This week we've seen reports of issues getting real-time shipping rates back from UPS's Rating API. We tracked the issue down to incompatible cipher suite support for TLS 1.2 between the server running BV Commerce and the UPS Rating API server. The intermittent nature of this problem seems to indicate that the change was made by UPS and was slowly rolled out to their server farm. Windows Server 2012 seems to be the most susceptible to this issue. Using IIS Crypto's default cipher suite settings ... [More]

Here is the complete list of new features, enhancements, and bug fixes in BV Commerce 2020. This list is relative to the previous release, BV Commerce 2018 SP1. [More]

BV Commerce and Avalara are hosting a free webinar on Tuesday, July 31 to keep you informed and stay ahead of the changing sales tax regulations resulting from the recent US Supreme Court ruling. [More]

BV Commerce 2018 SP1 Arrives Monday 4/16!   BV Commerce 2018 SP1 is a must-have update for stores running BV Commerce 2018. New in BV Commerce 2018 SP1:Copy/paste URLs for direct linking to a variant/choice product SVG theme button support for high pixel density (Retina) screens, including an Adobe Illustrator template for Foundation 4 and Bootstrap 3 themes Important bug fixesFor the complete list of changes read the release notes. Not running BV Commerce 2018? What are you waiting for... [More]

Here is the complete list of new features, enhancements, performance improvements, and bug fixes in Service Pack 1 (SP1). This list is relative to the last release, BV Commerce 2018. New FeaturesProduct page URL updates with VariantId query string when a choice combination is selected--allows copy/pasting URL for direct linking to a variant product SVG theme button support for high pixel density (Retina) screens SVG button set for Foundation 4 and Bootstrap 3 themes--includes Adobe Illustrator... [More]

The Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCI SSC, or simply PCI) is enforcing a deadline for the transition to TLS 1.2. All payment gateways, including Authorize.Net and PayPal, will require TLS 1.2. In turn, your site must support TLS 1.2 or you will be unable to process credit cards. Other services, such as UPS, are also enforcing this requirement. If you recently experienced problems with UPS real-time rates on your store, this is likely the reason. A non-exhaustive list of servi... [More]

BV Commerce 2018 arrives Wednesday, October 4th UPDATE: Service Pack 1 (SP1) is now available for BVC 2018. Learn more. Experience the fastest BV Commerce yet! But speed isn't the only thing you'll get with BV Commerce 2018. Enjoy a refreshed admin design with better usability, offer your customers financing with PayPal Credit, and much more. Follow us on Facebook as we highlight new features leading up to launch. For the complete list of changes read the release notes. Speed Kills ConvertsYou... [More]

Here is the complete list of new features, enhancements, and bug fixes in BV Commerce 2018. This list is relative to the previous release, BV Commerce 2017. [More]

BV Commerce 2017 is coming Monday, October 31st. The next release was originally planned for the first quarter of 2017. However, we've already developed so many great new features that will benefit you now during this holiday season that we decided not to wait a moment longer. BV Commerce 2017 focuses on three key areas: merchandising, marketing, and security. [More]

Here is the complete list of new features, enhancements, and bug fixes in BV Commerce 2017. This list is relative to the last release, BV Commerce 2015 SP2. [More]