates in settings, in-email as default
September 22
Improvement
All Reviews page now immediately updated after import
September 19
Improvement
Improve import speed for new bloated Yotpo CSV format
September 16
Beta test
Customizable follow-up text for follow-up page
September 15
Beta test
Follow-up page now on shop's product page for more upsells
September 13
Improvement
Reviews import is now faster and can handle larger CSVs
September 09
Beta test
Component editor for new in-email review request template
September 08
Bug Fix
Make review pictures show in widget if shop has quotes in name
August 30
Beta test
Prevent duplicate reviews from in-email review request emails
August 26
Beta test
Follow-up page for in-email review request emails
August 24
Awesome Feature
Product Group Automation based on tags, vendor, type
August 19
Beta test
First ~30 shops now using new in-email review form emails
August 19
Awesome Feature
Integrate with Recently 2, to show reviews in popups
August 17
Bug Fix
Facebook all reviews tab now always showing correct ratings
August 10
Free Feature
Import reviews from Reviews.io
August 09
Bug Fix
Edge case solved where ZeptoJS conflicts with shop's jQuery
August 08
Awesome Feature
Integration with Searchanise (reviews in search results)
August 02
Improvement
All support theme work done via API without staff account
August 02
Improvement
The Judge.me export CSV now includes review picture URLs
August 02
Improvement
The Judge.me export CSV now includes product handles
July 30
Free Feature
Concierge import of Yotpo review pictures
July 29
Improvement
Larger review reply and edit reply input boxes in admin
July 28
Awesome Feature
Integration with Nextopia (reviews in search results)
July 28
Free Feature
All reviews count and rating metafields for use in theme
July 27
Improvement
Detailed stats to apply for product review feed at Google
July 26
Improvement
Clicking the preview badge now unhides widget behind tab
July 25
Awesome Feature
Exclude from Shopping XML reviews Google does not like
July 16
Improvement
Verified Buyer badge placement respected in Facebook tab
July 16
Improvement
Google Product Reviews Feed better handles spam reviews
July 14
Bug Fix
jQuery edge case circumvented that messed up reviewer names
July 11
Awesome Feature
Google Product Reviews Feed XML for Google Shopping
July 07
Improvement
Set multiple admin email addresses for notifications
July 06
Improvement
Out-of-store product reviews now show in reviews table
July 05
Improvement
URLs in review replies now automatically become links
July 05
Free Feature
New integrations tab explaining default integrations
July 05
Awesome Feature
Integrate with Notify app, to show reviews in popups
July 04
Free Feature
Import reviews (and pictures) from Loox Fashion Reviews
June 30
Bug Fix
Custom text and timestamp settings now work for reviews tab
June 29
Awesome Feature
Facebook reviews tab with one-click install
June 29
Improvement
Last reviewer name used when a second review by same person
June 25
Bug Fix
Custom header works now for widgets with all reviews removed
June 22
Bug Fix
Admin review table rendering correctly again on Safari
June 22
Improvement
Facebook emoji stars now always look full and yellow
June 22
Improvement
Facebook posts now follow name initials app settings
June 21
Improvement
FB auto-post now skipped if already manual post made
June 21
Improvement
Emoji are now available for Facebook post template
June 20
Improvement
New app landing page better highlighting all benefits
June 18
Free Feature
Easily share reviews to Facebook from reviews admin
June 18
Free Feature
Easily share review pictures to Facebook from gallery
June 18
Awesome Feature
Customize Facebook post template
June 18
Awesome Feature
Automate Facebook review sharing with filters
June 18
Awesome Feature
Automate Facebook review picture sharing with filters
June 14
Improvement
Changelog is now on dedicated page judge.me/changelog
June 09
Improvement
Lazy-load pictures in admin review tables
June 07
Improvement
Updating large number of widgets is now even faster
June 04
Improvement
Preview badges now link to review widget by default
May 30
Awesome Feature
Optionally show reviewer (last) name as initials
May 27
Improvement
We now lazy-load the images wherever possible
May 24
Awesome Feature
Reviewer-generated images for reviews
May 18
Improvement
Updating large number of widgets is now even faster
May 16
Free Feature
landing page for new Judge.me platform
May 06
Improvement
Faster loading of widget stars
May 05
Bug Fix
Send exported reviews CSV over email if too big
May 04
Free Feature
Exclude BOLD product options products from review requests
May 02
Free Feature
Faster loading with Speed Miracle (metafield JS)
April 26
Improvement
Predict statuses for dashboard
April 20
Improvement
Switch to Postmark (new email provider)
April 20
Free Feature
Review requests dashboard
April 12
Improvement
Better design imposed for All Reviews pages
April 12
Free Feature
Confirm custom email address with Postmark
April 11
Bug Fix
Prevent rich snippet error if no reviews on a product page
April 03
Improvement
Out-of-store product reviews added to All Reviews widget
April 03
Awesome Feature
Exclude out-of-store products from All Reviews widget
April 02
Bug Fix
Thread safety fully insured for background server now
April 02
Bug Fix
Added author info to All Reviews page rich snippets
April 02
Improvement
Faster loading All Reviews widget
March 30
Improvement
Adapt to latest Yotpo reviews import CSV format
March 29
Improvement
Faster way to show widget if hidden behind tab
March 22
Improvement
Better error logging system implemented
March 09
Improvement
More detailed uninstallation steps
March 05
Improvement
White spacing for All Reviews widget if shop theme lacks it
March 05
Improvement
Adapt All Reviews widget padding for no-border widgets
March 03
Bug Fix
All Reviews page now has right color verified buyer badges
March 01
Awesome Feature
All Reviews page
February 22
Improvement
Added FAQ on installing widget on non-product pages
February 20
Bug Fix
Reviews export now works for shops with huge amount of reviews
February 15
Improvement
In emails, name capitalization issues automatically fixed
February 14
Improvement
Warning when you leave settings with unsaved changes
February 13
Improvement
Header menu now adapts to your app usage context
February 12
Improvement
Review form now selects 5 star rating by default
February 12
Awesome Feature
{{ first_name }} email variables
February 11
Improvement
Admin review tables now search across pagination
February 11
Improvement
New material design for admin review tables
February 11
Improvement
Admin review tables reload faster (one page app)
February 08
Improvement
Email blacklists are now case insensitive
February 06
Bug Fix
Internet Explorer now shows stars again correctly
February 06
Improvement
We now only show in-store products in the products table
February 01
Awesome Feature
Exclude products from the review request emails
February 01
Awesome Feature
Group reviews together across product widgets
January 30
Improvement
Sample review request emails now use real product data
January 29
Improvement
Email blacklists now autocorrect for newlines in input
January 27
Improvement
Widget loads faster due to smaller JS file size
January 22
Improvement
Widgets now update faster when updated in huge bunch
January 16
Improvement
Review form preview in app settings
January 16
Bug Fix
Importing reviews now works for shops with >25K products
January 13
Improvement
Reviews import now handles both /yy and /yyyy year formats
January 09
Improvement
New material design, better UI for settings page
January 07
Bug Fix
Replying to reviews now also works if quote in title
January 07
Free Feature
Append judgeme to any product URL to scroll & open widget
January 02
Improvement
Faster widget updates after review curation
2015
December 28
Awesome Feature
Undo/redo button for easier email customization
December 28
Awesome Feature
Full screen mode for easier email customization
December 28
Awesome Feature
Add embedded video to all email templates
December 28
Awesome Feature
Add images/logos to all email templates
December 28
Awesome Feature
Customize the HTML of all email templates
December 26
Bug Fix
Import of UTF8 encoded CSV now works for all invalid characters
December 24
Improvement
We no longer send requests if email already left review
December 21
Free Feature
Import reviews from KudoBuzz
December 20
Improvement
Widget now updates 3-5 seconds faster after review creation
December 17
Free Feature
verified buyer badges for web reviews if order history
December 17
Free Feature
verified buyer badges for imported reviews if order history
December 15
Improvement
We now warn shops of custom domain setting issues
December 13
Improvement
Different shops can now log in in different tabs
December 13
Improvement
For non-english reviews import, select CSV encoding
December 12
Improvement
We now verify buyer history of verified web reviews
December 07
Bug Fix
Review requests to old customers now have right n_days_ago info
December 05
Bug Fix
Badge settings now work even if no reviews ever
December 05
Awesome Feature
Read more link for long reviews in widget
December 05
Integration
EasyTabs product description tabs
December 05
Integration
EasyAccordion product description accordion
November 27
Bug Fix
Duplicating products no longer duplicates reviews
November 26
Improvement
Reviews of hidden products now hidden in admin
November 24
Awesome Feature
Option to remove border from review widget
November 24
Awesome Feature
Option to remove border from review widget
November 21
Improvement
When web reviews are disabled, we now hide empty widgets
November 17
Improvement
We now send sample emails to admin email, not shop email
November 14
Improvement
Badge centering works also if centered using align
November 14
Bug Fix
Disabling web reviews now also works if no reviews yet
November 14
Improvement
Importing reviews now results in detailed results email
November 08
Bug Fix
Badge centering improvement now only if theme aligns center
November 07
Free Feature
Verified Buyer Badge for fulfillment reviews
November 07
Awesome Feature
Customize verified buyer badge text and colors
November 07
Awesome Feature
Customize verified buyer badge placement
November 07
Awesome Feature
Optionally disable verified buyer badge
November 07
Awesome Feature
Customize how preview badge centers itself
November 07
Awesome Feature
Optionally hide preview badge if no reviews yet
November 03
Improvement
Invalid token now results in web review and follow-up
November 02
Improvement
Browsers calling old JS files now redirected to newest one
October 31
Bug Fix
Verified buyer reviews now get created even if spacing issues
October 31
Bug Fix
Our embedded pages now correct for buggy margin-top by Shopify
October 31
Awesome Feature
Customize / translate the preview badge text fields
October 31
Awesome Feature
Customize the color of the review widget stars
October 31
Awesome Feature
Customize the color of the preview badge stars
October 26
Improvement
We now show the available variables for each widget field
October 23
Improvement
We now auto-correct wrong spacing in setting variables
October 22
Improvement
You can now use quotes in widget field customizations
October 21
Improvement
We now use a CDN with 5 locations, much faster widget
October 21
Improvement
We now apply GZip compression, much faster widget
October 21
Improvement
We now set the right cache headers, much faster widget
October 20
Improvement
All spammed reviews deleted 1 week after being spammed
October 20
Free Feature
Delete all spammed reviews instantly in one click
October 19
Bug Fix
Our JS no longer renders error when widget not on page
October 19
Awesome Feature
{{ product_name }} variable for customizing widget title
October 17
Awesome Feature
Customize all text elements of the review widget
October 17
Improvement
Widget now behaves as default if no settings metafield
October 14
Awesome Feature
Option to only accept reviews from verified buyers
October 10
Improvement
Widget renders better on mobile devices
October 10
Improvement
Our import now handles dd/mm/yy date format as well
October 08
Bug Fix
Our settings metafield now also shows if no reviews in widget
October 03
Improvement
Our stars are now CSS font instead of images, much faster
October 03
Improvement
App settings in separate metafield, much faster app updates
September 28
Improvement
We now send review requests for 3 highest price items
September 28
Improvement
We now wait 5 days in between line item review requests
September 28
Awesome Feature
Customize number of line items to send requests for
September 28
Awesome Feature
Customize days in between line item review requests
September 26
Free Feature
You can now import via 2nd type of Yotpo CSV as well
September 23
Improvement
We now use shop email for review requests if possible
September 23
Awesome Feature
Customize email address we send review requests from
September 23
Improvement
Review notification emails now mention review rating
September 20
Downtime
We had downtime due to the Heroku/AWS Cloud outage
September 20
Improvement
We now load script tag as part of theme instead of after it
September 17
Bug Fix
We can now handle Shopify product id is out of 4-byte integer range
September 16
Bug Fix
Replies with quotes can now be edited
September 15
Improvement
Verified buyers can now edit their reviewer name
September 08
Free Feature
Import reviews from Super Reviews
September 07
Free Feature
Import reviews from Orankl
September 02
Awesome Feature
Get CC of all review requests (spy feature)
August 17
Awesome Feature
Concierge import
August 12
Improvement
Our review widget now copes with bad themes
August 12
Improvement
Our widget now caches in browser for 30 days
August 10
Awesome Feature
Disable shop notification email for new reviews
August 10
Awesome Feature
Customize shop admin email we send notifications to
August 04
Awesome Feature
Customize URL text in emails (full email translation)
August 01
Improvement
We now load the widget in one time for better UX
August 01
Internal
We now auto-scale our servers every minute based on load
July 30
Improvement
Review requests now work even if no billing address
July 29
Internal
Code refactor to lower background server memory usage
July 28
Bug Fix
Editing replies now works also if reply includes single quote
July 28
Bug Fix
'See All' reviews no longer messes up review timestamps
July 27
Free Feature
Our review widget can now render unlimited reviews
July 26
Free Feature
Our CSV import now accepts all encodings, not just UTF-8
July 24
Awesome Feature
Customize the reply-to email for user emails we send
July 24
Bug Fix
Import now truncates title and body of reviews if too long
July 23
Free Feature
Replies to user emails we send now go to shop email
July 22
Free Feature
Privacy notices in review form (name public, email private)
July 21
Awesome Feature
Concierge service for review requests to old customers
July 21
Bug Fix
Show our stars inline-block no matter what shop theme says
July 18
Bug Fix
We now impose our jQuery version on code libraries as well
July 18
Free Feature
Preview badge for catalog pages and product pages
July 17
Free Feature
Import reviews directly generated from customers
July 17
Free Feature
Reviews export CSV also includes replies now
July 14
Internal
Code refactor to lower background server memory usage
July 10
Awesome Feature
Disable review dates in widget (evergreen reviews)
July 05
Replying to reviews and seeing reviewer email are now free features
July 04
Awesome Feature
For each email, add blacklist or disable entirely
June 30
Bug Fix
Do not send review requests for products that are unpublished
June 30
Bug Fix
Fix Javascript typo so FAQs open correctly in Safari browser
June 28
Free Feature
See the email formats we send to shop users
June 28
Awesome Feature
Customize the Review Request email
June 28
Awesome Feature
Customize the Review Verification email
June 28
Awesome Feature
Customize the Reply to Review email
June 26
Shopify approved; app launch
June 21
Submitted app for full publication; review by Shopify
June 20
Flat Design now, using bootstrap 3 in preparation of custom emails
June 20
Database upgrade
We went offline for 15 minutes to do so
June 13
Free Feature
Select all reviews in one tick to curate all reviews at once
June 10
App now updates widget partially if possible, huge speed improvements
June 09
Bug Fix
App can now cope with custom product handles
June 04
Bug Fix
Review verification email job now waits until it can see new review
June 03
Free Feature
Import reviews from Shopify Reviews
May 31
Internal
Code refactor to improve email deliverability
May 23
Awesome Feature
Disable widget footer when no more reviews available
May 23
Awesome Feature
Set name shown in review widget for replies to reviews
May 19
Bug Fix
Widget now updates also when importing reviews for >40 products
May 19
Bug Fix
Widget now renders correctly under all versions of Jquery
May 17
Free Feature
Export reviews in CSV format
May 16
Free Feature
Import reviews from Yotpo
May 11
Bug Fix
App now correctly installs in the live 'main' and 'mobile' themes
May 08
Shopify approved; beta launch
May 06
Submitted beta for review by Shopify
January 17
First line of code written