Hey Gang! The Monkey Crew has been working on some pretty big things behind the scenes, and it is time to share a few details!

MONKEYEDGE.COM IS GETTING AN UPDATE

Slated for launch in the not-to-distant future is the NEW Monkey Edge Website! We have been migrating to a new site, full of awesome features and a rad new design. While there is still a lot of work to be done, and we expect a few bumps along the road as we transition over to the new platform, we are exited with the new possibilities in bringing a more streamlined, robust and modern experience to our customers. Things will feel familiar for all of our veteran Monkey pals while being easy to navigate for newcomers, with some fresh new paint, more information to learn from and more curated content.

While we are trying to not have TOO many changes in organization and policies, there will be some things that are changing and going away. Most only affect a small amount of our customers, but one of the changes that affects many is that we are not migrating customer accounts. When the new site goes live and the current ‘legacy’ site…

Real talk, fam.

It’s been said before, but this is the “definitive” post about email notifications. It’s 2021, and while email has been a staple of our world for a time, it’s based off decades-old technology. While there have been major leaps and bounds in email technology, it’s still fundamentally the same. However, as the ‘world network’ has gotten more and more complex, getting emails to work as you would want them to work has gotten tougher. With the difference in quality of provider, service and availability to networks, it has become impossible to provide a consistent stream of info from us to everyone. Add in the human factor (listen, I know it’s hard to believe, but people f%#k up entering their own emails ALL THE TIME, and sometimes have notifications turned off), and it gets even sketchier.

Now put all that on to a form of email list communication that was never intended to be a “fast solution”, specifically an “in-stock notification” system, and it’s the wild wild west out there. Who’s in service, who’s server is undergoing maintenance, who’s spam folders are sketchy, who’s email app is set to retrieve new emails instantaneously, and…