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Changelog

What's shipping on Rad Dad Labs. The list is curated to what retailers, brands, and distributors actually see — internal infrastructure work lives in the repo history.

2026-04-25
Brands

Brand directory is live

Browse every brand publishing through Labs from a single page. Each card shows product count, top categories, and recency of activity, and links to the brand's storefront. New brand signups appear automatically.

Browse brands
2026-05-06
Distributors

Pricing reset to lower friction for the first cohort

Brand pricing is now four tiers by barcode count: Free up to 5, $99 for 6–20, $199 for 21–50, $299 for 51 and up. Retailers stay free with a $35 Pro tier replacing the prior $49 Plus. Distributors run $99/mo + $10/mo per retailer with a 60-day free trial. The reset lowers the entry floor for early brands and retailers; iteration framework remains in LABS-PRICING governance.

See pricing
2026-04-25
Retailers

Three states for /c/{barcode}, including offboarded

When a Lab Results link can't resolve, the page now tells you why: not found (barcode never registered), pending (registered but no COA yet), or offboarded (was here, brand removed it — returns 410 Gone). Each state has a brand-aligned page with a useful next step for whoever scanned it.

2026-04-24
Retailers

Mobile camera barcode scanner

Open /lookup on a phone, hit Scan, point at a UPC. Resolves through the same registry as typed lookups. Native BarcodeDetector where available, ZXing fallback elsewhere. Camera permission is per-tab and gesture-gated.

Try lookup
2026-04-25
Brands

View-COA link for brand-hosted PDFs

When a brand publishes a COA at their own URL (no PDF on Labs storage), the lookup result now surfaces a direct View COA link. Brands can keep hosting wherever; retailers and consumers reach the same document.

2026-04-25
Retailers

Retailer integration mechanics, documented

How the Shopify metafield wiring actually works — variant-level scope, the contract for the rdlabs.coa_url field, the three failure modes a retailer should expect, and the smoke test to verify a connection. Written for a retailer's tech team, not for marketing.

Want to know when something specific ships? Brand and distributor plans include email notifications on releases that affect your integration. Until then, check back here or watch rad-dad-alt on GitHub.