Changelog
New updates and improvements to getvik. Stay informed about the latest features helping creators grow their digital business.
Manual Affiliate Codes at Checkout
Affiliate attribution now happens through a buyer-entered code at checkout instead of browser cookies.
- •New Affiliate Field: Buyers can enter an affiliate code in the checkout summary beside the coupon field.
- •Cookie-Free Attribution: Browser-cookie affiliate tracking has been removed for a clearer, consent-friendly checkout workflow.
- •Creator Dashboard Notice: Creators and affiliates now see guidance explaining that buyers must enter the affiliate code during checkout.
- •Existing Codes Still Work: Affiliates can continue sharing their code; the buyer simply enters it manually before payment.
Product Variants & Tiers Selector
Offer multiple standards or price tiers for your products on getvik. Easily duplicate existing products to start fresh with new files, versions, and thumbnails while keeping them linked.
- •Product Duplication: Duplicate any existing product with a single click. The duplicate starts fresh as a draft with reset metrics, allowing you to upload new files, set a unique thumbnail, and write a fresh description.
- •Multi-Standard / Tiers Selector: Link products together as variants (e.g. Basic, Premium, Complete Bundle) to enable a sleek tier selector tab on the store product page.
- •Standalone Unlinking: Easily unlink a product from its variant group anytime to make it a standalone offering again.
- •Effortless Pricing Navigation: Buyers can seamlessly toggle between active product tiers, comparing prices and included files in real-time.
Introducing Webhooks for Creators
Getvik now supports real-time outgoing webhooks, allowing creators to connect their store to external servers and custom backends.
- •Real-Time Event Delivery: Receive instant POST notifications for order completion events.
- •Delivery Logs: View detailed request/response history, status codes, and timing directly from your dashboard.
- •Retry Engine: Automatic exponential backoff retries (1m, 5m, 30m, 2h) for any failed delivery attempts.
- •HMAC-SHA256 Security: Every payload is cryptographically signed using a unique signing secret to ensure authenticity.
Online Courses - Host & Sell on Getvik
Creators can now build and sell structured video courses that buyers watch directly on Getvik with secure, on-platform playback.
- •Course Builder: Create modules with ordered video and text lessons directly from your dashboard.
- •Secure Streaming: Videos are served via time-limited signed URLs and cannot be casually downloaded.
- •Course Player: Buyers get a full-screen, immersive player with sidebar navigation and progress tracking.
- •Resume Where You Left Off: Video playback position and lesson completion are saved automatically.
- •Text Lessons: Include written content alongside videos for richer course material.
- •550MB Per Video: Upload high-quality video lessons up to 550MB each.
Membership Tiers
We added membership tiers for creators to create recurring revenue streams.
- •Create recurring revenue streams with membership tiers
Direct Chat Messaging
Introducing a direct line of communication between you and your customers. Better support leads to better sales.
- •Contact Creator: Buyers can now message you directly from your product pages for pre-sale questions or support.
- •Email Alerts: Get notified instantly when a customer sends a message or when they receive your reply.
- •Product Context: Every message thread automatically shows you exactly which product the customer is asking about.
GST Compliance & Financial Transparency
We've upgraded our financial engine to be fully GST-compliant, providing better accounting for both creators and buyers.
- •GST Invoicing: All transactions now include a clear GST breakdown (18%) on invoices and email receipts.
Global Payments & Guest Checkout
Expanded ways to receive payments from buyers worldwide without needing them to log in.
- •Guest Payments: Buyers can now purchase your products without creating a getvik account, reducing purchase friction and increasing conversion.
- •PayPal Integration: You can now accept international payments via PayPal to effortlessly sell your digital products globally.
Affiliate Program & Revenue Sharing
Earn while you share. We're introducing a 30% commission for every successful referral.
- •New Affiliate Dashboard: Track your clicks, conversions, and total earnings in real-time.
- •Referral Code Sharing: Share your affiliate code with buyers so they can enter it during checkout.
- •30% Commission: Earn a substantial cut of every sale attributed to your affiliate code.
- •Checkout Code Attribution: Commissions are credited when buyers enter your affiliate code at checkout.
Free Products
Expanding pricing flexibility and streamlining the customer journey.
- •Creators can now list products for free (Price = 0) to grow their audience and share open-source tools.
- •Enhanced mobile responsiveness: the 'My Purchases' page layout is now perfectly optimized for mobile browsing.
Trust Cases, Disputes, and Content Quality Enforcement
A safer buyer-creator workflow with clearer quality standards.
- •Users can now raise trust cases and disputes directly on the platform.
- •Creators can view related trust/dispute status in their dashboard while platform admins review and handle resolutions.
- •Low-effort AI-generated slop and generally low-effort content may be removed from getvik to maintain marketplace quality.
Review Replies
Engage with your customers by replying directly to product reviews.
- •Creators can now post public replies to customer reviews on their products.
- •Reviewers securely receive automatic email notifications when a creator replies to their review.
- •Support for threaded replies allowing back-and-forth conversation.
Pay What You Want & Product FAQs
Empowering creators with flexible pricing and better customer communication.
- •Pay What You Want (PWYW) pricing model allows your audience to choose how much they want to pay for your products.
- •Added support for Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) directly on product pages to help reduce pre-sale inquiries and improve conversion.
- •UI improvements for better product discovery and page load performance.
Creator Discount Coupons
Launch sales and reward your audience with customizable discount codes.
- •Added the ability for creators to generate unique coupon codes for their products.
- •Support for fixed amount and percentage-based discounts.
- •Detailed tracking of coupon usage and associated revenue in the creator dashboard.