Welcome to the Partner Portal Release Notes. This page serves as a running list of new features, fixes, and improvements that will be added to the Partner Portal over time.
July 2020
General
- Partner Portal styling has been updated to closer align with the FTUSA brand, resulting in a few changes to the navigation bar color, fonts, and the home page experience.
- Indonesian is now a supported language across the Partner Portal.
- Meta tags were added to the Partner Portal to improve the sharing experience when the website is shared on common social media and messaging platforms such as SMS on iPhone, SMS on Android, WhatsApp, Slack, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.
Partner Directory (NEW)
- A new Partner Directory was released to help Fair Trade partners search for certified and licensed Fair Trade Partners more easily. The Partner Directory also includes featured producer profiles, advanced search capabilities, and shortcuts to commonly searched terms.
- The Partner Directory also serves as the new landing page for the Partner Portal at https://partner.fairtradecertified.org, and is accessible without a login.
Profiles (NEW)
- Certified and licensed producers, traders, manufacturers and brands in our coffee supply chains can now create customizable profiles to help others learn about their organization.
- Users can modify basic company info, contact info, media sections, and privacy settings on their profile.
- Producer profiles include extra sections such as membership and production, impact reports and community projects.
Green Coffee Marketplace (NEW)
- The Green Coffee Marketplace was released to help increase visibility of available Fair Trade Certified™ coffees.
- Coffee producers can list their available Fair Trade Certified coffees by adding listings via their profile
- Interested buyers can easily find available green coffee to fill purchasing needs that meet your flavor and quality profile
Updated Terms of Service, Terms of Use and Privacy Policy
- Minor updates were made to the Partner Portal Terms of Service to clarify the applicability of the Fair Trade USA's Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. The Terms of Service can be found here: https://partner.fairtradecertified.org/terms
- The Fair Trade USA Terms of Use and Privacy Policy were updated to clarify terms related to user-generated content and arbitration
- The Terms of Use and Privacy Policy are now available in multiple languages and can be found at the following links:
August 2019
Product Registration
- UPC is now displayed on the Product dashboard
- Users can edit UPC after a Product has already been submitted and approved
- UPC is required for consumer-facing products in the coffee, consumer packaged goods, and seafood product categories
April 2019
Product Registration
- Users can now designate when they are registering a product for a subsidiary brand.
- This feature was developed for users who manage their Fair Trade USA and other compliance efforts for a large organization that may have many subsidiary brands.
March 2019
Transaction Reporting
- Our system now accepts an expanded list of CSV file encodings. The major benefits of this are twofold: users will receive fewer errors when they upload their transaction reports, and the system is able to interpret a larger variety of characters.
January 2019
Product Registration
- Additional guidance and help text has been provided to help users understand what a "Product Line" is when they begin registering a new product
December 2018
Updated Privacy Policy
- Our Privacy Policy was updated to clarify how we collect, use, share, and protect your personal information. The updated Privacy Policy is effective December 2018 and can be found at https://www.fairtradecertified.org/privacy-policy and is also referenced in the Partner Portal Terms of Service.
- With this updated policy, we have taken steps to clarify the following:
- How we collect and use your personal information
- Our methods for protecting your personal information
- How you can update your information or opt-out of communications
- Rights to access or restrict processing of your personal data if you are located in the European Union
November 2018
Account Settings
Account Settings was launched and includes the following major features:
- Users can navigate to Account Settings by clicking on their name in the top navigation menu bar
- Users can view and edit Personal information such as email, mailing address, password, and email subscriptions
- Users are prevented from opting out of a Product Registration and Transaction Reporting emails if they are the last Contact on the Account to be opted-in
- Users are prevented from opting out of Standards Updates emails if they are the last Contact on the Account to be opted-in and if their Account is required to receive updates about that particular standard
- Users can view and edit Account information such as DBA, website, and billing address
- Users can view other Portal Users on their Account and request deactivation on behalf of other team members
