---
title: "Newsletter August'25"
description: "v2.10: Draft Orders, Free Shipping Promotions, and more | New B2B User Story | New Multi-vendor Marketplace Starter | Early Access to New Hobby Plan"
url: https://medusajs.com/blog/newsletter-aug25
last_updated: 2026-08-13T14:06:34Z
---

# Newsletter August'25

_Published 2025-09-01 by Sebastian Rindom, Oliver Juhl, Nicklas Gellner in Company_

It’s been a packed August with major updates to the core, the addition of a multi-vendor marketplace starter, a fresh B2B success story, a behind-the-scenes look at how we built Medusa, and plenty more.

We’ve also opened early access to the new **Medusa Cloud Hobby Tier**.

Dive in below!

## v2.10: Draft Orders, Free Shipping Promotions, Custom Logger Support, and More

We released versions 2.10.0 and 2.10.1 earlier this week. Those releases included:

- Open-sourcing Draft Orders (more below)
- Free Shipping Promotions
- Shipping Option Types dashboard management
- Support for custom Loggers
- Shipping Option Tax Rates

As well as a range of minor improvements.

![](https://assets.medusajs.com/uploads/2025/09/a3c0a4c3-8943-eb98-4906-d50e07df4110-dt6trcee.webp)

[Read the full Changelog](https://medusajs.com/changelog/#v2.10.0).

## Open-Sourcing Draft Orders

The [Draft Order plugin](https://medusajs.com/blog/announcing-draft-orders/) is now open source, allowing you to create and edit orders directly from the Admin dashboard. It’s enabled when you upgrade to the latest version of Medusa.

![](https://assets.medusajs.com/uploads/2025/09/72e55b89-cfae-8255-1444-3852fe1b318e-6qzv6oh0.webp)

[Read the announcement](https://medusajs.com/blog/draft-orders-open-source/).

## Two Developers Building a B2B Distributor Platform in 5 Months

Discover the story behind Partbase: Two founders launching a full B2B distributor business in five months, selling over 500,000 SKUs in 26 EU markets.

[Read the full story](https://medusajs.com/blog/partbase/).

## Integrate Payload with Medusa

Learn how to connect Medusa with Payload for a seamless setup that syncs products and content through events and workflows.

![](https://assets.medusajs.com/uploads/2025/09/7da1263c-e7f4-e757-0170-a20aa5521786-hepn4ifu.webp)

[Read the announcement](https://medusajs.com/blog/payload-integration/).

## Custom Product Configurations in Medusa

Set up a product builder from the Admin with custom fields, add-on products, and complementary products.

[Read the tutorial](https://medusajs.com/blog/custom-product-builder-tutorial/).

## Generate Invoices for Orders

Learn how to add PDF invoices in Medusa that are downloadable from the Admin and can be attached to order confirmation emails.

[Read the tutorial](https://medusajs.com/blog/automate-invoice-generation/).

## Personalize Your Product Options

New guide on how to allow customers to add personalized product inputs like product height and width, with dynamically calculated prices.

[Read the new recipe](https://medusajs.com/blog/add-personalized-product-options/).

## New Starter for Multi-Vendor B2C Marketplaces

MercurJS by Rigby has now been added to our list of featured [Medusa Starters](https://medusajs.com/starters/), giving you a great starting point for building multi-vendor marketplaces with Medusa. Features include:

- Vendor dashboards with lots of built-in features
- Multi-vendor cart in one checkout
- Automatic payouts and commissions
- Vendor verification and control

![](https://assets.medusajs.com/uploads/2025/08/fleek-cover-1-joy59bsf.webp)

[Read the announcement](https://medusajs.com/blog/mercurjs-starter-b2c/).

## Seamless Data Access in Medusa Cloud

Use the new database connection in your Medusa Cloud dashboard to easily access data for debugging and business insights.

![](https://assets.medusajs.com/uploads/2025/09/7f2fa483-a5e5-2441-6f89-2028089f62f1-88rscyzq.webp)

[Read the announcement](https://medusajs.com/blog/cloud-database-connection/).

## Early Access: Medusa Cloud Hobby Plan

We just opened early access to our new Cloud Hobby Plan at $29/mo per user, offering full hosting of your entire Medusa backend. Read more about the plan [here](https://medusajs.com/pricing/).

[Request early access](https://medusajs.com/contact/).

## Building Medusa: Cart Totals

If you're curious to learn more about Medusa's inner workings, dive into the hidden complexities of calculating cart totals.

![](https://assets.medusajs.com/uploads/2025/09/70fc86d8-1e62-1712-6203-29e52a2105c4-3ioubnfd.webp)

[Read the blog post](https://medusajs.com/blog/cart-totals/).

## Current and future work

In the past month, we have focused on stabilizing the platform and fixing bugs, a process we will continue alongside triaging external contributions, while also beginning work on the following improvements:

- Specifying usage limit per customer on campaigns/promotions
- Enabling indexation of all core entities, including a public API to manage the index
- Refining the totals summary on the order details page
- Carrying over Promotions from Orders to Order Edits and Exchanges
- Making Admin tables configurable with custom columns and saved views
- Customizable display IDs

[Take part in the discussion on GitHub](https://github.com/medusajs/medusa/discussions/13346).