Uberflux
Release Notes: August to November 2026
We just added this Blog to the website. We want to have a place where we can communicate with everyone about all the things that were working on. Since DEF CON we have been quite busy at work implementing all sorts of features. Please keep reaching out if you have feedback.
@uberfooon Discord or@lipoin the#uberfluxchannel.Supplyframe’s Supercon is right around the corner and we wanted to let you all know that the team will be there and have some goodies so be sure to say hi.
We have added some features you may have missed. Buyers can now see every order in one place, and makers get an API, per-variant listings and much better order tools. Checkout is also more reliable and you now stay signed in for 7 days of inactivity instead of 30 minutes. Take a look:
For Buyers
New
- Your Orders page. Choose ORDERS in the account menu to see every paid order. Expand one for its receipt, tracking, messages from the maker, and your pickup QR and verification code.
- Sort the front page. Sort by Price, Newest, Name or Almost Gone. Your choice survives on reload, and you can share a link that opens the same way. Sold-out items always stay at the bottom.
- A fresh mix of products. The default front page order now changes on each visit so be sure to check back often.
- Clearer order emails. Subject lines for refunds, cancellations and messages now name what you bought, not just an order number.
- Tracking you can rely on. Tracking details appear on your order once it has shipped.
Fixed
- Checkout at every store. Some stores couldn’t complete a checkout because of how sales tax was set up. They now work normally.
- Trying again after a failed checkout. A failed or abandoned attempt no longer locks you out or holds your items, so you can retry right away, even for the last one in stock.
- Clearer checkout errors. Technical error codes are replaced with plain messages in all 11 languages, such as asking you to check your address.
For Makers
New
- Uberflux API. Connect your own scripts to your products, orders, drops, fulfillment, inventory and pricing. Create read-only or read/write tokens under API TOKENS in your seller dashboard, and find the docs at
/api/v1/docs. - List variants individually. Each variant now has its own VARIANT LISTED checkbox. If only one variant is listed, the product appears as a plain product. If none are, it’s hidden.
- Better order management. Filter orders by fulfillment state, sort newest or oldest first, hide cancellations, and export the current view to CSV. Chargebacks always stay visible.
- Save tracking any time. SAVE SHIPPING INFO stores the carrier and tracking number before you mark an order shipped.
- Undo a fulfillment mark. MARK UNFULFILLED takes back a mistake and keeps any saved tracking details.
- Sales tax status. Your payments page now shows whether sales tax is being calculated for your account.
- Double-charge alerts. If a buyer is charged twice, a note on the order names the duplicate payment so you can refund it from Stripe.
Improved
- Faster ship-to setup. Countries are now grouped by continent, with full search and All Countries, European Union and USPS presets.
- Order counts you can act on. The overview now shows UNFULFILLED ORDERS. Neither it nor the sidebar badge counts orders you’ve already shipped, and unpaid orders stay out of the totals.
- Readable pickup codes. The order drawer now shows the same
XXXX-XXXXcode printed on the buyer’s receipt. - Sale notifications that name the item. New sale and message emails now include the product name in the subject.
- Safer CSV exports. Orders and drop exports now protect you from spreadsheet formulas hidden in buyer-entered text.
- Seller FAQ has moved. It now lives at blog.uberflux.com/faq. Old links redirect automatically. Let us know if you have any hot topic issues that we to add to this.
- Clearer maker applications. The application page at
/sell/applynow explains the registration steps more plainly.
Fixed
- Previewing unlisted products. Opening your own unlisted product could freeze the page. It now loads reliably.
- Old pending orders. Orders that never reached payment now cancel themselves after 24 hours instead of staying in your list.
Welcome to Uberflux
One of the most fascinating things to come out of DEF CON has been Badgelife. DEF CON adopted the electronic badge for their conference badge in 2006 for DEF CON 14. The attendees’ enthrallment is very much apparent today as Badgelife has become its own whole subculture that is now adapted by conferences worldwide, attracting some of the most notorious names in the industry.
“The Drop” is now a concept that is well associated with the Badgelife world. The social posts going viral, not only in local communities but covered in internet blogs and mainstream tech journal syndications. As a creator, the drop is not only an adrenaline rush but it is solidification of a project coming to completion. And for some, it’s just for the luls, as such in 2017 when ANDxXOR “dropped” badges into the Caesars Palace pool.
8) Biggest success: Getting 5 hackers to jump in a pool fully clothed. You're welcome DEFCON. 8/n
— &!^ (@ANDnXOR) October 14, 2017The Uberflux mission is to bring badge makers and collectors together and help the Badgelife community grow at DEF CON and beyond. We are here to support makers at every step, from the first spark of an idea to getting a finished badge into someone’s hands. To give collectors a place to discover, follow, and support the projects they love. Our community has always created new and unprecedented devices to be hung from lanyards and called badges. We want to make it easier for those ideas to come to life and for the people behind them to find each other.
