Jaomai evolves through near-continuous improvement, grouped here into roughly bi-weekly releases for simplicity. This log tracks new features, improvements, and fixes — prioritized by real feedback from agents during onboarding.
2026-04-19 — Purchase order polish
Carton dimensions right on the PO so packing decisions happen without a second lookup; your company name and address now appear on every OC and proforma header.
- Carton dimensions now appear on purchase order PDFs for packing reference.
- Company name and address from settings now print in the OC and proforma headers alongside the logo.
- Per-supplier action buttons unified across container product views.
- Whole-container PDF export can anonymize supplier groups for customer-facing sharing.
2026-04-18 — Batched purchase orders and full-container PDFs
One-click purchase orders per supplier and a single PDF for the whole container, ready to share with customs or customers.
- New Purchase Orders group products into per-supplier OCs with cached PDFs.
- "Generate OC" button is always available, even when no products are currently eligible.
- New whole-container PDF export groups products by supplier, with every photo included.
- Supplier-visibility toggle moved to the container header and is now part of the container form; shared-container limits clarified as optional.
- Container Excel exports now show every product photo.
2026-04-17 — Chinese translation and navigation polish
Chinese-speaking users get the full interface; key controls stay in view while scrolling long lists.
- Full Chinese (ZH) translation.
- App and settings navbars pin to the top while scrolling.
- Password-reset flow is more visible: in-page messages and mail log in admin.
- Excel export images resized to a smaller cap for lighter files.
2026-04-15 — Full trilingual release, SEO, and guided tour
Work in Spanish, English, or Chinese; new agents get a quick tour; the public site is easier to find on search engines.
- Container, product, and remaining views fully translated to Spanish, English, and Chinese.
- Sign-in, password reset, and shared links translated.
- Language selector added to the My Account page.
- SEO meta, structured data, sitemap, and robots added to the public site.
- Help page with video tutorials; videos work per language.
- Guided onboarding tour on dashboard, container, and product pages.
- Deployed-version display in the app.
2026-04-14 — Onboarding and usability refinements
Smoother first-time experience and fewer layout issues on phones.
- Reordered product form buttons and fixed mobile overflow.
- Improved container form usability with standardized button layout.
- Password-reset email now includes a support contact and site link.
- Product form, customer-view totals, and supplier toggle refinements.
- Change-request indicators added to product views and shared links.
2026-04-13 — Platform admin tools and domain cleanup
Better operational visibility for platform admins; a single canonical domain for the brand.
- Superadmin platform dashboard with activity log and onboarding funnel.
- Admin views fully internationalized.
- Quick "New Supplier" button added directly on the product form.
- We moved to
jaomai.store!
2026-04-10 — Shared link expiry
Tighter control over who can view shared containers and for how long.
- Per-organization expiry for shared container links.
- Expired links show a clear status with an option to regenerate.
2026-04-09 — Conversation threads and task list
Keep the customer–agent discussion next to each product, with a clear to-do list for incomplete items.
- Change-log thread for customer–agent communication on each product.
- "Complete" task for received products missing weight, dimensions, or photos.
- Narrated demo videos for onboarding.
2026-04-08 — Company branding, onboarding approval, and soft delete
Your logo and company details appear on exports; mistakenly deleted data can be recovered.
- Company settings page: logo, address, and PDF notes editable by organization admins.
- Onboarding flow with registration approval, static pages, and branded sign-in.
- Copyable password-reset link and resend action on registration approval.
- Soft delete for containers, suppliers, and products.
- Per-organization and per-container setting to hide supplier from customers.
- Suppliers can now have multiple business card images.
- Crop and rotate on image uploads (opt-in).
2026-04-07 — Purchase orders, colors, sizes, and labels
Everything suppliers and clients need to identify a product — including printable labels — in one place.
- Purchase order PDF generation for products.
- New color, size, and label (etiqueta) fields on products.
- Downloadable label image generation from product label text.
- Receive images support multiple photos per product.
- Shipping mark section redesigned on OC PDFs with diamond and carton label.
- Color, size, and label added to Excel exports.
2026-04-05 — Starred products, task list, and bulk photo download
Focus on what matters across all containers and download product photos in bulk for client reports.
- Starred products view with a toggle to prioritize important items.
- Combined task list surfacing actionable items across containers.
- Shipping mark filter toggle on container view.
- Bulk photo download as ZIP by container, supplier, or shipping mark.
- Download button for the barcode image on product view.
- Up to 10 images per product, with automatic order-number generation.
2026-04-03 — Customer sharing and faster pages
Customers review their own containers without an account; pages load faster without external dependencies.
- Shareable container links for customers, with change-request flow and agent data isolation.
- Agent "reject" action for customer change requests.
- Faster page loads thanks to locally hosted styles and icons.
2026-04-01 — Quick capture during market walks
Fewer taps on the market floor — capture a supplier or product in seconds.
- Quick mode for fast product creation while walking the market.
- Standalone supplier creation with business card OCR capture.
- Non-intrusive toast notifications for status messages.
- Canceled products excluded from container totals and exports.
2026-03-24 — Multi-tenant platform and AI-assisted capture
Teams share the platform with full data isolation; AI helps fill in product details from a photo.
- Organizations: each team's data is fully isolated from others.
- Product list page with filters and copy-to-container action.
- Agent settings separated from platform admin; customer-user assignment.
- AI-based product image analysis for inbox items (on-demand).
- Per-supplier PDF export (RFQ) as iOS-friendly alternative to Excel.
2026-03-21 — Inbox capture, lifecycle, and standalone pages
Capture first, classify later: snap anything during the walk and process it back at the hotel.
- Inbox for quick capture during market walks.
- Inbox → supplier/product processing with business card OCR.
- Per-product lifecycle: ungated order form and receive-image upload.
- Standalone shipping mark pages (index, show, edit) and supplier/customer pages.
- Container shipping details added.
- Side-by-side product processing with image crop.
- Dashboard shows inbox pending count on container cards and lists.
- Dashboard card/list toggle with unified container list view.
- Voice notes in inbox.
2026-03-18 — Shipping marks, supplier UX, and image compression
Faster supplier selection and lighter photos, without losing clarity.
- Shipping mark now defines the customer (replaces the older container–customer link).
- Type-ahead picker for both shipping marks and suppliers.
- Uploads auto-converted to JPEG, with lightweight thumbnails for listings.
- Supplier search: up to 5 visible results with highlighted matches.
- Consolidated containers supported without weight/volume limits.
- "Online order" added as a product source option.
2026-03-13 — Proforma invoices and product editing
Ready-to-send proforma invoices per supplier; edit product photos without losing your work on validation errors.
- Per-supplier proforma invoice PDF and Excel export.
- Product edit view with photo management (add and delete).
- Client-side validation added to the product form.
- Supplier creation preserves images when validation fails.
2026-02-26 — Exports and barcode fixes
More reliable Excel and barcode exports across edge cases the team ran into.
- Excel export: Box Reference exported as text rather than number.
- Excel export resilient to non-image attachments (e.g. .mp4).
- Manual EAN bypass fixed and barcode image regeneration enabled.
- Barcode label corrected to full 13 digits.
- Calculated field labels renamed and layout optimized.
2026-01-30 — Rebrand to Jaomai and Excel export
New name, new brand; customs-ready Excel in four currencies.
- Rebranded from "chinapp" to "jaomai" across the application.
- Excel export for container products, designed for customs agents.
- Currency-specific formatting for RMB, USD, EUR, and GBP.
- Unit price, currency, and total amount added to the Excel export.
2025-11-18 — EAN auto-generation and mobile uploads
Every product gets a proper barcode automatically; photo uploads keep working even on flaky market Wi-Fi.
- EAN-13 auto-generation with professional barcode labels.
- Robust mobile photo upload with better error handling and fallback.
- File-size validation for image uploads.
2025-10-27 — Product creation improvements
Add a new product in fewer steps with details carried across entries.
- Smoother product creation flow (suppliers, shipping marks, sticky fields).
- Estimated CBM displayed on the container product list.
- Shipping mark shown in container list in place of customer.
- Edit containers and support containers without a customer.
2025-09-29 — Dashboard, customer change requests, and translations
Agents and customers collaborate through structured change requests; Spanish interface for the first non-English users.
- Add products to containers without admin access.
- Add supplier during product creation.
- Dashboard shows change-request counts and all container states.
- Customer change-request flow: review and respond to customer edits.
- View and edit products from the dashboard.
- Camera or file upload accepted for product photos.
- Order fields and initial CBM added; currency handling and decimal separator.
- Spanish translations for the dashboard and product views.
2025-09-25 — Product enrichment and barcodes
Product data aligned with what customs agents expect, importable from existing spreadsheets.
- Excel-aligned product fields with calculated totals.
- Excel import for products.
- Barcode and sample image handling, with buttons to remove barcode/receive images.
- Receive-image field; "source" field on products.
- New dashboard and adjusted login; planning view.
2025-09-21 — Container types and carrier fields
Pick a container type and Jaomai warns before you overload it; carrier info travels with the goods.
- Container types with max volume and weight.
- Admin view for container types.
- Shared-container flag and dynamic container-type form.
- Carrier fields added to containers.
2025-09-19 — Authentication and first deploy
Jaomai goes live: private accounts for each user.
- Basic authentication with sign-in.
- Role-based user model.
- First production deploy with a clean home page.
2025-09-16 — Initial core
The foundation: a mobile-friendly place for everything you capture on a Futian walk.
- Foundation: Suppliers, Customers, Containers, Products, and Trips.
- Rich product descriptions with an inline editor.
- First Futian walk page with a dynamic container dropdown.
- Compact product list on the home page.