Changelog

What's new in BRAD

Every Tuesday we ship a release. Here is what changed each week across BRAD, hosting and brad.software.

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Release 2026.11.10 · BRAD 1.0.21 to 1.0.56

Shop payments and automatic tax

New

  • TaxInvoices and shop orders charge the right sales tax or VAT for the buyer's address.
  • ShopShop checkout takes card payments with shipping rates, charges sale prices and never oversells.
  • BillingDownload invoice PDFs and cancel a service at the end of its term.

Release 2026.11.03 · BRAD 1.0.9 to 1.0.20

In-place updates and billing fixes

New

  • UpdatesInstall updates from Settings with a backup, rollback, release channels and auto-update.
  • AppraisalsDownload an appraisal as an Excel spreadsheet in one click.

Release 2026.10.27 · BRAD 1.0.1 to 1.0.8

Support tickets, live chat, four languages

New

  • LanguagesFour new languages: Icelandic, Korean, Hindi and Turkish.
  • brad.softwareSupport tickets and live chat, with attachments, under My tickets.
  • AssistantThe built-in assistant can draft pages and asks before deleting anything.
  • brad.softwareDemo sites open in your brand colors, with palettes for common businesses.

Release 2026.10.20

Better on phones

New

  • PagesThe site shows a branded offline page when the connection drops.

Release 2026.09.15

Chat rebuild and push notifications

New

  • NotificationsBrowser push notifications and a notification history page.
  • UsersCustom profile attribute groups, and users can let someone act on their behalf.

Release 2026.09.01

Automatic translation

New

  • LanguagesTranslate content automatically from the language settings.

Release 2026.08.25

Domain pages and auction reports

New

  • DomainsEach domain has its own page for nameservers, locking, transfer codes, ID protection and renewal.
  • AuctionsReports for sales, fees and taxes, expenses, commissions, payouts and profit and loss.
  • DomainsA WHOIS lookup, domain contact verification and the registration agreement.

Release 2026.08.11

New customer portal and automatic renewals

New

  • BillingRenewal invoices are created automatically, with reminder and overdue emails.
  • BillingPay invoices and save cards in your account.
  • DomainsManage nameservers, DNS records and auto-renew for your domains.
  • brad.softwareSign in with an emailed code, and turn on two-factor authentication.
  • brad.softwareAccount settings for preferences, avatar, data export and account deletion.