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v0.42 Changelog

What shipped
this week.

Built in the open. Published every Tuesday. Includes weekly transaction volume, fees taken, and what I'm working on next.

Note: entries marked "preview" describe features in development. GMV and fee figures are illustrative targets, not live production data.

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Tue · Mar 04, 2026
v0.42
Major

Stream goals with auto-refund. [preview]

Designing the biggest feature yet: live goals on-stream with a hard deadline. If the goal doesn't hit, every supporter will be automatically refunded. No manual work, no awkward Discord posts. Currently in development for the streamer cohort.

  • New
    Stream goals: set a $ target, deadline, optional reward. Refunds automatic on miss. (in development)
  • New
    OBS overlay: drag a URL into Browser Source. Live updates without restart. (coming soon)
  • New
    Twitch sub-import: Twitch / YouTube subs auto-sync. Lock drops to subs only. (in development)
  • Improved
    Drop checkout is now 38% faster. Apple Pay sheet appears in 200ms.
  • Fixed
    Edition numbers occasionally skipped on rapid concurrent purchases.
$48,210 creator GMV last week $1,205 in fees +12 founders onboarded
Tue · Feb 25, 2026
v0.41
Minor

Editions, countdown, and a nicer embed.

Drops can now have explicit edition numbers (76/100, etc) baked into the receipt. Countdowns ship with proper time-zone handling: fans see their local time, not Paris time.

  • New
    Numbered editions on receipts and downloads.
  • New
    Embeddable drop card: copy a one-liner, paste anywhere (Notion, blog, Discord).
  • Improved
    Countdowns localized to viewer's timezone.
  • Improved
    Profile loads now under 400ms p75.
  • Fixed
    "Tip jar" wasn't honoring custom amounts under $1.
$32,840 creator GMV $821 in fees +8 founders
Tue · Feb 18, 2026
v0.40
Patch

Boring is good. Reliability week.

Spent the whole week on plumbing: webhooks, retries, idempotency, double-charge prevention. Nothing visible, but every transaction is now provably safe to retry.

  • Improved
    Webhook delivery now retries with exponential backoff up to 24h.
  • Improved
    Idempotency keys on all payment intents: no double-charge possible.
  • Fixed
    Discord role assignment race condition on Apple Pay flow.
  • Fixed
    Profile avatar upload occasionally rotated EXIF-portrait images.
$26,100 creator GMV $652 in fees +6 founders
Tue · Feb 11, 2026
v0.39
Minor

Custom domain support.

Founders asked for this on day one. You can now point a domain you own at PopLink (like shop.luciariso.com) and we'll auto-issue an SSL cert in under 60 seconds.

  • New
    Custom domains with auto SSL via Let's Encrypt.
  • New
    "Pop the link" button: embed a checkout-launcher in any external page.
  • Improved
    Drop composer now supports drag-to-reorder fulfillment files.
$19,400 creator GMV $485 in fees +4 founders
Tue · Feb 04, 2026
v0.38
Minor

Tip jars, finally.

Smallest moment type, requested most. A tip jar is an always-on, no-deadline, custom-amount dollar transfer. Optional public message. Optional dedicated Discord channel.

  • New
    Tip jar moment type. Custom amounts, public messages, recurring opt-in.
  • New
    Apple Pay / Google Pay on profile pages.
  • Fixed
    Drop pages occasionally rendered "$0" before stock loaded.
$14,200 creator GMV $355 in fees +5 founders
Tue · Jan 28, 2026
v0.37
Major

Private beta is open.

Six months of work. Today PopLink starts taking payments for real creators. The first ten founders are: a riso illustrator, two streamers, a producer, a poet, a coding-tutor, a beat-pack maker, two zinesters and one variety streamer in São Paulo.

  • New
    Live payments.
  • New
    Drops and Challenges as first-class moment types.
  • New
    Public profile at poplink.app/yourname.
  • New
    Discord auto-role assignment for supporters.
$6,400 creator GMV (first 4 days!) $160 in fees +10 founders