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What's New

Follow along as we build Chaser. We ship every week — new features, improvements, and occasionally catastrophic bugs that we then heroically fix.

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Newv0.14·May 2026

Public changelog, social proof counter & SEO

✨ This page — public product changelog at /updates
🐕 Social proof counter in hero: 'Join X+ freelancers using Chaser'
📝 New blog post: 'Best Freelance Invoice App in 2025' (~20K/mo keyword)
🤖 robots.txt updated to explicitly disallow /api/ and /dashboard

Newv0.13·May 2026

Affiliate program, onboarding check-in & Sentry

🤝 /affiliate page launched — 20% recurring commission, 30-day cookie
📧 Day-7 onboarding check-in email (personalized based on usage)
🔍 Sentry error monitoring installed across all runtimes
📝 Blog: Overdue invoice email templates (8 ready-to-use templates)
📝 Blog: Invoice payment reminder — 5 templates, ~40K/mo keyword

Improvementv0.12·May 2026

Rate limiting, unit tests & domain migration

🛡️ Rate limiting on /api/nudge (20/hr) and /api/invoices (50/hr)
✅ 16 unit tests for escalation logic — all passing
🌐 Domain migration to chaser.works complete
📝 Blog: Net-30 payment terms, how to write an invoice

Improvementv0.11·May 2026

UX fixes, input validation & error boundaries

💅 Account nav now shows 'Account' label instead of raw email
🔒 Input validation on invoice forms (max lengths, email format)
🛡️ Error boundary on dashboard — graceful error handling
📝 Blog link added to dashboard and homepage nav
🗺️ /roadmap page created

Newv0.10·April 2026

Free tools, SEO blog & demo experience

🔧 5 free tools: email generator, late payment calculator, invoice template, rate calculator, tracker
📝 16 SEO blog posts covering top freelance invoicing keywords
🎮 Interactive demo email widget on homepage
📊 Live stats ticker on homepage
📸 OG image API for social sharing

Newv0.9·April 2026

Stripe payment links & iDEAL support

💳 'Pay now →' buttons in every chase email via Stripe
🇳🇱 iDEAL support for EUR invoices
💰 Direct payout to your Stripe account
⚡ One-time Stripe Express onboarding (5 minutes)

Newv0.8·March 2026

4-stage escalation sequence live

😊 Day 3: Friendly reminder
🤨 Day 7: Firm follow-up
😤 Day 14: Urgent notice
💀 Day 30: Final notice ('my accountant...')
⏸️ Pause / resume individual invoices

Newv0.7·March 2026

Pro plan & billing

💰 $15/month Pro plan with Stripe Checkout
📋 Unlimited invoices on Pro
⚙️ Custom escalation timing (Pro)
✉️ Custom email subject prefix and PS note (Pro)
📊 Weekly digest email

Newv0.6·February 2026

Dashboard & invoice management

📋 Invoice dashboard with status overview
➕ Add invoice form with validation
✅ Mark as paid — stops escalation instantly
📊 Escalation stage indicator per invoice
📧 Email open tracking pixel

🎉 Milestonev0.5·February 2026

First user onboarded 🎉

🚀 Product launched publicly
👤 First user signed up via Supabase Auth
📧 Onboarding email sent via Resend
🤖 Daily cron job running on Vercel

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