Marketplace has a new design, enhanced integrations and is easier to use. You may need to transition to new fields when updating a listing created before April 2025.

Enhancements and updates

• It's easier to search and scan coffee equipment listings on Marketplace for key information with the new design. Plus, it's easier and faster to list new items.
• We also added Rolling listing plans, so for a monthly fee the listing remains live until you cancel it. It ideal when you need to sell multiple units of the same item, for example you have a a dozen cartons of coffee cups to sell.
• Marketplace listings are now more deeply integrated with Directory and Equipment, so relevant information is presented when you need it.

Transition away from legacy features

New options are now available for some listings.

If you created a Marketplace listing before April 2025, fields that are discontinued will remain available when editing for the duration of your listing, but not necessarily displayed to the public – please follow the notes when updating listings.

And, when updating a listing created before April 2025, you may be forced to transition to new fields to ensure that your listing is displayed correctly.

We are updating Marketplace listings to prepare for new functions and general improvements.

As we update templates, there are several impacts:

• Marketplace listings may have awkward styling
• Components may be displayed multiple times on the same page
• Some components are common across United Baristas Services, so aspects of other pages on Equipment, Events and Jobs will be temporarily skew-whif

When adding, or updating, a Marketplace listings:

• new options will be available for some listings

• when editing listings created before April 2025, fields that are discontinued will remain available when editing for the duration of your listing, but not necessarily displayed to the public – please follow the notes when updating listings
• when updating a listing created before April 2025, you may be forced to transition to new fields

Why are we doing this?

We are refining the design, making it easier to list and buy items, adding new functions and deepening integrations with other United Baristas services.

Disruptions

Apart from some temporarily awkward styling and changes to fields, disruptions to functions and features are expected to be minimal. This is part of our strategy to make smaller, but more regular, updates to United Baristas services and a benefit of the improvements we made to United Baristas over 2024.

Should you encounter an issue, please check our current status and reach out to Support if the issue persists.

We've rolled out updates across United Baristas Store to make buying new coffee equipment easier and to prepare for forthcoming updates across United Baristas.

•  Mahlkönig grinders are now available on United Baristas Store, including the new E80W GBS
• Coffee companies can opt to pay in 3 or 12 monthly instalments with Iwoca
• Deepened the integration with United Baristas Equipment for enhanced product-specific information
• Added refurbished equipment section for used equipment being sold by United Baristas

Explore Store 👇

 https://services.unitedbaristas.com/store/ 

We have started work to refine the product pages on United Baristas Store. The update adds enhanced product information as well as better explaining options and features.

Each product page, particularly coffee equipment, needs to be manually updated to benefit from the new design.

As we incrementally roll out these changes it's possible that some information will be duplicated, outdated, irrelevant or missing.

If you have any pre-sale questions, please contact Support.

United Baristas is now easier to use and even more connected.

We’ve just launched the latest version of United Baristas Services, making it simpler to search for items on Marketplace, set up job notifications, source equipment or keep track of upcoming coffee events. This release is another milestone in our mission to better connect the specialty coffee community.

A unified design

This update marks two key milestones. Firstly, we (finally) have a unified design across United Baristas. We released a new design for articles in 2024, which has been a real success.

We designed the templates with our services in mind. Now that they’re implemented across United Baristas Services, browsing listings is smoother than ever, it’s faster to scan key information and the site is better formatted for all devices and screen sizes.

Introducing Events Calendar 2025

Second, our Events Calendar is now fully integrated into United Baristas Services. It features both upcoming events and the coffee events calendar, making it easy to plan the year ahead. Plus, event organisers can add their own coffee events and everything connects seamlessly with our other services.

Ringing in the New Year with big changes

Implementing this new design has been a major undertaking. We began integrating our services in 2022 and with this update, we have not only re-styled United Baristas but also changed the platform which powers our templates.

So far, we’ve updated our most frequently viewed pages. You may still come across a page that looks slightly off, but we expect to have all templates updated by the end of February. If you encounter a critical glitch that persists for more than 24 hours, please let us know via our Support Centre.

View our work in progress and input your ideas

If you only use United Baristas Services a few times a year, you may notice big changes between visits. If something has changed, visit United Baristas Updates to see recent developments and our roadmap. You can also share your ideas for how we can make United Baristas even better.

We hope you find these updates useful for whatever you have planned in the year ahead.

Work is underway to implement a new design across United Baristas Services.

Temporary glitches and awkward styling are to be expected. We are not only implementing a new design but also a new platform on which the design is coded. This means we need to temporarily merge the existing and new platforms on United Baristas Services while it is live. Glitches and awkward styling may occur whenever the two systems are incompatible.

We have been preparing for this transition over the past six months and will endeavor to make the change as smoothly as possible. There will be updates across United Baristas. If something isn't working, please try again a little later. If an issue persists for more than 24 hours, please open a support ticket.

Why are we doing this

Earlier this year, we updated United Baristas with a new design – and it has been a real success. The site is simpler to use, articles are easier to read, more people are visiting than ever before and the new platform is easier for us to maintain and update in the future.

We now need to implement the same platform and design on United Baristas Services. This will further unify United Baristas and make future updates easier.

Unfortunately, it's not practical to push the platform and design changes to United Baristas Services all at once, so we are doing it incrementally. The Christmas – New Year period is the quietest time of year for our services, making it an ideal time to implement these changes.

We expect to have the new platform and the foundation of the new design in place by 6 January 2025. We will then progressively redesign each of Directory, Equipment, Events, Jobs, and Marketplace throughout 2025.

Thank you for using United Baristas. Please bear with us as we make these changes and all the best for the year ahead.

Just like 🎄 Christmas, it's best when we're all together. Over the past three years we have incrementally integrated all our services into United Baristas Services.

United Baristas Service has new features

We've launched new features such as powerful notifications, enhanced Profile functions, and improved services like Jobs.

Introducing Coffee Events 2025

In the new year, we'll launch the all-new Coffee Events. It's fully integrated into United Baristas and has been completely rebuilt to better connect the coffee community. You can now easily explore coffee events by location, format and type. Plus, events are automatically displayed across United Baristas based on your location.

More updates are coming next year

This concludes the first phase of our work building United Baristas Services, but we're only just getting started. The next phase includes a new design and additional features.

Thanks

It's great to have you as part of the United Baristas community and thanks for your patience as we've made these changes. We hope you find them really useful for the year ahead and all the best for 2025.

Here's some of the updates we've made to United Baristas Services so far:

Coffee Events are now integrated into United Baristas Services.

 https://services.unitedbaristas.com/coffee-events/ 

Introducing Coffee Events 2

Completely rebuilt to better connect the coffee community. You can now easily explore coffee events by location, format and type. Plus events are automatically displayed across United Baristas based on your location.

View Coffee Events

You can now browse, view, filter and search events, just like you already do with equipment, jobs and marketplace listings. For example, search for upcoming trade shows & festivals in London.

 https://services.unitedbaristas.com/service/coffee-events/ 

Upcoming Events Calendar

View events by year, month or week with the Events Calendar. For example, here's Coffee Events in February 2025.

 https://services.unitedbaristas.com/coffee-events-calendar/ 

Adding your Coffee Events

Add Coffee Events to United Baristas, just like you add jobs or equipment. Free events are free to list, plus Company Profile holders get extra features and discounted listings on their events.

 https://services.unitedbaristas.com/service/coffee-events/new/ 

We look forward to catching up with you at Coffee Events in 2025.

We've made further improvements over recent weeks, plus numerous changes in preparation for forthcoming updates. Here's a summary of the latest changes you'll notice:

Directory

Companies, people and brands are now part of Directory. We're improving how each of these profiles connect with each other, as well as with Equipment, Jobs and Marketplace.

People Profiles

There have been significant updates to people's profiles on United Baristas. You can learn more about creating your profile and the new features, including:

• add a profile picture and header image
• add your experiences
• optionally display your openness to a new coffee job

Notifications

New notifications also allow you to receive search notification of updated profiles, plus get updates from specific people, company or brand profiles. Notifications also work with Equipment, Jobs and Marketplace.

Emails

To support new notifications we have redesigned our emails for clarity and sending enhanced security. Here's a couple of things to note:

• Job Alerts are now Notifications
• If you have issues receiving new United Baristas Services emails, guidance is in Support Centre
• Following changes to UB-ID, if you don't receive your UB-iD password reset email, please read this guidance 

Fixes

As we update the site in preparation for major updates next year, we occasionally break things where unexpected incompatibility is an issue. Here's some bugs we hope you didn't encounter:

• Fixed error preventing some users adding new plans to their Company Profile
• Fixed an error where occasionally the page would freeze when editing a listing
• Fixed links to popular products from Brand profiles
• Fixed an error preventing downloads from Equipment Catalogue and Jobs for users that were not signed in

If you encounter an error, please check known issues, and if it's not listed then open a Support ticket.

We've made improvements and changes to People Profiles on United Baristas.

New features and improvements

• Showcase your work and achievements with Experiences
• Communicate your openness to a new coffee job
• Add profile picture and header image

Experiences

You can now add key experiences from your coffee career. Communicate periods of employment, achievements and awards. Think of it as a potted version of your CV. Most people looking for work should add 2 to 5 experiences.

Open to work?

You can now display your openness to a new job. Opt for:

• Looking for my next job, or
• Open to opportunities

If you select either of these options, the enquiry form is displayed on your profile so companies can contact you without you having to share your email, phone or socials.

Profile pictures

Add a profile picture and header to your profile to make it your own.

Expiry & renewal

To keep United Baristas tidy, you'll need to update your profile at least every 18 months otherwise it'll be unpublished and subsequently deleted several weeks later.

Next steps

These updates are all compatible with forthcoming changes to better integrate United Baristas services. This is a multi-step project for us and updates will be incrementally rolled out into early 2025.

New design

A new Profile design is scheduled for early 2025. Start using these new features from today and they'll be further enhanced with the new design.