HayloFriend
HayloFriend

Updates

Release notes

The human story behind changes. The sections above are still the main help path.

2026-09-14 to 2026-09-26

RSVP invitations, stronger Recommendations, and safer follow-through

Meet pages can share clearer RSVP invitations, Recommendation cards handle product links more carefully, Create keeps more context during guided edits, and account and email systems gain safer follow-through. Suggestions and private plans remain review-gated, direct slash commands remain explicit immediate edits, and publishing still requires explicit confirmation.

  • RSVP-enabled cards now share invitation wording and previews that match the event. Going, Can't make it, and guest controls are clearer, totals include additional attendees, mobile confirmation stays usable, and RSVP shares remain separate from introductions and Signals.
  • Recommendation cards can use trustworthy Amazon product details while preserving product identity, description, and a useful link. When metadata cannot be verified, Haylo may offer a generic reviewable starting point, but it does not invent product identity or catalog facts. Guided discovery also better retains audience, format, place, and price.
  • Inactive onboarding and newsletter cadence controls were prepared with duplicate protection, suppression checks, retry handling, and separate activation gates. Historical payout status is clearer, but these safeguards do not change payout availability or move money.

2026-09-07 to 2026-09-13

More thoughtful discovery, clearer creator surfaces, and safer communication

Haylo gets better at understanding the offer you are shaping, creator communication becomes more dependable, and account and public surfaces explain progress more clearly without changing when money moves.

  • Guided discovery now pays closer attention to the offer you are describing. It keeps current-offer details together, handles care and timing context more carefully, and avoids turning background details or negated statements into new card facts.
  • Create stays more deliberate about authority. Discovery suggestions, private plans, field edits, and title reviews remain bounded by the controls you choose, while ordinary conversation is less likely to be mistaken for permission to change a card.
  • Public and member-facing creator surfaces became clearer. Trust, impact, introductions, and creator activity use more honest wording, easier-to-scan layouts, and clearer signals about what has and has not happened.
  • Creator email delivery became more dependable. Onboarding follow-up, unsubscribe choices, link handling, and send previews now use clearer checks before anything is sent.
  • Consent and privacy explanations were tightened so measurement and browser choices better reflect what someone actually agreed to.
  • Account history and payout-related views can explain more verified states while keeping sensitive actions behind separate review and approval. These changes do not move money or enable payout runs.
  • Haylo's public explanations now make capability boundaries clearer, so feature descriptions are less likely to overstate what the product can do.

2026-09-06

Shape an offer one question at a time

Create adds a private guided offer-shaping flow for creators who want help turning an idea into a card.

  • Choose "Help shape an offer" to work through one clear question at a time. You can revisit an answer or leave optional details for later.
  • Review the resulting plan before applying it. Your existing card stays saved, and nothing is published by this flow.
  • Guided answers stay private until you choose to apply them, while direct commands and review choices keep using their existing controls.

2026-09-01 to 2026-09-06

Safer card reviews, creator email gates, and clearer payout history

Create gets safer review and editing behavior, public pages load more efficiently, creator email work gains stricter preview and consent gates, and account history becomes clearer without changing when money moves.

  • Create is more careful around review choices. Declines, stale confirmations, active review acceptance, and referential audience edits now stay tied to the intended field instead of changing the wrong part of a card.
  • Haylo's conversational guardrails are stronger. General conversation, audience copy requests, timing phrases, and priority corrections are less likely to be mistaken for permission to rewrite a draft.
  • Haylo's card-building guidance is easier to trust because review, Apply, and Not yet choices stay clearer and more predictable without giving the assistant new authority over publishing or sensitive actions.
  • Public and signed-in page loads were tuned so common Meet, Thank, and account-history surfaces avoid duplicated server work and stay closer to the database region.
  • Creator email work advanced through safer gates. Delivery records, unsubscribe handling, dry-run previews, bounced-recipient checks, merge-tag checks, and canary-first sender controls are now more conservative.
  • Day 12 email links are clearer and easier to use, with both creator links shown as real clickable links.
  • Account history can show more payout-related states, including submitted and historically proven bank-payout records, while keeping payout execution separate from display.
  • Payout evidence and review tooling gained stricter read-only checks, clearer count verification, and tighter access boundaries. These controls improve review quality but do not move money or enable payout runs.
  • Release governance now requires existing-system proof before new infrastructure is proposed, so future restoration work starts by proving what already exists.

2026-08-23 to 2026-08-31

Smarter private planning, clearer emails, and safer field edits

Create gets stronger private planning, safer field-specific editing, and clearer Haylo writing help. Email and signature surfaces are clearer, while payout-related work adds more evidence and review controls without changing when money moves.

  • Haylo is better at understanding when you are shaping a private plan instead of editing the public card. New ideas, coached offers, and standalone plans stay private until you choose to apply them.
  • Private-plan follow-ups are more reliable. Haylo can keep links, timing, audience references, cadence changes, and multiple constraints attached to the plan you are working on without dropping details or writing them to the wrong field.
  • Applying a plan is safer. Haylo saves before starting a new draft, detaches standalone plans from source drafts, retires stale review actions, and requires visible review actions before changing public copy.
  • Field edits are more exact. Literal field wording is handled earlier, chained public-copy edits are safer, Title refinements and Title expansion stay in review when needed, and shortening requests require a real target before changing anything.
  • Haylo narration and suggestion language are more bounded. It has tighter limits and safer fallback behavior, so it can explain suggestions without taking over edits.
  • Booking guidance is safer and avoids misleading copy when Haylo is helping shape a public card.
  • Creator communication improved. Email-signature photo upload now supports drag and drop, onboarding, Day 2, and Day 12 emails explain the creator's link more clearly. Day 2 and Day 12 now use each creator's own page link, and Stripe setup reminders are framed as payments notices.
  • Public copy around Your Impact and shared cards is clearer, with more direct wording about what a card is and what a button does.
  • Payout-related controls gained more read-only evidence, ownership checks, and compatibility review. These changes do not move money, enable payouts, or approve payout execution.

2026-08-19 to 2026-08-22

Safer private planning, clearer Haylo narration, and stronger payout controls

Create gets safer private planning and clearer Haylo narration, while payout-related work adds stronger review and evidence controls without turning on payouts or changing when money moves.

  • Create is better at keeping early offer ideas private. Hosted workshops, fresh recommendations, and unfinished plans stay out of public fields until you choose to apply them.
  • Applying a private plan is safer. Haylo retires stale actions, keeps the original card separate from new drafts, and avoids using private purpose or audience details as public copy too early.
  • Haylo's narration is clearer and more bounded. It can explain safe suggestions in a more conversational way while keeping deterministic rules in charge of what can actually change.
  • Field-level writing help is easier to review. Praise, shorter suggestions, and private-plan follow-ups stay tied to the right field instead of leaking internal labels or diagnostic text.
  • Recommendation and workshop prompts received tighter privacy boundaries so a new idea does not quietly overwrite the card you were already editing.
  • Payout-related controls gained more review, replay, and evidence protections. These changes do not authorize payouts, move money, enable Friday payouts, or change balances.

2026-08-09 to 2026-08-15

Clearer private plans, steadier Haylo writing help, and safer account history

Create gets steadier private-plan follow-through, Haylo writing help is more grounded and easier to review, Signals and recommendation surfaces are clearer, and account history is easier to review without changing when money moves.

  • Create is better at holding onto the idea you are shaping. When you start with a clear moment, choose a kind, add details, revise wording, or ask for a follow-up, Haylo keeps the private plan connected instead of jumping to the wrong field.
  • Applying a plan is safer. Place, price, timing, and wording details are preserved more carefully, while direct commands still stay surgical when you choose to update one field.
  • Haylo's writing help is more grounded. It can narrate or explain bounded suggestions in clearer language, while still falling back to safer deterministic replies when needed.
  • Field reviews are steadier. Suggested changes to public card copy stay behind clearer review paths, grammar suggestions are reviewed before changing main fields, and stale prompts are less likely to overwrite the wrong part of a card.
  • Recommendation cards are easier to start from a recommendation idea, and recommendation activity is clearer in private member-facing surfaces.
  • Signals presentation received layout and copy polish so member-facing trust and activity surfaces are easier to understand.
  • Reserved creator claim flows received safer forward fixes for popup behavior and approval-gated claim surfaces.
  • Account history visibility improved so creators and operators can review older activity more clearly.
  • These changes do not give Haylo authority to publish, move money, approve payouts, or make sensitive decisions for you.
  • Money-related work in this window does not turn on payouts or change when money moves. ---

2026-07-30 to 2026-08-08

Smoother planning, intro delivery, and safer Haylo narration

Create gets clearer review-before-change behavior, introductions are easier to follow after someone accepts one, Guide pages are clearer, creator claim pages moved forward, and Haylo narration can be tested safely with stronger boundaries.

  • Create is more careful before changing a card. Fresh ideas, compound requests, title changes, recommendation plans, and link ideas are more likely to show a clear preview or review step before anything is applied.
  • Suggestion review is easier to control. You can keep shaping, apply a bounded change, or dismiss a suggestion with fewer stale actions hanging around afterward.
  • Natural edits are safer. Title, What, Why, and For changes stay closer to the field you intended, long public copy is refused before it can become card text, and contact details are kept out of public card copy.
  • Mobile and desktop Create feel steadier. The composer stays easier to reach, focus returns after common actions, and review sheets use clearer action styling.
  • Haylo's writing help can be tested in a more controlled way. The new narration path is gated, display-only, and falls back to deterministic replies when it cannot run safely.
  • Accepted introductions are easier to follow. Members can receive clearer follow-up after someone accepts an intro, while sensitive contact details stay protected.
  • Signals and intro activation records are clearer behind the scenes, without exposing private contact details.
  • Reserved creator claim pages moved forward with approval gates and safer mobile claim prompts.
  • Guide pages now have clearer copy, richer share imagery, and better FAQ-style coverage for people learning how Guides work.

2026-07-26 to 2026-07-30

Clearer Create follow-ups, Meet style parity, and Signals accuracy

Create gets steadier follow-up help, public page styles stay closer to what you chose in the studio, Signals stays clearer, and public pages are easier to understand when shared or found in search.

  • Haylo keeps follow-up edits attached to the idea you are working on, with clearer boundaries around starting over, revising a plan, and choosing a recommendation.
  • Before a change is applied, you can see a clearer bounded preview and a more useful in-conversation status while Haylo prepares it.
  • Day-style buttons now stay light on public Meet pages, and your chosen button color carries more reliably from Create into the Meet preview.
  • Signals now includes a clearer view of the ways you show up, while an older intro prompt that no longer matched the current model has been removed.
  • Public page descriptions and sitemap coverage are more complete, helping people understand HayloFriend when they find or share a page.

2026-07-23

Signals counts intro follow-through separately from Trust

Refines how the Meet page's signals are counted. When someone who opened one of your intro cards later takes a next step toward supporting you, that is now counted separately instead of as Trust. Trust keeps counting completed acts of support: thank-yous, purchases, subscriptions, and claimed thank-yous. Also adds a 30-day window so an older intro no longer takes credit for an unrelated later action.

  • Follow-through from an intro is counted separately, so Trust reflects only completed acts of support.
  • Intro credit is now limited to a 30-day window.
  • No change to how gratitude, purchases, subscriptions, payouts, or any money is counted. ---

2026-07-20

Clearer creating, sharing, trust, and safer support

Create studio reliability, public Meet and Signals surfaces, introductions, booking and connectors, trust content, support tooling, and safer operational checks.

  • The homepage now speaks more clearly to the gratitude gap, with a stronger thank-you story and calmer trust framing.
  • Public Meet pages feel smoother, with tighter spacing, better first-card motion, and a cleaner first impression across desktop and mobile.
  • Signals and introductions are easier to understand: creators can see clearer reach, share, and joined signals while private details stay protected.
  • The intro sharing loop is more complete, so a shared introduction can be measured from reach to contact exchange to a new member joining.
  • Create is steadier across everyday editing: title, price, description, place, timing, feedback questions, and slash-command style edits are less likely to change the wrong field.
  • Publishing and republishing are safer, with clearer review states, better timing text, stronger selected-card binding, and fewer stale-review surprises.
  • Haylo's writing help is more bounded and useful, so copy suggestions can improve a card without taking over sensitive actions.
  • Booking and connector flows are clearer, including better scheduler guidance, safer availability handling, and fewer confusing fallback states.
  • Photo and stock-image flows are easier to use, with sharper curated images and clearer paths to add, replace, or remove cover photos.
  • Trust, help, release notes, and AI-readable discovery surfaces were refreshed so public explanations stay clearer and easier to find.
  • Founder support tools are safer, with clearer read-only behavior and stronger audit evidence when support views an account.
  • Operational checks around sensitive payout readiness are more conservative, keeping payout movement separate from evidence collection and review.

2026-07-05 to 2026-07-11

Smoother card editing, cleaner publishing, and stronger public sharing

Create card editing and publishing, recommendation and writing help, booking and connector guidance, photo flows, and stronger public profile sharing.

  • Editing a card in Create is more reliable, so field changes, slash commands, follow-up replies, and published-card edits stay attached to the right card instead of drifting into stale state.
  • Haylo's writing help is more useful and more direct, with cleaner copy choices and steadier recommendation prompts that stay on the card you are actually working on.
  • Recommendation cards behave better around product and Instagram-style prompts, keeping the intended subject and context instead of slipping into the wrong draft or card type.
  • Publish and republish review are steadier: missing details are easier to fill, timing stays readable, and acknowledgements stay tied to the real live card.
  • Booking and connector guidance is clearer, with better fallback behavior when something is missing and a smoother path into connected scheduling or manual booking text.
  • Photo flows are cleaner, including a larger curated stock-cover set and easier ways to remove or replace an image while editing.
  • Public profile and sharing surfaces are stronger, with clearer introduction/share framing, richer previews, stronger metadata safety, and better brand presentation.
  • Published-card help is more precise, so published-light shortcuts and help turns open the right deck instead of falling into unrelated edits.

2026-07-03 to 2026-07-04

Create polish, connectors, and clearer public pages

Create studio reliability, connector visibility, public page polish, release notes, and safer admin-facing setup.

  • Create kept getting steadier: command help, field edits, publish review, republish binding, and short Haylo replies were all tightened through smoke testing.
  • Connector discovery is broader, while booking and scheduler guidance stays clearer about what can be connected and what still needs setup.
  • Public pages and docs received copy polish so visitors get cleaner explanations, clearer release notes, and fewer internal details.
  • Feedback and safety surfaces were tightened so Haylo can improve from signals without exposing private card wording.
  • Admin-facing release tooling and setup notes were clarified so future releases can be checked more safely.

2026-07-02

A steadier Create studio and sharper image library

Create studio editing, Haylo replies, feedback questions, link handling, publishing review, and curated image quality.

  • Create now treats edit prompts as setup for the next answer, not as card content, so phrases like "edit price" and "edit title" do not get saved into public fields.
  • Haylo answers feedback and trust questions more calmly without changing your card when you are only asking how feedback is used.
  • Link handling in Create is safer and more graceful when a pasted link is malformed or cannot be used.
  • Publish and republish review stayed steady through smoke testing: cancel stays a preview, confirm publishes once, and republish stays tied to the selected card.
  • The curated image library looks sharper in the photo picker and preview, so selected photos are less likely to look pixelated.

2026-06-21 to 2026-06-24

Clearer help, trust, recommendations, and creator tools

The Help Center, Create studio, Recommendation cards, Guides, affiliate copy, payout education, and Trust & Security pages all got clearer and easier to use.

  • The Help Center now has a stronger hub, clearer article cards, better visuals, and more useful guidance for getting started, setting up payouts, sharing your page, and understanding what changed.
  • The Create studio composer is easier to read and use, with smoother spacing, better mobile behavior, and a calmer chat experience while you build your page.
  • Gratitude Wall moved from preview toward real selected notes: creators can choose public thank-you notes they want to show, while private notes stay private.
  • Recommendation cards now track clicks more reliably, and affiliate copy is clearer that attribution is reviewed before anything becomes creator earnings.
  • Amazon report matching is easier to review, helping Haylo connect qualifying recommendation activity without changing what visitors see.
  • Guides and affiliate pages now use more precise language about how referrals, credit, and settlement work, so expectations are clearer before anyone signs up.
  • New payout education pages explain weekly payouts, instant payout eligibility, and what has to be set up before money can move to your bank.
  • Trust & Security is easier to find from the footer and Help Center, with clearer public pages for safety, status, and product trust.
  • Public release notes and the changelog now show a fuller, sanitized history, so visitors can understand how HayloFriend has grown over time.

2026-06-21

Instant payouts

A faster way to receive the gratitude you have earned.

  • Eligible members can now cash out their available balance in minutes, instead of waiting for the weekly run, for a small instant fee.
  • Instant payout only appears once your payouts are set up and your balance is ready, so you always know when it is available to you.
  • The standard weekly payout stays free and continues to run automatically every Friday.

2026-06-20

Email sign-in links, public tipping guides, and a rebuilt Help Center

People who sign up with a non-Google email get a smoother sign-in, a big set of public tipping guides goes live, and the Help Center is rebuilt to be clearer and easier to scan.

  • If you sign up with an email address instead of Google, sign-in links now work end to end: welcome emails carry a real one-time link, and clicking a link in an email takes you where you meant to go instead of forcing a Google login.
  • A full set of public tipping guides is now live, including a tip jar page, a tipping etiquette page, and more, with honest answers to the questions people actually search.
  • The Help Center was rebuilt with clearer foundations and step-by-step guidance for creating your page, sharing your thank-you link, understanding what landed, and setting up payouts.
  • Public pages were tuned so they show up well when shared and when found by search engines and AI assistants, while your private pages and dashboards stay blocked from crawlers.
  • A new brand page and cleaner share previews make HayloFriend links look right wherever you paste them.
  • An early preview of a Gratitude Wall is viewable while you create and preview your page. It does not publish anything publicly yet.
  • Checkout success pages were hardened so a confirmation page never gets cached and shown in the wrong browser.

2026-06-17

Updated Terms, Privacy, and Cookie policies

The legal pages were refreshed to match how the product actually works today.

  • Terms now explain the current fee model in plain terms: the standard fee is 3.5%, and some Haylo Guide referral traffic can carry 4.5% so the extra 1% can fund Guide program credits when a referral qualifies.
  • Terms clarify that Guide credits are founder-reviewed program credits, not wages or guaranteed payouts, and describe how Friday payouts and eligible instant payouts work.
  • Privacy was updated to cover Guide applications, referral verification, matching a sign-up to an earlier tip, affiliate click reconciliation, non-Google email sign-in, and public pages.
  • The Cookie policy now lists the short-lived cookies used for claiming a tip, paid-giver flows, Guide activation, and the public-page accent preference.

2026-06-05

Customize the look of your public page

Creators can now style their public page from the create studio and see it the way visitors will.

  • You can customize the feel of your public page: atmosphere, background, card shape, photo shape, glow, button glow, accent color, and how much your "for" and "why" stand out.
  • A new free atmosphere, Purple Rain, joins the existing Studio blue and Blueprint looks.
  • The live preview in the studio now tracks your public page more closely, so what you see while editing is what visitors get.
  • Your saved style settings now stick reliably and load on your public page every time.

2026-06-01 to 2026-06-03

Recommendation links, an affiliates page, and cleaner sharing

Recommendation links get a public home, better share cards, clearer Amazon disclosure, and steadier reliability.

  • A new Affiliates page is live, explaining how Recommendation cards work, with a Lifetime Tally visual and clear, honest details.
  • Thank-you pages now have branded share cards, so a link looks polished when posted to messages, Slack, or social.
  • Every Recommendation card on a public page now shows the required Amazon disclosure right under its "Check price" button, and the disclosure no longer flickers on hover.
  • Recommendation links pasted into the studio now reliably update the card text, and a mobile card no longer showed the raw link in its details.
  • Behind the scenes, Recommendation clicks now record the details needed to match qualifying Amazon reports later, without storing any buyer personal information.

2026-05-30

Clearer payout status in Your Impact

The activity view now describes bank payouts in plain language.

  • Bank payout rows now read clearly: paid payouts say they were paid out, in-progress payouts say Stripe is still syncing, and failed payouts say the payout could not be completed.
  • A failed bank payout no longer keeps showing as still settling.

2026-05-28 to 2026-05-29

Public marketing pages and email sign-up

A coherent set of public marketing pages goes live, and you can now sign up with an email link instead of only Google.

  • The homepage now offers two clear ways to start: continue with Google, or enter an email and get a one-time sign-in link.
  • A connected set of public pages is live and linked from a shared footer, covering the product, professions, and side-by-side comparisons with other tipping and support tools.
  • Comparison pages now end with a simple sign-up card so you can claim your handle once you see how HayloFriend is different.
  • Cookie settings open consistently from the footer across all marketing pages.

2026-05-25

Pages built for specific professions, and your own photo uploads

The first profession-specific landing pages go live, and creators can upload their own photos in the create studio.

  • New pages built for doulas and teachers, each paired with a guide for the people who want to thank them, answering real questions like whether to tip, how much, and what is appropriate.
  • The teacher guide honestly notes that many school districts cap monetary gifts, so nobody is put in an awkward spot.
  • Each page shows a real, live example so visitors can see the actual flow before signing up.
  • You can now upload your own photos into the photo library, set one as your cover, rename it, delete it, and reuse it. Drag and drop works, with clear guidance on accepted image types and size.

2026-05-19 to 2026-05-21

Haylo Pro: unlimited lights and richer page management

Haylo Pro becomes a clear upgrade, and free creators get a basic management view.

  • Free creators can keep up to 3 live ritual or relief lights at a time; Haylo Pro creators can publish unlimited ritual and relief lights.
  • Recommendations stay free and never count against that limit.
  • Everyone gets a "published lights" view to browse, search, filter, and edit their lights and drafts; archiving, deleting, and keyboard search are Haylo Pro extras.
  • When a free creator hits the 3-light limit, the studio now points calmly to Haylo Pro and the 14-day trial instead of showing an error.
  • The "earned this week" figure now appears in the management view, connecting your work to recent support.

2026-05-19

Safer, clearer payouts

Payout handling got safer and the difference between your balance and Stripe's balance got clearer.

  • Payout messages now use clearer language when you do not have enough withdrawable balance, so it is not confused with other balances.
  • A failed bank payout can now safely return the funds to your HayloFriend balance so your records stay correct.
  • Payout safety still holds the line: no payout proceeds unless your withdrawable balance confirms the funds are available.

2026-05-15 to 2026-05-18

Haylo Pro and recurring support arrive

Creators can now offer recurring support, and Haylo Pro powers a premium set of studio controls.

  • Creators can turn on recurring support for eligible ritual and relief lights, and public pages can show a real Subscribe option instead of only one-time thanks.
  • The studio now shows recurring pricing with take-home guidance, monthly versus yearly options, and clearer inline help on desktop and mobile.
  • Haylo Pro unlocks the premium authoring layer: recurring management, full photo search, custom atmosphere skins, and accent color controls, with a cleaner billing and checkout flow.
  • Subscription confirmation emails got their own reliable path so they send dependably.

2026-05-07 to 2026-05-09

Your chosen name stays consistent everywhere

Identity reliability so your chosen name and public handle move together and renames stop breaking things.

  • Saving your chosen name now updates your public handle everywhere it appears, or fails clearly, instead of quietly drifting out of sync.
  • Older versions of your handle now point to your current one instead of showing up as a separate identity.
  • Renaming no longer destabilizes your public handle or who owns a payout.

2026-04-28

Step-by-step guides inside Your Impact

New in-product guidance helps creators connect Stripe and pick up where they left off.

  • Your Impact now includes two guided walkthroughs: connecting Stripe, and resuming a payment that was waiting on you.
  • A recovery pill in the header lets you reopen a guide you dismissed without hunting for it.
  • The amount a recipient sees now consistently shows what they will actually receive after the 3.5% fee, across text, claim emails, and direct emails.

2026-04-25

Recommendation links with Amazon support

Recommendation links now route through a safe redirect that adds HayloFriend's Amazon Associates tag.

  • Recommendation cards now open through a safe redirect that checks the destination and adds the HayloFriend Amazon tag where it applies.
  • Other retailers are supported too, not just Amazon, so the same Recommendation flow works cleanly across stores.
  • Public-page Recommendation buttons route through this path so the tag is preserved when someone clicks through.

2026-04-24 to 2026-04-26

Tip records and balances stay accurate

Reliability work so the amounts you see in your activity and balance always agree and never show confusing internal rows.

  • Tips claimed by text now record correctly so the right amount shows up.
  • Your lifetime total and your balance now agree on the same number across your activity view and your dashboard.
  • Internal bookkeeping rows for claimed tips no longer appear in your activity view.
  • Connected creators can see their earned total before payouts begin, without changing what is actually withdrawable.

2026-04-23 to 2026-04-24

Rebuilt public page, studio polish, and a photo library

A cleaner public page, a sharper create studio, a stock photo library, and a steadier instant-payout flow.

  • Your public page was rebuilt to feel more intentional on desktop and mobile, with a cleaner hero, better card rhythm, and images that no longer clip on phones.
  • Public pages now generate correct share previews when posted.
  • The create studio is clearer: the chat sits near the composer, the help cheat sheet appears right where you ask for it, and editing your lights feels smoother.
  • A stock photo library is live in the studio, with a curated set and a search path for more images.
  • Instant payouts work reliably again, with the 1.5% instant fee intact alongside the standard Friday batch.

2026-04-20 to 2026-04-22

A clearer homepage, Help Center, and recurring setup

The homepage teaches the product in clearer steps, the Help Center gets steadier, and creators get an early recurring-support setup.

  • The homepage now explains HayloFriend in three clear steps: choose a thank-you link, create a light, and share it, using real examples.
  • Shared homepage links now show HayloFriend's own branding instead of guessing an image from the page.
  • The Help Center, docs, and About pages now carry consistent navigation so you can always get home or get started.
  • The full Stripe setup walkthrough renders reliably whether you open it directly or through the Help Center.
  • Creators got an early recurring-support setup in the studio for monthly support with an optional annual discount.

2026-04-08

A sharper create studio and public page

The create-to-publish flow got more reliable and the public page got cleaner.

  • Studio commands like publish and republish now behave predictably, and command text no longer leaks into your published content.
  • Republishing now updates your existing live item instead of creating duplicates.
  • Recommendation links act as buttons, and items priced at zero clearly show as Free.
  • Public pages got polish: consistent styling, clearer calls to action, and a cleaner create-to-page presentation.

2026-03-07

Your name shows on the gratitude you send

A fix so the people you send to see your name instead of "a friend."

  • When you send gratitude to someone who is not yet a member, your name now appears correctly instead of showing as "a friend."
  • This was an identity-only fix, with no change to money, payments, or your records.

2026-02-09 to 2026-02-10

Every payment shows the right who-paid story

Reliability and correctness work so each tip is attributed to the right person and your records stay accurate and private.

  • Member tips now consistently show the correct named supporter, while public and envelope tips stay anonymous by design.
  • Guest claim emails that had been intermittently delayed are now delivered reliably.
  • The fee that applies to each payment is now applied consistently and correctly.
  • These were correctness and safety improvements; no money was moved, reversed, or changed.

2026-01-19 to 2026-01-28

Activity record stays accurate, private, and easy to read

A batch of reliability work across sign-in, the activity view, and how tips to non-members are handled.

  • Sign-in got steadier, removing a brief "page not found" flicker some people saw.
  • Your activity view now shows your lifetime impact and is easier to navigate, with keyboard shortcuts and a calmer full-screen view.
  • A "Send Light" tipping issue was fixed so those payments create and complete reliably.
  • Tips sent to someone who is not yet a member are now safely held and credited to the right person once they claim, without ever rewriting history.
  • Your activity record stays accurate and private to you.

2026-01-03 to 2026-01-13

Safer money handling and a verification step for withdrawals

Foundational money-safety work and an extra check when withdrawing funds.

  • Withdrawals now require a quick human-verification step before any money action, protecting your funds.
  • Your balance now reflects Stripe accurately, with a clear separation between your withdrawable balance and Stripe's own balance.
  • Payments are finalized safely and can never be double-counted, even if a network retry happens.
  • Stripe remains the sole custodian of funds; HayloFriend mirrors and reports but never holds or pools your money.

2025-12-19

Money limits, safer payments, and behind-the-scenes monitoring

Server-enforced money rules and reliability monitoring so payments stay safe and predictable.

  • Tip amounts are now checked and enforced on our servers, between $1 and $3000, so the rules cannot be bypassed from a browser.
  • Payments are finalized in one safe place, and duplicate charges are prevented even when payment networks retry.
  • A safeguard blocks any mismatch between test and live payment settings, preventing payment errors.
  • New behind-the-scenes monitoring watches for stuck or failed payments and email delivery problems so issues get caught early.

2025-12-02

HayloFriend launches: thank-you pages, sign-in, and payments

The first public version of HayloFriend, with public thank-you pages, one-click sign-in, and working payments.

  • HayloFriend went live with public pages, a creator dashboard, and a single, reliable one-click Google sign-in.
  • Public thank-you links work so supporters can send a tip, and the site handles web and "www" addresses cleanly.
  • Sign-in was made loop-proof and protected, so your dashboard and creator pages stay private to you.
  • Basic search-engine visibility and analytics were wired up for the public site.