Introducing: Your online retail store

We're pleased to announce that you can now offer standalone retail products for sale online. Previously, you could bundle retail items with your event tickets as add-ons, or you could create a retail-only sale in your Control Panel. Now you have the option to offer retail-only sales for

Auto-Activation: As your events fill up, you can automatically open new ones from a queue

There may be times that you'd consider adding more events to your schedule, but only if the previous events are already filling up. With our auto-activation feature, you can handle all of this automatically, and setting it up takes just a few seconds. 1. Set your auto-activation threshold.

Introducing: fixed amount and extra value gift certificates

Just in time for the holidays, we wanted to tell you about two new options for gift certificates that you can offer your customers. Up until now we've offered activity-oriented gift certificates. You now have the ability to offer gift certificates in fixed denominations as well! We'

Effortlessly color-code your event types

We're pleased to announce that we've made it simple to color-code your event types! Using colors for different types of events makes it easy to understand your schedule at a glance. Just edit any event type and use our automatic color selector to update its corresponding

Starboard Suite for iOS now supports 360-degree rotation

The latest version of Starboard Suite for iOS is now available for download in the App Store. What's New in Version 1.0.2 360-degree rotation allows you to use your device in portrait or landscape mode. You can download Starboard for iOS at: https://itunes.apple.com/

Starboard Suite for iOS now available in the App Store

We're thrilled to announce that Starboard Suite for iOS is now available for download in the App Store! This new app for your iPhone and iPad makes it even easier to access your Control Panel when you're on the go, and adds native integration with Square

Announcing: Our biggest Control Panel update ever!

We're thrilled to announce that we're rolling out the biggest update we've ever made to the Starboard Suite Control Panel. We've re-thought every last button and pull-down menu to make it easier than ever to manage your online, phone and walk-up bookings.

Introducing: MailChimp Segmentation

Great news for MailChimp users! We're now passing the customer's event type, event date and zip code to MailChimp, and you can configure MailChimp to capture that information with a couple of clicks. Once you do, you'll be able to segment your MailChimp campaigns

Introducing: Resource Notes and Maintenance Logs

With our new resource notes and maintenance logs, we've made it easy to track routine maintenance like oil changes right from the resource editor. And, you'll find a global maintenance log (under the Admin menu) that allows you to search and filter across all of your

Online Reservations

Introducing: Secret Booking URL's

With our new secret booking URL's, you can hide an event from your public calendar, but still allow it to be booked online using a secret booking link that we've added to the event editor. This can be a useful tool to allow charters or groups

Re-marketing

Introducing Snapback™

We wanted to tell you about a great new feature called Snapback that we've quietly rolled out over the last couple of weeks. Snapback locates incomplete reservations and sends customers an email with a link to complete their purchase. We've also included your company contact info,

Collecting group names

In addition to other contact information, you can now collect group names for bookings. For large groups comprised of multiple reservations, this is a great way to keep track of their affiliation. For corporate customers, it's a great place to keep track of their company name as well.

Introducing Workstations

We wanted to tell you about a great new feature called "workstations" coming your way soon! As you know, Starboard Suite lives in the cloud -- you can log-in and access your Control Panel from anywhere -- great! Your business, on the other hand, is in a real

Starboard Suite featured on Stripe.com

We're thrilled that the good folks at Stripe have featured Starboard Suite on the #WorksWithStripe section of Stripe.com! https://stripe.com/works-with/starboard-suite We're proud to be a Stripe partner and our customers love the ability to store and re-use credit cards from within their

Store credit cards without charging them

If you're using Stripe to process credit cards, you can now securely store credit cards without charging them; then charge them later. Just change the payment amount to "0", enter the card number and click "process".  We'll store the card number and

Public availabilities

A few weeks ago, we added a "public availabilities" menu to your event editor and we're continuing to add more functionality around it. The default selection, "based on inventory" works just like before.  It uses your real inventory to determine whether customers can book

Reservations

Bundle your taxes and booking fees

This was previously a "beta" feature, but everyone now has access to enable it in System Configuration. Once enabled, customers booking online will see a single line item ("Taxes and Fees"), but we'll still track your taxes and booking fees individually and break them

Swipe, Dip, Apple Pay and Android Pay on your iOS Device

We're thrilled to announce that direct Square integration is now available in our general release. Now you can process in-person payments in Starboard Suite on your iOS device via swipe, dip, Apple Pay and Android Pay. Many of you have told us that you love the ease and

Adjustments

Some of you have asked for a way to occasionally handle refunds as one-off "adjustments", the way that you would in your bookkeeping system. You'll now find this option in the refund methods list as well. For security, adjustments are only available as an option for

Refund as an external gift certificate

If you'd prefer to issue your own external gift certificate as a credit, that's now an option as well. When processing a refund, just select "Gift Certificate (external)" from the refund methods list.

Convert to gift certificate

Our new "convert to gift certificate" feature allows you to issue an electronic gift certificate from a reservation in a single click. This is a quick and easy way for you to issue customers a credit for a cancellation, without having to give back your hard-earned revenue. Just

iOS

Ticket scanner iOS app now integrated with Linea Pro® laser case and pistol grip.

We're thrilled to announce that our our ticket scanner app for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch is now integrated with the Linea Pro® line of laser cases and pistol grips [https://ipcmobile.com/products/ios-peripherals/linea-pro-6/]! Our scanner app is completely modular and works with any budget. You&

SEO

SEO and Mobile Optimizations Reap Big Rewards

We're continuing to roll out search engine and mobile optimizations at a rapid clip. These changes aren't flashy, so they often go unnoticed, but we're seeing them really start to pay off. On average, we're seeing a 12% increase in bookings over

Email Marketing

Integration Wizards for MailChimp and Constant Contact

One great way to generate repeat business is to send email newsletters to your previous customers. When sending mass email, we always recommend using an email marketing service like MailChimp [http://www.mailchimp.com] or Constant Contact [http://www.constantcontact.com]. They will manage your unsubscribes, improve your deliverability and

Reservations

Now you can copy customer contact and billing info to a new reservation

Sometimes customers are interested in booking more than one activity with you -- on the same day, or down the road. With our new "book again" feature we've made it easier than ever to accommodate these repeat customers. You'll find a "book again&