GrownBy 3.8 is Live
- GrownBy Team
- May 12
- 5 min read
Updated: 9 hours ago
NEW FEATURES & UPDATES! Precise order cutoff, automated notifications, and improved customization features
We’re thrilled to share new updates and features with GrownBy 3.8 this spring — all designed to make buying and selling local food easier than ever.
Continue reading for a closer look at the new features and updates available on GrownBy 3.8 and how these big improvements will help small farmers thrive.
We're now grownby.com everywhere.
GrownBy is now grownby.com across the web, and on your farm store. We will redirect any customers visiting your storefront at our previous grownby.app address, but please update your shop link in any printed materials, web links, and social media.
Farmers can now require customers to cover all processing fees.
Farmers now have the option to require customers to pay all processing fees at checkout. This change means you can keep more of your earnings without absorbing those extra costs yourself.*
Learn how to configure payment settings with your Stripe account.
*We have always prided ourselves on offering a fair and accessible online marketplace for farmers running a small business. In fact, GrownBy farmers take home 95% of every dollar, compared to just 17% at the grocery store.
Order cutoffs are set to the hour, rather than day.
Managing orders just got more precise! Instead of setting cutoffs by days, farmers can now set them by the hour — giving farmers tighter control over order management. This flexibility is especially useful for last-minute shoppers and short harvest windows. Learn how order schedules work.
Apply multiple categories to products to organize products and simplify shop search.
Farmers can now assign multiple categories to each product on your GrownBy shop for easier browsing and better reporting.
Farmers can quickly track sales by product type directly via the Farmer Dashboard, which has also been updated. See more info below.
New & improved farmer dashboard helps sellers easily manage custom shares.
There’s now a dedicated dashboard where farmers can track and manage CSA customizations with more flexibility and oversight. Farmers have more control over when customization window opens and closes, and sellers will receive automated email notifications about customer activity to better track orders, inventory, and future sales.
Custom CSA Shares Simplifies Sales & Satisfies Customers
Farmers can offer highly curated share selections based on customer preferences, past orders, and real-time inventory.
Automated customer notifications & reminders for credit card expiration.
Customers will now receive automated reminders to update their credit card before it expires for a seamless shopping experience.
GrownBy 3.8 Full Release Notes
UI/UX Improvements & Bug Fixes
Financial reports and invoices now include customer location and address details, making it easier for you to track orders and deliveries. We’ve added Fortis payment columns, enhanced support for ACH payments in Canada, and introduced future date filtering on the invoice screen — a simple but powerful way to project upcoming cash flow.
Admin management is also easier now, with farmers having the ability to redelegate account ownership if needed, ensuring that your business remains flexible as your team changes. When manually creating orders, the system will now ignore minimum pickup rules and closed schedule settings, letting you complete special orders without extra hassle.
To improve the customer shopping experience, we’ve introduced a character limit for product names and short descriptions, helping to keep listings clean and readable, especially on mobile.
• Character limits for product names and descriptions keeps the online storefront clean, mobile-friendly, and easy to navigate. Product names are limited to 40 characters, and and short descriptions are limited to 80 characters → Learn more about Standard Products
• Detailed invoice and financial reports now include quantities, pricing, customer location, and address information, plus Fortis payment columns to make recordkeeping clearer for both farmers and shoppers. → View updated financial reports.
• Farmers can now filter invoices by future date ranges on invoices tab to help forecast upcoming cash flow! → Learn how to use the invoice tab.
• Invoice PDFs now include quantity and price for easier record-keeping and clearer transaction details on every invoice download.
• ACH payments are now supported in Canada to make transactions even easier. Learn more about GrownBy's launch in Canada.
• Updated ACH verification for customers means faster, smoother ACH verification for customers paying through bank transfer. → Learn more about ACH payments.
• Admin Account ownership can be changed and updated. Admins can now easily redelegate account ownership if needed. → Learn how admin roles work.
• When creating an order manually, minimum pickup settings and closed schedules are ignored for faster service. → Learn about manual orders.
• Customers can edit product quantities at checkout using their keyboard to quickly update their cart in just a few keystrokes. → Checkout updates explained.
Learn more about GrownBy features, benefits, and pricing. Our dedicated support team will help you start selling in less than an hour!
GrownBy is the fair & farmer-owned marketplace that helps more people eat more local.
GrownBy is the small farmers' seamless all-in-one solution that simplifies CSA management and farm sales with full-stack software designed for and by farmers.
As an employee- and farmer-owned cooperative, every seller receives access to the same features, updates, and unlimited support included as part of our cooperative fee to ensure equity and fairness while fostering a supportive community where all farmers thrive, together.
Build your farm shop on the GrownBy Marketplace for free and start selling your products in less than an hour.
GrownBy serves the US and Canada and is available on desktop, Apple iOS and GooglePlay .
Your feedback matters.
Your feedback plays a significant role in improving GrownBy for a better selling and shopping experience. Once you’ve had a chance to explore GrownBy 3.8, we’d love to hear your thoughts.
Everyone on our support team has farming experience and we will help you build your online farm shop, build custom CSAs, and get you SNAP Online Certified for free.
Visit our Help Desk to troubleshoot general issues and provide feedback.
Email us directly at support@grownby.app. A real human with real farming experience will get back to you as soon as possible.
Schedule a one-on-one support call to talk with a GrownBy expert who can answer any questions you may have shopping or selling on GrownBy 3.8.
