We are happy to report that our DIY Store Admin Panel is now being tested in private beta by six stores! Thanks to Ephraim Clothing for kicking things off about a week ago.

PRO Stores will also notice an update to their Admin Panels, though they have fewer controls under the Settings tab.

Here’s a little tour of the updated system. (Click any image for a full-screen view.)

Dashboard
As always, the Dashboard gives you immediate access to all of your store stats from this month, last month and all time. (Note the red bar across the top of this demo store, signaling that it’s in Maintenance Mode and not viewable by the public.)

Orders
Manage your orders as they arrive. Orders come in as “Open,” until you mark them as “Shipped,” “On Hold” or “Canceled” with the click of a button. Each category is color-coded for easy management when viewing All.

Products > Manage Products
Easy product searching. Easily mark your products as Active or Hidden. Easily manage your Variants (S-M-L, Purple-Pink-Blue, etc.) and Quantities (even tells you how many you’ve sold and how many remain). Add up to five product images, and easily reorder how they’re displayed.

Products > Collections
Click and drag the order of your Collections, click and drag the display order of the products IN your Collections and click to add/remove products from within a Collection.

Design
As always, easily change your store colors, banner and background image with a live preview.

Promote
Easily add/remove Discount Codes and view how popular they’ve been.

Settings
One click puts your store in Maintenance Mode so that you can make all the changes you need to before putting it in front of your customers.

Need to change your store’s name? Manage your Storenvy sub-domain on your own. Just be sure you’re prepared for the change, it’s not reversible.

Shipping Rates: Easily manage your rates by creating Groups (by item type) and Classes (by location).

Customer Support: On your Support page, describe your return policy, share size charts, etc. Update it anytime according to questions shoppers are asking you.

Taxes: Set your rates here.

If you’d like to join now as a private beta tester, try to catch us in our friendly support chat room and request a code. DIY Stores will be openly available through our homepage sometime soon.

We’d appreciate any feedback, so feel free to leave a note in the comments here or in the support chat room.

Finally — major props to Jon and Scott for working around the clock to get DIY Stores ready for launch!