u/BearElegant4068

What is the new EU rule for selling online?

Have you seen the new EU consumer law starting June 19?The whole point of the rule is to make sure consumers can cancel an online contract just as easily as they opted into it.

Here is the real impact on your store right now:

If you apply it: You will need a sudden UI update to add a permanently available withdrawal button. You also have to update your backend to send an instant email receipt as soon as they cancel.

If you do not apply it: You risk massive fines of up to 2 million Euros or 4 percent of your annual turnover.

The deadline is literally weeks away. Are you building a custom fix for your store right now, or waiting to see how strictly this gets enforced?

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u/BearElegant4068 — 1 day ago

EU cancel button rule kicks in June 19

The June 19 deadline for the new EU withdrawal rule is going to have a mandatory impact. Has anyone heard any updates on their end about potential delays, or is everyone actively updating their B2C and D2C stores across the European-wide market? There are a few other related rules taking effect on June 19 as well.

As we know, in Magento, adding this button is not a simple drag and drop fix. It has to align with everything else in the backend: inventory syncing, invoicing, accounting purposes, reporting, and getting the frontend UI right.

To actually comply, you have to tie a two step form directly into the customer order history, make sure the data handling checks all the GDPR boxes, and trigger an automated receipt email instantly.

I have been mapping out the logic to get this working without disrupting existing setups. If anyone is stuck figuring out the technical architecture for their own store, feel free to drop a comment or send a DM.

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u/BearElegant4068 — 1 day ago
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Any Shopify solutions yet for the new EU withdrawal button rule?

Have you seen the new EU consumer law starting June 19? It requires B2C stores selling into Europe to add a permanent cancellation button.

The tricky part for us on Shopify is the backend. It is not just a simple UI button. Customers need a two step form to cancel, and the system has to instantly match their order data and send a confirmation email receipt.

What solutions are you all looking at to handle this?

  • Is there a specific app in the store that actually manages this entire flow well?
  • Are we expecting Shopify to drop a native update for customer accounts to handle this legally?
  • Or are you having to custom code this into your theme and backend order management flows?

Would love to discuss how everyone is actually implementing this before the deadline hits.

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u/BearElegant4068 — 1 day ago

What is the new EU rule for selling online?

Have you seen the new EU consumer law starting June 19?The whole point of the rule is to make sure consumers can cancel an online contract just as easily as they opted into it.

Here is the real impact on your store right now:

If you apply it: You will need a sudden UI update to add a permanently available withdrawal button. You also have to update your backend to send an instant email receipt as soon as they cancel.

If you do not apply it: You risk massive fines of up to 2 million Euros or 4 percent of your annual turnover.

The deadline is literally weeks away. Are you building a custom fix for your store right now, or waiting to see how strictly this gets enforced?

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u/BearElegant4068 — 1 day ago

Safe luggage locker or cloakroom options for a day near Mumbai Airport?

I want to drop off my heavy luggage somewhere safe so I can roam around freely without carrying it everywhere.

Does anyone know if the official left luggage - cloakroom counter at T2 is currently open and reliable for heavy bags?

If you have used it recently, what are the rough charges for storing bags for about 8 hours?

are there any trusted third-party locker services or secure places nearby in Airport where I can keep my bags for the day?

Looking for genuine suggestions and recent experiences on how to manage this smoothly. Thanks in advance!

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u/BearElegant4068 — 2 days ago
▲ 1.6k r/BuyFromEU

How ready are European online shops for the new cancel button law next month?

With the June 19 deadline coming up fast, this new EU consumer law is going to noticeably change how we buy online. The whole idea behind it is simple: backing out of an online contract or order should be just as easy as it was to buy it in the first place.

If a store actually complies, they have to add a permanent, easily accessible withdrawal button on their site and automate an instant email receipt the second a customer uses it. If they ignore the rule or miss the date, they face massive fines up to 4 percent of their annual turnover.

Since we are just a few weeks away, what is the actual vibe across European e-commerce right now? Are shops actively pushing these front-end updates live, or is everyone just waiting to see how strictly regulators enforce it on day one?

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u/BearElegant4068 — 2 days ago

What exactly is the new EU rule for selling online?

I have been looking into the new EU consumer law that drops on June 19, and it seems like a lot of sudden work for anyone selling B2C into Europe.

The main point of the rule is that buyers need a permanent cancellation button so they can back out of an online contract just as easily as they agreed to it.

Practically speaking, if you apply it, it means scrambling to update your site UI so the button is always visible on the frontend. You also have to set up your backend to fire off an instant email receipt the moment they hit cancel.

If you decide to ignore it, the penalties are incredibly steep. You are risking fines up to 2 million Euros or 4 percent of your annual revenue.

The deadline is just a few weeks out. Is anyone here actually ready for this? Are you coding a custom fix right now or just waiting to see if regulators actually enforce it on day one?

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u/BearElegant4068 — 2 days ago

Is cold outreach totally dead for e-commerce? Getting zero replies

I do B2B sales for D2C and B2C e-commerce brands, mostly pitching tech support, digital marketing, and SEO. Lately, my pipeline is completely dry.

I am not just blasting out emails on Lemlist or Apollo. I actually take the time to look at their websites. I check their tech setup to see if they need fixes or if their search traffic is dropping.

I use AI for research, but I write the emails myself. Every message points out something real about their store. I never push a hard sales pitch. I just try to start a normal conversation.

But I get absolutely nothing back. Emails, LinkedIn, none of it works. Even when I show them a real, visible problem on their site, they ignore it.

It feels like e-commerce owners and tech leads have just stopped checking their messages.

Are you guys dealing with this too? How do you get people to reply right now without looking like another spam bot?

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u/BearElegant4068 — 4 days ago

Anyone using FunnelKit here? Might be worth checking your checkout settings

read about the FunnelKit issue today and thought I should share it here since a lot of WooCommerce stores use it for checkout pages.

The attack was hiding inside what looked like normal analytics/GTM code on checkout, so honestly easy to miss if someone is just quickly reviewing scripts/settings.

If anyone here is using FunnelKit, maybe worth checking:

  • external scripts section
  • checkout settings
  • unknown scripts/snippets
  • pending plugin updates

Feels like WooCommerce maintenance has become stressful lately 😅

Update plugins → something breaks
Don’t update plugins → security problems show up

Anyone already checked their store after this?

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u/BearElegant4068 — 6 days ago

Anyone flown Air India Express recently?

Thinking of booking a flight on Air India Express, but I have a pretty tight connection to catch right after it. Just emphasizing I am asking about Air India Express, not the main Air India.

My main concern is whether they actually fly on time right now. I have seen some news about flight disruptions recently, which makes me a bit nervous to rely on them when I have a second flight to make.

Has anyone taken them recently? Are they sticking to their schedules or should I expect delays? Let me know how the basic service was too. Thanks!

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u/BearElegant4068 — 8 days ago

Had a recent experience with SpiceJet that left me genuinely dissatisfied, mainly because of how the situation was handled.

I booked a domestic flight from Mumbai through MakeMyTrip. Original timing was in the evening.

Then it got changed to 2:30 AM. After that, it was changed again to around 7 AM the next morning.

So overall, almost an 18-hour shift from what I originally booked.

Delays and reschedules can happen, that’s understandable. My main issue is something else.

Why was there no proper attempt to inform me?

No call. No proper SMS alert for the actual change.

At the same time, I was receiving SMS messages for things like boarding instructions, what to carry, and even promotional offers like seat upgrades and meals. So clearly, they had no problem reaching me when it came to non-essential communication.

But when it came to the most important update, the actual flight timing change, they relied only on email.

That doesn’t feel right.

A change of this scale directly affects a passenger’s entire plan. The least expected is a direct and clear notification, ideally via SMS or even a call.

Because of this uncertainty, I had to book another flight with Air India at my own cost.

Customer support didn’t really help either. No clear answers, no sense of responsibility.

End of the day, this is what left me dissatisfied with SpiceJet. Not just the delay, but the lack of basic communication.

From a broader perspective, it also makes me wonder:

Should airlines be required to actively notify passengers (call/SMS) for major schedule changes instead of just sending an email?

Curious to hear if others here have faced something similar, and whether this is considered acceptable under current aviation norms in India.

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u/BearElegant4068 — 20 days ago

Booked a SpiceJet domestic flight from Mumbai through MakeMyTrip. Original timing was evening.

Then it got pushed to 2:30 AM.

Then again to around 7 AM next morning.

That’s almost an 18-hour shift from what I actually booked.

No proper alert. No urgency. No accountability.

They can send SMS for everything else. Boarding info, what to carry, seat upgrades, food offers. All of that comes on time.

But when the actual flight timing changes, nothing. No proper SMS. No WhatsApp. Just an email and that’s it.

That’s not communication. That’s negligence.

Because of this, I had to book another flight with Air India using my own money just to avoid getting stuck.

Customer support didn’t help. Hard to reach. No clear answers. No ownership of the issue.

At one point, my ticket even showed canceled or refunded without any clear confirmation from me.

This is not just inconvenience. This is poor handling of passengers.

And honestly, this is not just about one airline. This reflects a bigger issue in Indian aviation.

There needs to be stricter rules on how airlines communicate major changes. SMS and instant alerts should be mandatory for something like this. Not optional.

Passengers should not be left checking emails and guessing what’s happening with their flight.

No wonder people are slowly losing trust in airlines like SpiceJet.

Has anyone else faced this?

And what’s the most effective way to escalate this so it actually gets taken seriously?

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u/BearElegant4068 — 20 days ago

been going through a few ecommerce sites this week and noticed something

a lot of them don’t really have a design problem

it’s more about how things are structured

like what shows up first, how clearly the product is explained, how easy it is to move through the page

tried reworking a couple pages just to see the difference and it was pretty noticeable

nothing fancy, just fixing basic things

made me think how many stores are losing conversions just because of small gaps like this

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u/BearElegant4068 — 25 days ago

Bhavnagar community

If you’re from Bhavnagar, you can also join r/Bhavnagarcity.

Trying to get more people involved so both communities can have more local discussions and updates.

Feel free to join and share 🙂

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u/BearElegant4068 — 26 days ago