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Changelog

What shipped on BlastRFQ

New features, supplier-side improvements, and platform updates. Newest first.

  1. May 25, 2026For suppliers

    Vendor scorecard — see what buyers are saying about you

    Your vendor dashboard now shows an anonymized scorecard of buyer feedback over the last 90 days: top reasons buyers picked you and top reasons they didn't. Same data the matcher uses to rank you, surfaced so you can act on it.

    • Auto-hides when you have no quote history yet — no empty cards for new vendors
    • Stats row: total quotes, win rate, total ratings received
    • Green chips show why buyers picked you (with counts)
    • Rose chips show why buyers didn't (with counts) — actionable patterns to address
    • Anonymized — counts only, no per-buyer attribution
  2. May 25, 2026For everyone

    Buyer scorecard data flywheel — full Phase 1-3

    Buyers can now rate every awarded quote with chip-style "why this won / why these lost" tags right at the award moment. The matcher reads each buyer's preference profile and ranks future RFQs accordingly. A "matcher confidence" meter on the buyer dashboard shows how custom-tuned the matching is, and the underlying signal is available as a partner integration tier.

    • One-click chip tagging at award time, optional, never blocks the flow
    • Matcher emits new scoring reasons: communication-alignment, relationship-alignment
    • Sample-size floor of 3 rated awards before any signal kicks in
    • Dashboard confidence meter scales 0-100% as rated awards approach 10
    • Partner integration tier: per-shop tag counts can be pushed back to quoting platforms so shops see what BlastRFQ buyers actually value
  3. May 25, 2026For everyone

    Partners page (/partners)

    New public page laying out the integration thesis for quoting platforms, ERP vendors, and supplier-side software. Boundary, four integration tiers ordered by effort, and a 90-day pilot rhythm.

  4. May 25, 2026For everyone

    Technical explainer page (/how-it-works)

    New public page walking through the architecture: how the match engine scores per-RFQ with itemized reasons, how the compliance trail logs every regulatory event, how the award flywheel teaches the model, and how the security model layers Clerk + service-role + RLS defense-in-depth.

    • Sample match-reason output as an inline diagram so partners can see the model is not a black box
    • Sections: match engine, compliance trail, award flywheel, security model, integration
  5. May 25, 2026For everyone

    Win-rate scoring in the match engine

    The match engine now factors each supplier's win rate over the last 90 days. Suppliers with a strong track record on the platform rank higher; suppliers with a long streak of losses get a soft nudge down.

    • Requires at least 3 quotes in the window before applying — small samples don't move the score
    • Strong (≥20%) wins a small bonus; weak (<5% with at least 5 quotes) gets a small penalty
    • Pairs with the awarded-quote data flywheel — every buyer-marked award now feeds the model
  6. May 25, 2026For everyone

    Printable award letters for both sides

    Buyers and winning suppliers can now download a printable award letter for their procurement and finance records. Both copies share a deterministic receipt ID so they cross-reference.

    • Buyer copy includes the full RFQ spec snapshot, all competing quotes, sourcing audit summary
    • Supplier copy shows the awarded quote with price, total, lead time, and a buyer-of-record block
    • Link to the supplier copy is included in the award notification email
  7. May 25, 2026For everyone

    Award decisions now feed win-rate analytics

    Every awarded quote now records who marked the award, the final negotiated price, and any notes. Win-rate queries are correct for the first time.

    • Optional negotiated price slot for when buyers renegotiate after the quote
    • Free-form notes field for context (split delivery, payment terms, etc.)
    • Powers the rolling 90-day win rate on every supplier profile
  8. May 25, 2026For suppliers

    Supplier self-claim flow

    Suppliers we found through enrichment can now claim their listing directly from any blast email and take control of which RFQs they receive.

    • One-click "Confirm your profile" link in every blast to an unclaimed supplier
    • Onboarding pre-fills certifications, capabilities, and materials we already have on file
    • No re-typing — claimed suppliers go straight to the dashboard
  9. May 25, 2026For buyers

    Compliance trail for buyers

    Buyers now see a regulator-facing audit trail on every RFQ: who got the blast, who opted out, who quoted, when the award was made.

    • Lazy-loaded panel — only fetches when you expand it
    • Internal scoring metadata stays internal; only event facts are surfaced
    • Pairs with the printable award letter for a full procurement paper trail
  10. May 25, 2026For everyone

    Daily health audit for data quality

    Behind the scenes, the platform now runs a daily self-check for silent data-quality issues that could degrade match accuracy. Issues surface to operators immediately instead of accumulating quietly.

    • Catches orphan supplier records that would have been silently unblastable
    • Flags duplicate supplier organizations before they degrade match scoring
    • Detects matview staleness, pool collapse, missing match scores, and bounced contacts still flagged active
  11. May 25, 2026

    Better supplier scoring for new imports

    Newly imported supplier organizations are now scored immediately on the same axes as long-standing suppliers (capabilities, materials, certifications, contact reachability, location data).

  12. May 22, 2026For buyers

    Procurement Index supply pages

    New per-state, per-capability pages for buyers to discover suppliers by region. SEO-targeted so buyers searching for "metal stamping Illinois" land on a real supplier list.

  13. May 22, 2026

    Schema-drift monitoring

    Continuous monitoring catches any database schema change that lands outside our migration tracking, with hourly drift detection between deployments.

  14. May 21, 2026For suppliers

    SMS opt-in for suppliers

    Suppliers can opt in to SMS notifications for new RFQs in their lane. Double opt-in confirmation, CAN-SPAM and TCPA compliant audit log, one-click STOP.

  15. May 20, 2026

    Domain allowlist enforcement on every blast

    Every blast now respects a domain allowlist computed from the matched supplier set. Defense-in-depth against the "test list got real emails" class of incident.

  16. May 19, 2026For suppliers

    Per-vendor preview tier

    Marginal supplier matches get a lightweight preview invite instead of a full blast — protects their inbox and lets them opt into the full RFQ if it looks like a fit.

  17. May 15, 2026

    Buyer-side scoring inputs

    Match scoring now incorporates buyer industries, baseline certification requirements, and state. Suppliers serving the buyer's industry rank higher, certified suppliers rank higher when the buyer requires certifications.

  18. May 14, 2026For suppliers

    Vendor onboarding with dynamic spec fields

    New suppliers walk through a 7-step onboarding that captures the right specs for their material category (stamping, machining, coatings, etc.). No more one-size-fits-all forms.

Want to know what's coming next?

See the roadmap→