It's been an exhilarating week since we unveiled Itsy to the world. As I take a moment to catch my breath, I am filled with gratitude for the overwhelming response from the community. The flood of early signups and enthusiastic feedback has validated what I've been building, while also giving me valuable insights into how we can make Itsy even better. In today's update, I want to share what I've been focused on this past week and give you a peek at what's coming next.

Happy Friday, all! On October 15th this week I had quite the birthday. 50 years old! And to celebrate, I gave myself the gift of launching Itsy! It's been a long time coming, and I'm so happy to finally have it out in the world. I hope you all enjoy the journey as much as I do.

Happy Friday, all! As we inch closer to Itsy's grand debut, this week's spotlight is on our souped-up order creation process. Now you can whip up blank orders on a whim, seamlessly connect trips and templates, and even select products and create bookings in one fell swoop. It's like we've given the system a double shot of espresso – fast, powerful, and ready to kickstart your Friday (and your orders)!

Cosmetic updates to prepare for the launch later this month. Yes, this month will be the official launch of Itsy. The templates also got some work this week, by adding the rates functionality and starting work on creating orders from templates directly.

We've been working on making subscription restrictions consistent across the platform, revamping the signup page for our official launch, adding Posthog to track usage and behavior, and giving users the ability to delete promocodes and automations. These updates are all about improving the user experience, streamlining functionality, and preparing for Itsy's full launch. We're always striving to make Itsy better and better, so stay tuned for more exciting news in the future. Happy Friday and happy Itsying!

A lot has been completed this week. The trip templates are now live and almost ready to be used fully in all contexts. Before I can complete the process of using the templates, I needed to improve the create order process. That is completed and it's much more powerful than it was.

Writing this on Friday the 13th, but no bad luck here hopefully! No big updates this week, but the trip templates are almos complete and will be released next week. This is a big feature that will make it easier to create trips and orders in Itsy.

This week and next week I am focusing on trip templates. The templates will be a big new feature in Itsy and will make it easier for users to create trips based on a template and create orders directly from the template as well.