Product Changelog

TallyQuoter Product Changelog

A clear timeline of the major frontend and backend updates shipped for TallyQuoter since September 2024.

24 months of product updates summarized from git history
3 major surfaces: storefront widget, admin tools, backend services
50 image upload workflow improvements and larger batch handling
300 DPI-focused upload, SVG, and sticker processing work

What changed from September 2024 through August 2026

This timeline highlights the largest frontend and backend updates that shaped TallyQuoter: billing, product setup, saved designs, reordering, AI image tools, spot gloss, sticker production, custom gang sheets, multiprint, faster uploads, cart recovery, email customization, gang sheet building, mockups, merch product import support, sticker sheet reorders, print area discounts, by-quantity required fees, clipping masks, 1200 DPI output, and specialty product workflows.

Updates are grouped by customer-visible milestones. Smaller debug, staging, cache-busting, and one-off maintenance commits were rolled into the closest related product update.

Currently in progress

These are the product experiences we are actively building next, focused on faster sticker ordering, easier product creation, reusable label layouts, and the upcoming Tally 3D editor.

Roadmap
Simple Sticker Editor Drastically reduce the steps needed to customize a sticker and add it to the cart, with merchant controls to show or hide editor options for a smoother customer flow.
OnlyShirtz Product Generator Add a product generator powered by OnlyShirtz.com so merchants can quickly create ready-to-sell Shopify listings for merch and sticker products.
Picture Templates and Placement Zones Create reusable sticker and label templates with allowed and restricted artwork zones, making it easy to place UPCs, logos, and other required elements consistently.
Tally 3D — In Testing Tally 3D is progressing well and will let customers create and customize 3D-printable products from the storefront. More testing is required before its public release.
AI generation and editing

Added AI image generation/editing, gpt-image-1 backend support, AI file conversion, AI/SVG 300 DPI handling, background removal, upscaling, usage tracking, and storefront AI controls.

Sticker production tools

Added sticker setup, cutlines, contour processing, sticker templates, spot color and spot gloss settings, RDG_GLOSS PDF output, white ink support, material swatches, 3D material previews, sticker sheet layout persistence, and reorder restoration.

Gangsheeter editor

Early gang sheet processing existed before launch, but the dedicated Gangsheeter editor work appears in the February/March 2026 commits with storefront integration, cart editing, thumbnails, and the source/build pipeline.

Pricing and billing

Pricing evolved from commission and plan setup into Shopify subscriptions, optional fees, Tally Fee terminology, billing overlays, free-plan/usage-based billing, and lower subscription max-charge controls.

Customer experience

Improved uploads, mobile controls, saved designs, cart recovery, edit-cart links, checkout summaries, shipping estimator, order summary emails, storefront theme isolation, cart preview fallbacks, and clearer fee/subtotal summaries.

Merch and mockups

Added mockup tools, saved design sizing metadata, merch product import admin tooling, storefront merch blocks, garment color/size ordering, merch customizer backend updates, and review/checkout flows.

Sep 2024Launch
Frontend Backend

Store launch, billing, and core Shopify plumbing

September 2024 established the first production-ready app foundation and the basic backend services needed to run Tally inside Shopify.

  • Added commission fee and billing work, custom domain handling, publishing flow updates, and Shopify app setup changes.
  • Improved webhook behavior, order API handling, product image handling, product fetching, and product deletion reliability.
  • Fixed cart summary responsiveness, image clipping, permissions, scopes, cart URL behavior, and main screen loading.
Oct 2024Commerce
Frontend Backend

Discounts, optional fees, SVG fixes, and app cleanup

October focused on making the product and checkout experience more usable for paid custom print orders.

  • Added optional fee indicators, product name changes, and discount fixes.
  • Improved SVG handling, API timing, app testing cleanup, responsiveness, and storefront style overrides.
  • Removed test pages from the public app and continued stabilizing database and store configuration.
Nov 2024Orders
Frontend Backend

Order history, reordering, filtering, and performance

November added early production workflow tools for finding orders, reordering, and improving app load performance.

  • Added order summary page changes, order page improvements, export and sorting options, and Shopify order deep links.
  • Added reordering work, customer-product relation schema support, and a Shopify proxy route.
  • Added tag filtering, browser-side caching, Redis setup, AWS CloudWatch integration, and initial loading time optimizations.
  • Improved create-product performance and multiple-gangsheet handling for orders with more than one Tally product.
Dec 2024Design
Frontend Backend

Premium settings, early gang sheet options, SVG, and saved images

December expanded merchant configuration and improved the storefront editing experience.

  • Added premium settings, premium feature controls, setup page updates, and early advanced gang sheet options.
  • Added SVG functionality and SVG manipulation work for size identifiers and artwork handling.
  • Implemented dark theme, crop functionality, tablet responsiveness, sidebar updates, and a new UI design pass.
  • Moved saved image implementation toward local database storage instead of Shopify database storage.
  • Added backend security and stability work including Helmet, rate limiting, deprecated Shopify API fixes, and gangsheet performance warnings.
Jan 2025AI Tools
Frontend Backend

Background removal, vector processing, upscaling, and easy install

January introduced the first major AI and image-processing capabilities while smoothing setup for new merchants.

  • Added the first background removal API on December 31, 2024, followed by frontend integration for one-click background removal on January 1, 2025.
  • Implemented Claid AI background removal on January 14, 2025, then added AI upscale with Claid AI on January 15, 2025 and connected the frontend vector/upscale flow on January 16, 2025.
  • Added vector APIs, raster image upscaling, PDF background removal, SVG handling, and DPI metadata saving.
  • Added easy install product creation, price slider setup, app block deep linking, and extension enablement improvements.
  • Added web workers and inline workers to make cropping faster.
  • Improved saved image deletion, placeholder links, subscription mode handling, early gang sheet creation, and reactive product search.
Feb 2025Pre-Gangsheeter
Frontend Backend

Custom gangsheet processing and transparency workflow

February centered on early custom gangsheet creation and processing, before the newer Gangsheeter editor was introduced in 2026.

  • Developed custom gangsheet backend processing and moved custom gangsheet controller work into the shop controller.
  • Integrated frontend create, download, delete, and get gangsheet API services for the early workflow.
  • Added line properties, placeholder handling, product create updates, and gangsheet download work.
  • Improved transparency modal UI, raster image implementation, filtering UI, search handling, and production login/base route behavior.
Mar 2025Processing
Frontend Backend

Early gangsheet processing, SVG text, and upload responsiveness

March refined the original gangsheet processing flow, upload flow, and custom artwork handling.

  • Fixed gangsheet overlap issues, folder cleanup, order hash handling, print-ready properties, and createGangSheet error handling.
  • Added utilities for shared backend functions and stronger gangsheet save/delete behavior.
  • Improved SVG text writing, SVG image handling, preview behavior, font sizing, and image dimension storage.
  • Improved simultaneous image upload, toast feedback, responsiveness, zip file naming, transparency popup behavior, and custom gangsheet preview UX.
Apr 2025Multiprint
Frontend Backend

Multiprint product selection and theme controls

April added the first broad multiprint workflows and more merchant-facing control over product display.

  • Added multiprint product selection, color pickers, dropdowns, and multi-product selection inside the extension.
  • Improved multiprint pricing, proceed-to-checkout totals, printing option visibility, product data handling, and API call efficiency.
  • Added theme control from the admin panel and continued polish on borders, custom gangsheet images, and saved image selection.
  • Improved gangsheet links, line item zip file links, cart/checkout link visibility, and Shopify mutation behavior.
May 2025Cart Flow
Frontend Backend

Dynamic measurement and gangsheet order data

May improved how measurements, line properties, temporary products, and uploaded image metadata moved through checkout.

  • Added dynamic measurement support across frontend and backend product creation flows.
  • Updated add-to-cart handling, single-product behavior, Safari/cache handling, and cart redirect behavior.
  • Stored uploaded image data in temporary product descriptions and adjusted mutation handling for JSON strings and pricing.
  • Improved gangsheet ZIP naming, AWS URL expiry handling, metafield behavior, webhook logic, and multi-image gangsheet creation.
Jun 2025Infrastructure
Frontend Backend

Processing optimization and Shopify GraphQL updates

June focused on backend processing, Shopify mutation compatibility, and merging multiprint with dynamic measurements.

  • Optimized image processing and gangsheeter processing scripts.
  • Added measurement unit support to product creation and merged multiprint with dynamic measurement work.
  • Updated Shopify GraphQL product creation, SKU, variant node, publication, and product mutation behavior.
  • Refined frontend settings, color picker behavior, and currency/shipping-related UI work.
Jul 2025Admin UX
Frontend Backend

Billing, AI generation, shipping, optional fees, and setup tracking

July was a large admin and storefront UX month, adding several merchant-controlled features.

  • Added subscription creation, billing frontend components, billing redirects, billing status checks, and a comprehensive Shopify billing system.
  • Refined pricing UI with cleaner pricing tabs, preset buttons, per-square-unit calculations, trailing-zero input handling, subscription status checks, and billing onboarding screens.
  • Implemented AI-Gen for image generation and editing, including frontend AI tools, loading states, duplicate-button fixes, AI generation service routes, and gpt-image-1 backend support.
  • Added AI file conversion with Ghostscript, AI/SVG 300 DPI handling, AI generation usage fields, and model enforcement around gpt-image-1.
  • Added shipping estimator UI, shipping method selection, EasyPost-backed shipping estimate API, delivery mode fields, and pickup/shipping settings.
  • Added optional fees, checkout agreement modal work, multiprint sync, short edit links, review order modal improvements, and settings persistence fixes.
  • Added app block setup tracking, deep link buttons, theme validation, cart editor block detection, and embedded app/App Bridge loading fixes.
Aug 2025Stickers
Frontend Backend

Sticker settings, item filtration, holographic masks, and upscale reliability

August prepared the product for the sticker workflows that expanded in the following months.

  • Added sticker enablement toggles, a sticker tab, sticker product identification, holographic mask support, and sticker app updates.
  • Added early sticker spot color configuration work in product settings, preparing later spot gloss and production PDF handling.
  • Improved item filtration pages, item selection modal styling, product setting screens, and import modal styles.
  • Fixed optional fee pricing, background removal transparency clipping, DPI debugging, and Claid upscale resolution handling.
  • Improved checkout settings, appearance controls, reset icons, custom admin styles, and price slider behavior.
Sep 2025Foundation
Frontend Backend

Stronger upload handling, cart recovery, and sticker checkout support

September focused on making product setup, uploads, and checkout behavior more dependable for print shops handling custom artwork.

  • Improved sticker editor sizing, mobile tap-to-upload, click-to-upload, saved image access, and drag-and-drop upload behavior.
  • Added image protection, Google reCAPTCHA v3 validation, duplicate webhook detection, and more reliable sticker product creation.
  • Introduced cart recovery for abandoned carts, a cart recovery delete endpoint, Print Summary support, separate fee products for cleaner cart pricing, and free custom gang sheet image upload support across plans.
  • Updated billing configuration and plan feature handling so custom gang sheet image upload could be shown as a free feature.
  • Raised image upload capacity, refined mobile cart layout, and added grid-view options for image containers.
  • Improved SVG-to-PNG conversion for saved designs, auto-crop, transparency removal, and upscale behavior.
Oct 2025Customization
Frontend Backend

Email, theme, analytics, AI upscale tracking, and performance upgrades

October added more merchant control over branded customer experiences while improving speed and operational reliability.

  • Added an order summary email system with Resend integration, custom domain setup, DNS verification, liquid template variables, and a redesigned email settings UI.
  • Introduced ImageContainer theme customization, database-backed theme settings, improved preview accuracy, and storefront CSS variable handling.
  • Expanded order analytics with pagination, time-period graphs, better order pages, and a redesigned sizing table interface.
  • Optimized image uploads and processing with smarter resizing, alpha detection, improved S3 image URLs, and faster upload paths.
  • Updated pricing language from Commission to Tally Fee and tested billing plan behavior around professional/unlimited plan states.
  • Fixed AI Upscale usage tracking so nested usage records persist correctly.
Nov 2025Sticker Editor
Frontend Backend

Embedded sticker editing, SVG quality, and Shopify API updates

November turned the sticker editor into a more integrated storefront experience and tightened backend support for SVG files and Shopify product handling.

  • Moved the sticker editor away from an external popup and into a fullscreen modal with improved headers, controls, color handling, and theme integration.
  • Added S3 uploads for sticker editor images and no-cache headers to address image caching issues.
  • Improved mobile and desktop canvas behavior, unified canvas sizing, cutline scaling, and high-DPI export consistency.
  • Upgraded Shopify API usage to support unlisted product status, better variant tracking, and enhanced product deletion behavior.
  • Improved SVG conversion and sizing for sharper sticker editor cutline generation.
  • Changed billing direction toward a single free plan with usage-based pricing and reduced the subscription max charge from $25,000 to $500.
Dec 2025International
Frontend Backend

Multi-language support, currency, gallery, printer portal, and AI product work

December expanded the admin and storefront feature set with multi-language support, currency, AI, and gallery-related improvements.

  • Added the full i18n/localization system with 8 languages on December 12, 2025.
  • Added customer locale detection, Frankfurter API currency conversion support, storefront language override settings, and broader localization support for checkout and storefront flows.
  • Added comprehensive checkout translations and changed quality labels to always use translations instead of custom labels.
  • Added AI product generation, printer portal, SaaS feature work, and gallery feature support on the backend.
  • Updated sticker editor, layer editor, cart recovery, product settings, and theme settings surfaces.
  • Added gallery-related backend work and a storefront language setting for merchant control.
Jan 2026Sheet Mode
Frontend Backend

Sheet Mode, setup status, Picsart background removal, and image tools

January added more control for merchants configuring products and improved image manipulation workflows.

  • Added Sheet Mode and maximum sheet height support across frontend API calls, backend schemas, and controllers.
  • Improved setup status persistence and added manual completion UI for onboarding flows.
  • Added Picsart background removal integration with stronger error handling.
  • Improved layer editor fonts, icons, SVG assets, mobile action bars, and Shopify theme compatibility.
Feb 2026Dashboard
Frontend Backend

Print Dashboard, saved designs, GPU processing, text tools, and Gangsheeter integration

February centered on production workflow and the first clear TallyGangsheeter integration work: finding past orders, reusing saved artwork, improving performance, and reducing checkout friction.

  • Added Print Dashboard order history, saved design management, reorder modal improvements, date filters, delete and rename endpoints, and customer detection fixes.
  • Added GPU-based background removal and GPU upscale work, with fallback handling and monitoring improvements.
  • Added sticker cutline processing, contour routes, edit link resolution, lightweight S3 uploads, MongoDB indexes, and worker-thread processing for heavier cutline tasks.
  • Added Text Designer, text overlay support, sticker templates, and the first clear Gangsheeter integration work in the February 2026 commits.
  • Improved cart merge, cart editor behavior, thumbnail loading, saved image recovery, and inventory policy auto-fix handling.
Mar 2026Gang Sheets
Frontend Backend

Gangsheeter editor source, cart quality, spot gloss, and material previews

March brought the newer Gangsheeter editor source into the Tally codebase and added a long list of sticker and storefront quality improvements.

  • Added gangsheeter source code, processor schema, vendor assets, and rebuilt widget assets for storefront use.
  • Improved gang sheet cart editing with theme colors, card UI, preloading, 50-image support, variant resolution, autofill, totals, and thumbnails.
  • Added multi-sheet thumbnails, S3 thumbnail uploads, 500px sidebar thumbnails, and better cart checkout recovery.
  • Improved sticker materials with transparent previews, white ink handling, mirror and gold material previews, material thumbnail overlays, and mobile material switching.
  • Added production-oriented spot gloss support in sticker data, cart serialization, and PDF output, including RDG_GLOSS spot color naming and mask handling.
  • Added cart operation logging, daily error digest support, and settings schema fields for custom image container colors.
Apr 2026Reliability
Frontend Backend

Billing overlay, multi-sheet support, mockup generator, and saved image metadata

April tightened platform-level behavior and added several features that make larger print workflows easier to manage.

  • Implemented Shopify Billing API handling and a global billing overlay to block app access when a subscription is inactive.
  • Improved gangsheeter image loading, auto-nesting, multi-sheet support, saved sheets modal, payload persistence, and legacy API routing through the Tally backend.
  • Added material swatches, texture assets, bbox fields for rotated images, and sanitized image handling to avoid oversized cart payloads.
  • Added the mockup generator/tooling on April 22, 2026, along with saved design sizing, saved image metadata, preview modal improvements, and drag sizing controls.
  • Added AI helper work and continued sticker material synchronization across products.
May 2026Merch
Frontend Backend

Merch imports, by-size updates, Fire theme, and accessibility polish

May focused on adding merch workflows, improving by-size ordering, fixing storefront issues, and making customer-facing builders easier to use across Shopify themes.

  • Added merch product import admin tooling, storefront merch product blocks, garment color/size ordering, and merch review/checkout flows.
  • Shipped a large set of by-size product updates and bug fixes for the storefront buying flow.
  • Added the new Fire theme and refreshed layout styling.
  • Updated key controls from icon-only actions to readable text buttons for better accessibility and clearer customer interaction.
  • Improved theme block deep links, Horizon theme setup, storefront asset loading, and app embed isolation.
  • Updated GPU processing and storefront assets, including image preview mask, sizing, vector DPI, and upscale handling fixes.
  • Refined storefront CSS isolation and mobile controls for a cleaner customer-facing builder experience.
Jun 2026Specialty Products
Frontend Backend

Sticker templates, no-contour settings, staging rollout, and specialty product polish

June focused on preparing a larger storefront/admin rollout, tightening sticker configuration, and improving specialty product experiences such as business cards.

  • Updated sticker template and material preview flows, including material preview assets, swatches, holographic/prismatic/mirror/glitter/gold/glow/transparent visuals, and storefront preview handling.
  • Added and refined no-contour sticker sizing and pricing settings across admin configuration, product settings, storefront image handling, and backend product-setting support.
  • Added print area discount support in backend product settings and storefront pricing/cart flows, letting merchants discount based on the actual printable area used instead of only order quantity or cart total.
  • Rolled up staging storefront, admin, backend, and Gangsheeter updates, including theme settings, saved image modal work, cart service fixes, material swatch assets, and storefront bundle refreshes.
  • Improved business card admin and storefront behavior with finish previews, finish panel fixes, and specialty admin route visibility updates.
  • Improved cart editor reliability with preview fallbacks, visible debug handling, active extension UID targeting, and storefront script version bumps.
  • Added backend monitoring and operational updates around admin API auth, API metrics, daily usage/error digests, email monitoring, GPU monitoring, sticker production jobs, and dashboard analytics backfill scripts.
Jul 2026Sticker Sheets
Frontend Backend

Sticker sheet reorders, cutline persistence, print area discounts, by-quantity required fees, merch customizer, and fee summaries

Early July centered on making sticker sheet orders recoverable and reorderable, adding print-area and by-quantity pricing controls, and improving storefront pricing clarity and merch customization support.

  • Added print area discount backend and storefront support, with product-setting schema updates, cart service changes, settings UI updates, and localized admin/storefront labels. Print area discounts let shops reward larger printable-area orders while keeping smaller artwork priced normally.
  • Added the by-quantity required fee type so merchants can attach mandatory fees that scale from the selected quantity. This supports workflows such as setup, finishing, or handling charges that must be included in the cart and subtotal instead of being optional add-ons.
  • Persisted sticker contour settings, sticker sheet production layouts, and sticker sheet layout JSON references so complex sheet orders can be restored without oversized cart/order payloads.
  • Added direct sticker sheet cutline tracing, regenerated cutlines on restore, proxied restored cutline previews, and fixed rotated cutline placement, cutline anchors, path placement, and pixel-aligned contour rendering.
  • Restored sticker sheet dashboard reorders by marking sticker sheet orders, preserving sheet metadata, classifying reorder products, loading layouts through the JSON proxy, and rebuilding layouts inside the sticker sheet editor.
  • Improved sticker sheet editor workflows, text designer portal behavior, template contour rendering, admin sticker controls, sticker payload handling, and storefront bundle delivery.
  • Improved merch customizer admin/storefront behavior with backend route/schema updates, customizer UI refinements, and storefront merch product block updates.
  • Fixed optional fee required display, sticker fee display, subtotal summaries, and cart summary handling so customers see cleaner required-fee and total calculations.
Jul 2026Tally Drop
Frontend Backend

Tally Drop setup, partner pricing, routed fulfillment, and real-time print charges

Tally Drop adds a way for shops to sell stickers, DTF, and UV DTF products through their own Shopify storefront while routing eligible paid orders to a preferred Tally Drop Print Partner.

  • Added Tally Drop product creation and binding flows so merchants can create new Drop products or connect eligible existing Tally items to partner-backed sticker, DTF, or UV DTF settings.
  • Added partner cost visibility, suggested retail pricing, discount matching controls, optional fee controls, and common-size profit previews so stores can understand margins before publishing.
  • Added fulfillment routing for eligible paid orders, including preferred Tally Drop Print Partner order creation, production notifications, label workflow handling, and cancellation-window controls.
  • Updated Tally Drop payment timing so print-production charges happen in real time when the Shopify shipping label is purchased instead of through weekly batching.
  • Clarified that Tally usage fees are waived only on Tally Drop routed orders, not on regular non-Drop Tally items.
  • Added customer-safe language throughout the workflow so storefront customers see preferred Tally Print Partner fulfillment instead of internal partner names.
Jul 2026App Updates
Frontend Backend

Better sticker cutlines, 700% sticker zoom, Merch Gallery, and editing fixes

Late July focused on making sticker editing more precise after artwork is added, expanding merch customization assets, and fixing recent customer-facing editor issues.

  • Improved sticker cutline behavior so generated cut paths are cleaner and more reliable during sticker setup, preview, editing, and production handoff.
  • Improved sticker editing after artwork is added, making it easier to adjust and inspect placed sticker artwork without fighting the editor flow.
  • Increased sticker editor zoom up to 700%, giving customers and shops more precision when inspecting artwork edges, cutlines, small details, and placement issues.
  • Added Merch Gallery support so merch products can use gallery artwork and assets more directly inside the customization workflow.
  • Shipped bug fixes across sticker, merch, cart, and storefront editor flows to improve stability and reduce customer-facing setup issues.
Aug 2026Creative Tools
Frontend Backend

Clipping masks, 1200 DPI output, Live Help, and more accessible editors

August expanded the storefront and Gangsheeter creative toolset while giving merchants more control over print output, editor appearance, pricing, and launch readiness.

  • Added clipping-mask workflows to the storefront editor and Gangsheeter, including image upload, AI generation, painting, transforms, zoom, and mobile-friendly controls.
  • Added product-level print-extra configuration and 1200 DPI output controls, backed by new admin settings and persistent backend product data.
  • Introduced a clearer setup launch center and dashboard command center with more reliable theme, embed, product, and app-status checks.
  • Added persistent customer display preferences, responsive text scaling, and authenticated accessibility defaults across storefront and gang sheet editors.
  • Expanded custom theme controls with button text colors and more consistent gradients across the editor, checkout, cart, and order modals.
  • Improved template search and uploads, quantity layouts, pricing summaries, print-area calculations, cart placement, saved-sheet recovery, support sessions, and mobile editor behavior.
  • Added a Get Help Live button to by-size, sticker, and gang sheet items so customers can start a remote-assistance session directly from the editor.
  • Fixed print-area discounts for by-size items so the correct discount is now applied when the item reaches the Shopify cart.
  • Fixed the Name/Number Generator roster preview so it displays each roster number correctly and generates the expected name-and-number artwork inside the Tally Editor.
  • Improved AI preview processing while preserving full-resolution 4x output for production, and updated translated controls across supported admin and storefront languages.
Source: summarized from git commit comments in the Tally frontend and backend repositories from September 1, 2024 through August 24, 2026. Timeline is ordered from newest to oldest.