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Tertiary · E-Commerce · Launched 2026-04-26

Lake Effect Sweets Co.

White-label gift-box e-commerce. Marketing site live and indexed. Supplier-anonymous brand strategy in place. Checkout backend, fulfillment, and content engine pending wire-up.

Site live
3
Days since launch
200
Site canary OK
All endpoints responding
0
Orders this week
Checkout not wired
0
Newsletter signups
No capture form yet
8
Pages live
index, about, FAQ, contact, shipping, +3

Site & deploy status

Vercel · canary · index health
Marketing siteLive
Vercel deploy of graychar2425-blip/lake-effect-sweets. Static HTML, 8 pages.
Site canaryNot configured
No daily uptime check yet. Recommended: cron at 5:30 daily.
Checkout backendPending
Shopify or Stripe Checkout integration not selected yet. Decision blocks order automation.
Email capturePending
No newsletter signup. Consider lightweight ConvertKit / Beehiiv integration.
Inventory monitorPending
Awaits checkout backend selection. White-label = no inventory until first PO from supplier.
Content enginePending
Weekly SEO content Ralph loop proposed for Sunday overnight runs. Not yet wired.

Recent commits

Last 5 · main
DateMessageSHA
04-26initial commit · 8-page marketing site, supplier-anonymous brand—
Live commit feed populates after build script reads from git log

Next moves

Recommended sequence
Decision: checkout backend
White-label gift box e-commerce typically lands on Shopify or a Stripe-Checkout-only flow. Shopify is fully managed but adds 2.9%+30¢ per transaction and ~$30/mo. Stripe Checkout is leaner, no monthly fee, but you wire fulfillment yourself. Recommendation pending. depends on whether the supplier requires a Shopify-compatible feed.
Site canary
5-line Python script + cron job. Hits the homepage, checks for 200 + expected text. Telegram on failure. Ships in 30 minutes once authorized.
Content engine
Weekly Ralph loop generating gift-box-relevant SEO content, refreshing meta tags, regenerating hero images via the design pipeline. Wait until first orders flow before investing here.

Order activity

Order feed pending checkout backend
No order data yet
Order ingestion will populate once the checkout backend is selected and webhooks are wired. The dashboard will show: order ID, customer, total, status, fulfillment trigger, and supplier acknowledgement.
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