Customers

January
2026

Smarter customer marketing consent handlingJan 5 Customer imports now skip email marketing consent fields when no email address is provided, preventing unnecessary errors.

December
2025

Country names now convert automatically to country codesDec 29 Altera now recognizes common country names and variations like 'USA', 'UK', and 'Great Britain' and converts them to the correct codes during import.

November
2025

New export formatting options for dates and phone numbersNov 27 Control how dates and phone numbers are formatted in your exports with new advanced options for datetime, phone number, and cell formatting.
Store credit expiration datesNov 20 You can now set expiration dates when importing customer store credit.

October
2025

Preserve leading zeros in zip codesOct 4 Excel users can now preserve leading zeros in zip codes by prefixing them with a single quote
Expanded customer filtersOct 2 New filtering options for customer exports including order date, total spent, and tags

August
2025

Customer phone lookup for order importsAug 5 Orders can now find existing customers by phone number when email is not provided

July
2025

Export, Import and Adjust Store Credit for CustomersJul 27 Added support for customer store credit balances to exports and imports
B2B companies import supportJul 15 Import B2B companies, locations, and customer contacts

June
2025

Exact export counts for large datasetsJun 28 Export previews will now show exact counts instead of '10,000+' for products, orders, customers, collections, and draft orders.
Export directly from Shopify admin pagesJun 25 New admin extensions let you export products, orders, customers, collections, and discounts without leaving Shopify admin pages.