Your website can now tell Google Analytics 4 the whole story of every shopper's journey. We've added built-in ecommerce tracking across the entire shopping funnel, covering four key events: view_item when a customer views a product page, add_to_cart when they add something to their cart, begin_checkout when they start checking out, and purchase when an order is completed. If you've been wanting to see exactly where shoppers drop off and which products drive revenue, this update gives your GA4 property the data to answer those questions.

Everything flows through your own analytics setup, so you stay in full control of your data. The site pushes standardized ecommerce events that any GA4 or Google Tag Manager configuration can listen for. If you've already connected your GTM container or GA4 tag through the Integrations settings, there's nothing to install and no waiting on custom development. Simply set up your GA4 tags to capture these events and the data starts flowing.

The events follow Google's standard ecommerce schema, so they work out of the box with GA4's built-in ecommerce reports. Every event includes rich product detail: ID, name, brand, category, variant, unit price, and quantity. Purchase events also carry the order's transaction ID and the total value your customer actually paid, with tax reported separately, so your GA4 revenue reporting matches reality. Events are also carefully deduplicated, meaning a refreshed order confirmation page won't ever count a sale twice.

With the full funnel tracked, you can measure conversion rates from product view to purchase, spot your best-performing products and brands, build audiences for remarketing, and see the true return on your marketing spend. A documented event schema is available for your analytics team or agency, so they can build reports and tags against a fixed, reliable structure. It's live now, so if your GA4 or GTM setup is connected, take a look at your ecommerce reports and watch the insights roll in.

Protect your margins with a new option to prevent discount stacking. Until now, a product could be reduced by multiple discounts at once, like a club membership discount piling on top of a sale price or bundle deal, sometimes driving the final price far lower than you intended. With this update, you decide whether discounts stack on your store.

Turning it on takes seconds. Head to Settings: Club Discounts and select Prevent discount stacking. Once enabled, each product will use either its club membership discount or another available discount, never both. That means no more surprise rock-bottom prices at checkout, and no need to constantly cross-check your sales, bundles, and club pricing against each other.

Your customers still get a great deal, because our logic always applies the best available discount for them. If a product has a 10% sale price and a 5% club membership discount, the customer gets the 10% off. If a bundle offers 10% off when buying two or more alongside a 5% club discount, the bundle discount wins. Shoppers always see the strongest single discount, and you keep full control over how low prices can go.

The setting is live now in your Club Discounts settings. Flip it on today to keep your promotions working the way you planned, with your margins protected and your customers still getting the best price available.

Say hello to two new dynamic collection types: New In Stock and Restocked. Found under "Select Using Logic" when creating a collection, these let your menu automatically highlight what's fresh: products that just arrived in your catalog for the first time, and old favorites that are back on the shelf after selling out. No more manually tagging new arrivals or remembering to remove them weeks later.

You're in full control of the time window. When you create the collection, choose how many days a product stays included. For example, "less than 30 days" keeps a rolling showcase of everything that arrived in the past month. Products join the collection automatically as your inventory syncs and age out on their own when the window elapses. You can also flip the logic: "greater than 120 days" surfaces products that have been sitting on your menu (or haven't been restocked) for months, perfect for building clearance and discount collections.

Because these are standard collections, they work with everything collections already do: special messages, featured banners, discounts, and discount codes. Want a "New Arrival" badge on every fresh product? Just attach a special message with your own badge image to a New In Stock collection, and it appears automatically, with a design that's entirely yours, then disappears when the product is no longer new.

These collections build themselves from your inventory activity going forward: as new products come online and out-of-stock items return, they're picked up automatically. Set up your New In Stock or Restocked collection today, pick your window, and let your menu do the merchandising for you.

Need more details? View our support article.

Starting September 1, 2026, we're updating Buddi's monthly pricing for the first time since we introduced paid plans.

What's changing:

• Buddi Embedded Menu: $79 → $99/mo
• Buddi Kiosk: $79 → $99/mo (or $49/mo as an add-on)
• Menu + Kiosk Bundle: $118 → $148/mo

What's staying the same:

• Annual subscribers keep current pricing until their next renewal
• Annual, chain, and bundle discounts all still apply

This change helps us keep investing in the things you rely on: platform performance and reliability, POS and payment integrations, and Canada-based support. It also lets us continue building new products based on your feedback.

Speaking of new: we've launched Buddi Sites, a modern cannabis website product built for SEO, AI search, and online ordering. If you've been thinking about a website refresh, we'd love to show you around.

Questions? Reach us anytime at support@buddi.io. We're happy to help.

As one of our existing customers, you're getting an exclusive first look at Buddi Sites, our new SEO and AI-ready website platform.

Built specifically for cannabis retailers, Buddi Sites helps you get found in Google, get discovered by AI, and deliver a faster online shopping experience.

Today, we're excited to introduce the next evolution of the Buddi platform.

Ready to see Buddi Sites in action?

Search is changing. Buddi Sites is ready.

SEO is still one of the most important ways customers discover your business. But search is changing.

Customers aren't just searching with keywords anymore. They're asking questions like:

• Where can I buy...

• What's the best...

• Who has...

More and more, Google is answering those questions using AI.

Buddi Sites is built to help search engines and AI better understand your business through structured product data, technical SEO, and modern website architecture.

Real example of Buddi Sites in Google's AI Overview:

When someone searched for “Blue Zushi Bradford”, Google's AI Overview cited “Olympus Cannabis” and linked directly to their Buddi-powered product page.

What you get

🌎 Built for SEO & AI search — help search engines and AI understand your products

⚡ Built for performance — fast websites that convert better

🎨 Built around your brand — professional templates or fully custom designs

See it live

Sample Site (by Buddi)

Olympus Cannabis

Royal Leafs

Budscape

Getting Started

Book a Demo

Learn more

or contact Buddi Support (support@buddi.io)

Automatic Customer Matching & Improved Order Submission

Coming Early 2026

What's Coming?

We're significantly enhancing how Buddi communicates with your Cova POS system. These updates will eliminate manual data entry, improve reporting accuracy, and streamline your order fulfillment process.

Key Benefits

• Automatic Customer Matching: Orders placed in Buddi will automatically link to existing customer profiles in Cova
• Eliminate Manual Entry: No more manually entering customer information or delivery addresses into Cova
• Accurate Reporting: Customer purchase history and data will be properly tracked and attributed in your Cova system
• Faster Fulfillment: Orders will arrive in Cova with all customer details already attached, ready for processing

How It Will Work

When a customer places an order through your Buddi online menu or kiosk, our system will match them with existing profiles in your Cova database (or create a new one).

Want to learn more about this integration change? View the full document here.

Your feedback drives our features! Several clients asked for a way to showcase their craft products, so we've enhanced Special Messages to make this happen. You can now attach custom images ("Craft" label or any other badge) directly to your product tiles.

If you want to highlight small-batch items, premium selections, or local partnerships, your customers will instantly see what makes these products stand out on your menu.

Check out the updated Special Messages feature within the promotions section and start adding those eye-catching labels today.

Based on your feedback that customers want easier access to terpene information, we've added the ability to display terpene profiles directly on product tiles. Now your customers can see the full terpene breakdown right from the main menu page.

Ready to put your terpene data in the spotlight? Head to 'My Menu' and open up 'Content Settings' to start showcasing those profiles today.

Great news! You asked, we listened. You can now add any cannabinoid to your products through My Menu! (From CBG and CBN to Delta-8, THCV, and beyond).

This is just the beginning. Next up, we're building automatic sync with your POS system so these cannabinoid details flow seamlessly without any manual work on your end. Stay tuned for a completely hands-off experience coming soon!

Ready to showcase your full cannabinoid lineup? Head to My Menu and start adding those details today.

Next week (week of September 29th) we will be pushing out an updated admin UI for all of our clients.

Purpose:

• Responsive design so that the admin portal can be used on mobile devices.

• One unified design system for all of our products, making it easier to create new features and manage going forward.

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