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Currency Switcher new feature – Per-currency “Buy” prices

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After several requests from our customers, we have finally managed to add a feature that will increase the already great flexibility of our Currency Switcher: we are adding the possibility of setting products’ “buy” prices in the currency of your choice, and let every other price be calculated automatically, unless populated manually.

What is this feature about?

At the moment, the Currency Switcher allows to you enter product prices in two ways:

  • By entering only a price in base currency, letting the plugin calculate all the others, using exchange rates.
  • By entering prices in one or more currencies, thus ignoring the exchange rates.

This system works well in most cases, however it has one limitation: the product price in base currency must always be specified, because it is used as the starting price to calculate the other prices. With the new per-currency “buy” prices feature, such limitation will be removed: you will finally be able to choose which price is going to be the “base” one, and let the others be recalculated.

How can this feature help?

The most common scenario where you could need this feature is when you have supplier from whom you buy products in different currencies. For example, you might buy Product X in US Dollars and Product Y in Euro. If your shop base currency is US Dollars, then you will have to enter all product base prices in USD. This won’t be difficult for Product Y, but, for Product Y, you would have to apply a EUR -> USD conversion first, to determine how much you paid in Dollars, then enter the sale prices, and keep them up to date when you buy new batches.

With the new feature, you will be able to specify that the base currency for Product Y is Euro, and just enter a sale price in such currency. The Currency Switcher will take care of calculating the prices in US Dollars, and in every other currency, using the Euro price as a reference.

Here’s a preview of the new feature, showing how easy it will be to choose the “buy” currency and set the prices for a product, and how the same product will display the prices calculated automatically from the base one.

Sounds great, when will the feature be available?

We are now testing the feature, and we will release an update for the Currency Switcher that includes it within the next couple of days. The update will be free for existing customers, and it will also be included with all new purchases starting from the official release date. If you would be interested in trying it before the official release, please contact us and we will send you further instructions.

The Aelia Team

EU VAT Assistant for WooCommerce updated to version 0.9.11.141224

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EU VAT Assistant for WooCommerce – What’s new

EU VAT Assistant for WooCommerce has been updated to version 0.9.11.141224. This update brings the following improvements and fixes:

  • Added auto-update mechanism. This will simplify maintenance and allow to update the plugin automatically, with one click.
  • Completed implementation of EU VAT by Country report. The report now works on both WooCommerce 2.1 and 2.2, and it allows to export the data to a CSV file.
  • Added logic to fix incorrect country codes in the VAT Rates feed. The feed contains some non-existent country codes, such as “UK” and “EL”. The plugin now converts them to the correct ISO codes.
  • Fixed several minor warnings and optimised code.

How to get the latest version

You can download the latest version of the EU VAT Assistant plugin from its product page.

Currency Switcher for WooCommerce updated to version 3.5.16.141224

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Currency Switcher for WooCommerce – What’s new

Currency Switcher for WooCommerce has been updated to version 3.5.16.141224. This update brings the following improvements and fixes:

  • Added possibility to specify the position of the currency symbol for each currency. It’s now possible to display the currency symbol to the left or the right of the price, depending on the active currency.
  • Added possibility to select a currency via a URL argument. By enabling this new option, it becomes possible to select a currency by just passing it via the URL.
  • Removed obsolete filter woocommerce_order_shipping_to_display and related code.

How to get latest version

New customers

Simply place your order and you will get the latest version.

Existing customers

You should be able to download the updated file using the link you received with your order. If the link doesn’t work, please contact Support to receive the latest version. Thanks.

Currency Switcher for Easy Digital Downloads updated to version 1.1.0.141222

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Currency Switcher for Easy Digital Downloads – What’s new

Currency Switcher for Easy Digital Downloads has been updated to version 1.1.0.141222. This update brings the following improvements and fixes:

  • Added new Show double Currencies configuration parameter. The parameter allows shop owners to decide if they want to display order amounts in both order currency and base currency on the Admin > Payment History page.
  • Removed double currencies from customer receipt and payment history.
  • Removed template overrides. The Currency Switcher now uses a different logic to display the order data in order currency, which doesn’t need to override templates anymore.

How to get latest version

New customers

Simply order the plugin from the product page and you will get the latest version.

Existing customers

You should be able to download the updated file using the link you received with your order. If the link doesn’t work, please contact Support to receive the latest version. Thanks.

EU VAT Assistant for WooCommerce updated to version 0.9.7.141221

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EU VAT Assistant for WooCommerce – What’s new

EU VAT Assistant for WooCommerce has been updated to version 0.9.7.141221. This update brings the following improvements and fixes:

  • Fixed logic in validation of VAT evidence at checkout. The logic contained two bugs that caused the validation that made customer VAT-exempt in the wrong circumstances.
  • Redesigned EU VAT by Country report. The report now shows only the VAT collected. Data is also sorted by country, and includes totals at the bottom of the report.

How to get the latest version

You can download the latest version of the EU VAT Assistant plugin from its product page.

EU VAT Assistant for WooCommerce updated to version 0.9.6.141220

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EU VAT Assistant for WooCommerce – What’s new

EU VAT Assistant for WooCommerce has been updated to version 0.9.6.141220. This is a major update, and it’s still backward compatible, as you would expect from us! This update brings the following improvements and fixes:

  • Started implementation of reports. We are working on the EU VAT by Country report, which we will release soon.
  • Optimised recording of VAT data and evidence. We reduced the amount of duplicate data stored in order’s “VAT paid” metadata, opting to perform calculations on the fly when needed. This will also reduce the confusion, as there will no longer be a chance of having conflicting information recorded against orders.
  • Added support for refunds. This feature is available in WooCommerce 2.2 and newer.
  • Added logic to append the VAT number to customer’s formatted billing address. This will allow to automatically display customers’ VAT number on the invoices, without having to manually tweak the templates to retrieve this information.
  • Added exchange rates provider for ECB feed. This is the feed approved by most European Revenue Offices.
  • Added exchange rates provider for Irish Revenue website. This is an experimental feature, because the Irish Revenue does not provide a machine readable feed of exchange rates. The provider attempts to parse all the rates from the HTML web page on revenue.ie and extract them. We would not recommend to use it in production, yet.
  • Added integration with WooCommerce PDF Invoices & Packing Slips. The integration will make it simpler to produce EU VAT compliant invoices when using the PDF Invoices & Packing Slips plugin. Below this list you can find an example of a multi-currency invoice printed using this plugin.
  • Fixed bug in logic used to determine the availability of sufficient evidence about customer’s location. The bug caused the detection to fail in some circumstances.
  • Fixed bug in validation of sufficient customer’s location evidence.
  • Added notice to invite site administrator to complete the plugin configuration. We added this notice because some users got confused by the plugin not working immediately after installation. A minimum setup is required before the EU VAT Assistant can do its job.

Sample invoice – Produced with PDF Invoices & Packing Slips

How to get the latest version

You can download the latest version of the EU VAT Assistant plugin from its product page.