SCC Roadmap

SCC RoadmapDive into our Sana Commerce Cloud product roadmap to see what's in progress, what's up next, and what's on the horizon for the next 9 months. Keep in mind, this roadmap is a flexible plan, and not everything listed is set in stone for product inclusion.

2024 - Q3

Percentage payment costs

Our latest addition to the Sana Admin allows users to easily set a percentage-based payment fee for all available payment methods, including "on account" payments.
This feature is specifically designed for regular checkout transactions and will not be applicable to online invoice payments.

Guided selling content element leveraging product data to enhance product discovery

The Guided Selling content element enhances the online shopping experience by providing real-time interactive question and answer dialogs that streamline product search (search results), enabling customers to quickly find the right products (on both content and product list pages) and thus increasing conversion your webstore's rates and sales. All by leveraging product facets from either the ERP, Sana, or a PIM system.

[VersaPay] Productize VersaPay to support migrating Chargelogic (EOL) customers

Versapay, who acquired Chargelogic earlier, is now sunsetting their e-commerce Chargelogic solution. Existing Chargelogic customers will be migrated to Versapay's own solution, by Versapay. Sana will support the Versapay integration as an out of the box app, available in Sana's app center.

More information can be found here: https://www.versapay.com/lp/sunsetconnect

Currency & rounding

In some industries the price per piece is best presented in more than 2 decimals: think about selling small items such as screws or LED lights. In this case the price for a product should be displayed in more decimals than the totals.

Checkout - Comments

Package: Pro & Advanced
ERP connector upgrade required.
Microsoft BC/NAV/F&O/AX: Q3
SAP B1/SAP ECC/S4H: TBD
Customers will be able to add personalised comments to individual ordered items. This feature enables users to include specific instructions or personal messages for each item line during checkout, enhancing communication with sellers and improving order accuracy.

My account - Backorder lines

Package: Pro & Advanced
ERP connector upgrade required.
Microsoft BC/NAV/F&O/AX: Q3
SAP B1/ECC/S4H: TBD
Stay on top of your orders as a shopping customer in the webshop. Introducing the Backorder lines overview in the 'My Account' section so you can easily track all products still pending for delivery / order completion in one convenient overview. In this first release this will be with a fixed set of fields to display.

2024 - Q4

Stock alerts

Package: Pro & Advanced
Ensure that your customers never miss out on desired products, even when they're temporarily unavailable. Customers can opt-in to receive an email notification as soon as the item is back in stock. This proactive approach empowers them to stay informed and make timely purchases, managing their expectations and eliminating the frustration of missing out on sought-after items.

Stock alerts - Stock alert management

Package: Pro & Advanced
Allow your customers to keep track of the stock alerts they enabled for products in the web store, so they are always in control of the email notifications sent to them as soon as the item is back available.

Product based discounts

Sana's newest feature will allow users to easily implement product discounts. You will now be able to create discounts for one or multiple product sets. The interface for redeeming these discounts in the shopping cart is also being enhanced for a more user-friendly and intuitive experience.
ERP dependent: Yes

Stock location selection

ERP connector upgrade required
Package: Pro & Advanced
Boost customer convenience by allowing your customers to choose from what location (warehouse) they would like to order, and display stock availability from the chosen location throughout their online buyer journey.

Search - Category suggestions

Package: Pro & Advanced
Customers may not always know the exact product they're looking for. With category suggestions, customers will be able to discover products within a broader context while using the web store's search function.

Checkout - Stock visibility

ERP connector update required.
ERP connector release TBD.
Often the B2B customers know what the standard delivery time is for products that are in stock. Sometimes it is customer depended if shipments are split or not, and the customer also knows in that case if they want the shipment to be spit or not, meaning that they know how to interpret the information of availability.
Showing the stock message in the shopping cart will give them a clear and transparant overview of their order, setting proper expectancies on possible delivery.

[Subscriptions] - Processing payments for subscription orders

This feature will allow customers to pay for their subscription orders using credit cards or other online payment methods.
ERP dependent: No

Checkout - Estimated availability dates

Package: Pro & Advanced
ERP connector update required
ERP connector release TBD
After a webshop visitor has added all the products to the shopping cart, he will be able to see the (estimated) availability dates per order line. This will offer transparency and manage the expectations of the customer within the ordering process. These dates can be shown split over multiple quantities and dates (suggesting partial shipments) or waiting for the complete quantity to be available: only showing the latest date.

Allow invoice payment for blocked customer

ERP connector upgrade required.
ERP connector release: TBD
Customers that are blocked in the ERP are able to login to the webshop, but might still want to be able to pay their invoices to ensure their account will be 'unblocked' again.

2025 - Q1

AI - Sana Assistant

The Sana Assistant helps simplify the process of accessing relevant information from the Sana knowledge base by providing quick answers to questions in a natural language format.
ERP dependent: No
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Tweakwise - Renewed add-on

Designed for businesses with complex product catalogs, the renewed Tweakwise Search & Merchandising add-on will elevate your e-commerce platform's search capabilities to new heights using a fully integrated approach. This powerful add-on will deliver highly relevant, personalized search results, tailored to both your intricate product offerings and your customers' unique preferences. By streamlining product discovery and optimizing merchandising, this add-on will shorten the buyer journey and unlock greater revenue potential.

Address Validation

To further refine the shopping experience and operational efficiency, SCC will introduce an advanced address validation feature. Address validation will be initially available with two add-ons to choose from: Loqate and Google Address Validation.
ERP dependent: No
Package: Available for all packages, will require separate account with Google or Loqate.

Order details table - Flexibility in columns

ERP connector upgrade required
ERP connector upgrade: TBD
After adding flexibility to the column fields in the overview tables for Sales documents, we will add a similar flexibility to the Sales document detail pages in order to manage which information (columns) should be shown for the specific customer type. This way you can set-up the table to your business needs.

Stock location selection

ERP connector upgrade required
Package: Pro & Advanced
Boost customer convenience by allowing your customers to choose from what location (warehouse) they would like to order, and display stock availability from the chosen location throughout their online buyer journey.