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Location search, listing maps, per-page SEO & search controls

Four updates that make your marketplace easier to find, easier to search, and easier to tune. Buyers can now search by place and see listings on a map, sellers get address autocomplete when posting, every page gets its own SEO and social media settings, and you decide exactly where the header search bar appears.

Search by location, right from the header

The storefront header search bar can now do location search instead of keyword search. Shoppers type an address, city, or region, pick a result from the autocomplete dropdown, and the browse page filters to listings inside that area. Search for "United States" and you see the whole country; search for "Downtown Portland" and you narrow it to that neighbourhood — any granularity, without a separate control for each.

  • Shareable results — the picked place and its bounding box are saved in the URL, so shoppers can bookmark or share a filtered view and it just works on return
  • Works with your other filters — location plays nicely with keyword search, category, price, and custom-field filters, and joins the active-filter count on the mobile Filters button
  • Keyword search is still available — choose between keyword and location search per site from Build → Listings → Search options, and optionally show a keyword field in the sidebar alongside location

Choose between Keyword search and Location search for the header under Build → Listings → Search options. Location search and autocomplete are built in — no setup or API keys needed on your end.

A map on every listing

Listing detail pages now show an interactive map with a pin at the listing's exact location. It appears automatically whenever a listing has coordinates attached — no configuration needed.

Address autocomplete on listing forms

Sellers no longer type a full place name by hand. The location field on the create, edit, and admin per-listing forms now offers autocomplete suggestions as you type — cities, neighbourhoods, postcodes, and street addresses. Picking a suggestion fills in the formatted place name and captures the coordinates that power the map and location search.

Listings created before this update keep working as-is — they just don't have coordinates attached, so they won't appear in location-filtered results until the seller edits and picks a place.

Per-page SEO & social media settings

Every page you build in the page builder now has an SEO & social tab alongside its sections. Control exactly how each page appears in search engines and social shares:

  • Search engines — set a page title and description used for search results and browser tabs
  • Social media — set a separate title, description, and preview image for Facebook, X, and other social shares (falls back to your SEO title and description when left blank)

Combined with your site-level social image, your landing pages, about page, and terms now look right when shared anywhere — no extra plugins or meta-tag wrangling.

Control where the header search bar appears

Under Build → Design → Top bar, a new Header search bar setting lets you choose where the search bar shows up:

  • Always — on every storefront page (the default)
  • Hide on landing page — hidden on your homepage, visible everywhere else
  • Browse listings page only — only on the listings browse page

Useful when your landing page already has a prominent hero search and you don't want a second one in the header.

Also in this update

  • Stability fixes and dependency updates

Edit any listing from your admin panel & unlimited photos

Two updates that put more control in your hands. Team members can now edit every part of a listing — not just the private metadata — straight from the admin panel. And we've lifted the photo cap, so sellers can show off their items with as many photos as they like.

Full listing editing, from the admin panel

Until now, the per-listing edit page under Manage → Listings only handled your metadata fields. It now edits everything about a listing in one place:

  • Details — title, price, description, category (including subcategories), and location
  • Photos — add new photos, remove existing ones, and reorder the gallery by dragging them into position
  • Metadata fields — your private custom fields, right in the same screen

Fix a typo, correct a price, tidy up a category, or swap out a photo — all without waiting on the seller and without leaving the admin panel. It's available to every team member who can update the site, alongside the existing close, reopen, and delete actions.

No more photo limit

Listings used to be capped at 8 photos. That cap is gone. Sellers can now upload as many photos as they need — on the create page, the storefront edit page, and the admin edit page — with the same 20MB-per-photo maximum as before. It's a meaningful change for photo-heavy marketplaces like real estate, vehicles, and anything where more pictures mean more trust.

Also in this update

  • Fixed image uploads in the page builder — uploading a section background image or a content block image no longer fails with an error
  • Stability fixes — resolved errors that could surface on certain standalone requests and when a marketplace was reached through a non-storefront address

Subcategories, searchable custom fields & a faster storefront

Today we're adding two of the most requested organizing tools — a second level for your categories, and the ability to turn your custom listing fields into real search filters and sort options. We've also put keyword search front and center in your storefront header, added a setup checklist to get new marketplaces ready faster, and made every listing and avatar image load crisper and quicker.

Two-level subcategories

Categories can now have subcategories. Under Build → Listings → Categories, every category can hold its own nested list — so you can organize Vehicles into Cars, Motorcycles, and Boats, or Real Estate into Apartments and Houses.

  • Nested management — add subcategories with a parent selector, reorder within each level independently, and see aggregated listing counts that include every subcategory
  • Browse by parent — when a visitor picks a parent category on your storefront, they see listings from all of its subcategories at once
  • Inherited custom fields — a custom field limited to a parent category now applies to its subcategories too, so you set it once instead of repeating it

Deleting a parent category promotes its subcategories to the top level — nothing gets lost.

Searchable custom fields

Custom listing fields can now power search, not just collect information. Under Build → Listings → Listing fields, each field gains a Search settings section (except Video) that adapts to its type:

  • Text fields (single line & long text) — include them in keyword search, so the storefront search box matches against their values too
  • Number fields — enable them for admin filtering, add them as a storefront filter with a range slider, and turn them into sort options with low-to-high / high-to-low directions you choose
  • Select & Select multiple — enable them for admin filtering and add them as a storefront filter

Each filter and sort option has a placement — primary (shown before the default filters) or secondary (shown after) — so you control exactly where everything appears. On your storefront, the browse page gains the matching filters and dynamic sort options in the dropdown automatically. In the admin panel, the listings page gets a new filter flyout for narrowing results by any searchable field.

Keyword search, now in the header

Search used to live only inside the browse page sidebar. Now there's a search box right in the storefront header on desktop and at the top of the mobile sidebar — so visitors can start searching from any page. It drops them straight onto the browse page with results ready.

A setup checklist for new marketplaces

The site Home page now walks you through everything that turns a blank marketplace into a finished one — add custom fields and filters, set your branding, build the welcome page, add content pages, and shape the footer — each step linking straight to the right place. It's the fastest way yet to get a new site ready.

Faster, crisper images

Listing photos and avatars now load through a responsive image service that generates the right size for every screen. Instead of downloading one large image, browsers fetch a smaller, sharper version sized to the device — so pages load faster and images stay crisp on high-resolution displays, with no action needed on your part.

Also in this update

  • Email verification for messaging — to cut down on spam, message notification emails are now only sent to users who have verified their email address, with a callout in the storefront reminding unverified users to confirm
  • Fixed a rare registration error that could occur when two visitors signed up with the same email at the same instant

Custom listing fields, a rebuilt browse page & better search

Listings used to be one shape for everyone — a title, description, price, category, and photos. Starting today, you decide exactly what information each listing collects, with custom fields you build yourself. We've also completely rebuilt the storefront browse page with a filter sidebar and sorting, and given you control over which filters and sort options your visitors see.

Custom listing fields

Under Build → Listings → Listing fields you can now create custom fields that collect specific information about listings, on top of the default fields. There's no code and no limit on how many you add.

Six field types cover most needs:

  • Single line text — a short text field (up to 70 characters)
  • Long text — a longer textarea (up to 5,000 characters)
  • Number — accepts whole numbers only, with optional minimum and maximum limits
  • Select — a dropdown with options you define
  • Select multiple — checkboxes where users can pick several options
  • Video — a YouTube URL, embedded automatically on the listing page

Every field has an access level that controls who fills it in:

  • Public fields are filled in by users while creating or editing their listing, and always show on the listing page. You can mark them required and add help text to guide users.
  • Metadata fields are filled in by team members only, from a dedicated edit screen on each listing. They're hidden by default, but you can toggle Show on listing page to display them to visitors.

You can also limit any field to specific categories. A "Year" field might only appear for the Vehicles category, while a "Bedrooms" field shows for Real Estate. Leave the limit unchecked and the field applies to every listing. Fields adapt automatically as users pick a category while posting.

The field builder is a drag-and-drop flyout — reorder fields and their options, configure everything in one place, and changes go live the moment you save. Selecting multiple options for a field? Reorder those by drag-and-drop too, and choose whether to show unselected options on the listing page.

A rebuilt browse page with filters & sorting

The storefront listings page has been redesigned from the ground up. Filters now live in a dedicated sidebar on desktop and slide in from a flyout on mobile, keeping the results front and center.

  • Keyword search across titles and descriptions, with a clear button to reset
  • Category filter — browse by category from the sidebar
  • Price range — a slider that narrows results to a price band
  • Sorting — newest, oldest, lowest price, or highest price

Search options you control

Not every marketplace needs a price slider. Under Build → Listings → Search options you can now choose exactly which filters and sort options appear on your storefront:

  • Toggle the category filter on or off
  • Enable the price filter and set the minimum and maximum bounds that power the slider
  • Pick which sort options visitors can use — newest, oldest, lowest price, and highest price, in any combination

If you disable every sort option, the browse page quietly falls back to showing the newest listings first. Everything updates on your storefront the moment you save.

A ready-made landing page, Google Analytics & Search Console

New marketplaces used to open on a bare list of listings. Today, every marketplace you create ships with a polished landing page built from the pages builder — and you can now wire up Google Analytics and Search Console to track traffic and own your place in search results. We've also reorganized the Build section so everything is easier to find.

A landing page, ready the moment you create a site

Every new marketplace now opens on a Welcome page at the storefront root (/) instead of a redirect to the listings browse page. It's a real system page — fully editable under Build → Content → Pages — made from four sections:

  • A hero with a background image, your site name as the title, and a search field
  • A three-column How it works guide walking visitors through browsing, posting, and contacting sellers
  • A category carousel showing your default categories with real placeholder imagery
  • A YouTube video embed you can swap for your own promo or tutorial

Edit it like any other page — reorder sections, swap the text and media, or replace it entirely. We've added the same landing page to existing marketplaces too, so you'll find a Welcome page at the root of your storefront ready to customize.

Google Analytics, built in

Under Build → Integrations → Analytics you can now paste your Google Analytics 4 Measurement ID (the one that looks like G-XXXXXXXXXX). Once saved, the standard gtag.js snippet is automatically added to every page of your storefront — no theme edits, no tag manager, no deployments. Clear the field to pause tracking.

Google Search Console verification

To verify ownership of your marketplace with Google, head to Build → Integrations → Search Console and paste your Google site verification token (the value of the content attribute from the HTML tag method). We render the verification meta tag in your storefront's <head> automatically so Google can confirm ownership and you can monitor how your marketplace appears in search results.

A tidier Build section

The Build area of the site sidebar grew, so we've grouped related settings together. Pages, the Top bar, and the Footer now live under Content; Branding and Listing layout under Design; Categories under Listings; and the new Analytics and Search Console under Integrations. Everything is still exactly where you'd expect it — just better organized.

Also in this update

  • New marketplaces now ship with two default footer blocks already in place — Quick Links (Browse listings, Post a listing) and Legal (Terms of Service, Privacy Policy) — so the footer isn't empty on day one. We've added them to existing marketplaces too
  • Storefront registration now requires visitors to accept the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy before creating an account, with links that open each system page in a new tab
  • A Changelog link is now available in the app, settings, and site sidebars so you can keep up with what's new

Storefront translations & top bar customization

Your storefront got a lot more yours today. You can now translate (or just rename) every piece of storefront copy and every email notification your site sends, directly from the admin panel — no language files, no deployments. And you can shape the top bar to match: custom navigation links, a logo click destination of your choice, and a toggle for whether logged-out visitors see the Post listing button.

Both features live under Build in the site sidebar and apply instantly — there's no separate publish step.

Translate your storefront

We ship with complete base translations for English, Spanish, German, and French. Pick one from Localization and your storefront is ready to go. Anything you want to tweak lives under Build → General → Translations:

  • Every storefront string and transactional email in one place, grouped by area (navigation, listings, messages, account, emails)
  • Click any row to edit it inline. Empty values fall back to the default, so you only override what you want to change
  • Translations follow your locale with a regional fallback chain — switch from Spanish (Spain) to Spanish (Mexico) and we walk es_MX → es → en so nothing shows up as raw text
  • Changes apply to your storefront and transactional emails — confirmation, password reset, listing expiration, message notifications
  • Customized rows show a green Customized badge, and you can revert any string to its default with one click
  • Want to rename an English string instead of translating? It works exactly the same — overrides aren't limited to other languages

Customize your top bar

Under Build → Design → Top bar you can now configure the storefront header per site:

  • Logo click destination — send visitors to a relative path like /listings or any external URL. Leave blank to keep the default (your storefront home)
  • Post listing link — toggle whether logged-out visitors see the Post listing button or just the sign-in prompt. Logged-in visitors always see it
  • Custom nav links — add as many as you need, each with a label, URL, and placement. Top bar links appear in the storefront header next to the inbox; secondary links tuck under a More dropdown. They're visible to everyone — logged-in visitors and guests alike
  • Internal URLs use in-app navigation; external URLs open in a new tab with rel="noopener"
  • Drag-and-drop reordering, with a shared modal for adding and editing links
  • The mobile sidebar mirrors whatever you set up — no extra configuration needed

Custom domains

From day one, every marketplace has shipped on a yoursite.on-yclas.com subdomain — fine for getting started, less fine once you're paying for ads, printing flyers, or just trying to look like a real business. That ends today: you can now point any domain you own at your storefront.

Add a CNAME record at your registrar, hit Check DNS, and HTTPS provisions itself on the first visit. Both the bare apex (example.com) and the www variant work — no extra configuration required.

How it works

  • Open Build → General → Domain on any site and enter the bare domain you want to use
  • We give you the exact CNAME values to paste at your registrar — no guessing, no DNS jargon
  • SSL certificates are issued automatically the first time a visitor loads your domain (10–30 seconds)
  • Your original subdomain keeps working as a fallback, so nothing breaks during the switch

Details worth knowing

  • Domains are case-insensitive and lowercased on save, so Example.com and example.com are treated the same
  • A custom domain can't collide with another site's subdomain or another site's custom domain — we validate on save
  • Cloudflare users: switch the proxy to DNS-only (grey cloud) until you're live, then turn the orange cloud back on with SSL/TLS set to Full
  • The DNS checker inspects the www record, so it won't see your CNAME if Cloudflare's proxy is hiding it — that's expected, not broken

Moderation tools & storefront refresh

Until now, launching a marketplace was the easy part — actually running one was another story. That changes this week: you can now moderate listings, manage users, review conversations, and customize your site's branding, all from the admin sidebar.

We also took the opportunity to freshen up the storefront. Listings, seller profiles, and messaging each got a redesign, so your buyers and sellers get something that feels considered rather than cobbled together.

New management tools

  • Added a listings manager to close, reopen, or delete any listing on your site
  • Added user management with ban and delete actions, including GDPR-compliant cleanup of personal data
  • Added a messages page to review full conversation timelines between your buyers and sellers
  • Added site branding — upload your own logo, favicon, app icon, and social share image

Storefront refresh

  • Redesigned the storefront, listing pages, and public seller profiles with a cleaner, more modern layout
  • Redesigned messaging as a tidy inbox with a chat-style conversation view
  • Added seller profiles with photo, bio, and account settings
  • Added a dedicated seller dashboard for managing listings, including the ability to close and reopen them
  • Increased the photo upload limit from 5 MB to 20 MB
  • Fixed a bug that showed the wrong latest message in the inbox preview
  • Renamed the guest call-to-action from "Sign up" to "Publish listing" so it's obvious what happens next