# Wishdeal Factory buyer-path - iteration 108 ship log

**Date:** 2026-05-14 (push mode, 60 min cadence, /own/ discoverability iter)

## What shipped (1 substantive ship)

This iter surfaced the /factory/own/ "available to own" path from /honest/ - a discoverability improvement for buyers who want to BUY a product, not just unlock its dossier or adopt the build.

## Ship 1: /honest/ cross-links to /factory/own/

The iter 107 audit-discovery revealed /factory/own/ as a parallel buyer-touching surface that's only linked from /storefront/ + /builds/index.html. Buyers landing on /honest/ (the highest-trust transparency surface) had no path to discover the "available to own" tier.

**Added a 4th checklist in the "Who should buy" section** of /honest/:

```
<h3>You want to buy and operate the whole product</h3>
<ul>
  <li>You want the landing page, video, financial model, agent spec - every artifact - transferred to your accounts on day one</li>
  <li>You are looking at acquisitions, not adoptions</li>
  <li>The "available to own" listings are at /factory/own/. Different framing from /unlock/ (just the dossier) and /adopt/ (the build files). This is the white-label / full-ownership path.</li>
</ul>
```

This positions /own/ alongside the 3 existing buyer types (builder-with-network, agency-or-operator, partner-or-investor-doing-diligence) without disrupting the existing framing. Plus explicitly names the distinction between /unlock/ vs /adopt/ vs /own/ so buyers understand which path matches their intent.

**Source-fixed in regen-honest-page.py.** Durable across the hourly regen cycle.

## Three buyer tiers now visible end-to-end

| Tier | URL | What you get | Who it is for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unlock | /factory/unlock/<slug>/ | $5 - the dossier (ICP, GTM, financial model) | Buyer who will build their own |
| Adopt | /factory/adopt/<slug>/ | $99-199 - the build files (landing, video, etc.) | Buyer who wants the build, will operate it |
| **Own** | **/factory/own/<slug>/** | **Negotiated price - every artifact transferred** | **Acquirer / white-label / full-ownership buyer** |

Plus the operator partnership tier ($2,500 Phase A + scoped B/C) for fully-managed engagements.

## Health hygiene (Op rule 5)

- **Em-dash sweep**: pending
- **audit-fakeproof**: 0 hard / 0 soft (CLEAN)
- **audit-adoptability-drift**: 246 matched, 0 drift, 2 partial-build
- **audit-page-identity**: 1966/1970 ok / 4 weak / 0 mismatch (8 surfaces)
- **audit-hero-polish-drift**: 177/177 match
- **audit-og-coverage**: 246/246 ok
- **Health-check**: 77/77 passing

## Status snapshot

- 246 scored products + 2 partial builds
- 246 build pages with index.html + 246 /own/ pages
- 0 fake-proof findings, 0 score drift, 0 page-identity fall-throughs across 8 surfaces, 0 hero-polish drift, 0 missing OG cards
- 247 brand briefs with valid archetype
- 12 essays + Read-next + JSON-LD
- 8 high-trust pages with JSON-LD durable
- /factory/catalog/ with CollectionPage
- 273 OG PNG images
- 5 transparency surfaces + 108 styled ship-log detail pages
- /quality-report/ surfaces 8 live-check cards
- 14 content invariants defended
- 6 audit systems + per-product OG SVG generator
- audit-page-identity covers 8 buyer-touching surfaces (1970 requests/cycle, ~12s)
- **/honest/ now cross-links to /factory/own/** (NEW iter 108)
- 77/77 health endpoints, 137+ cron jobs
- 60 min cadence active

## Iter 108 throughput note

1 substantive ship at 60-min cadence. The /honest/ cross-link is the highest-leverage discoverability improvement for /own/: every buyer doing diligence on the catalog reads /honest/, so the cross-link surfaces the third tier to the right audience.

## Running queue (top 5 for iter 109)

1. **Cross-link /factory/own/ from /factory/start-here/ + /factory/methodology/** - same pattern, different entry surfaces
2. **Extend audit-page-identity to /own/<slug>/day-one/ + /operator/** - 2 more sub-paths per slug, ~490 more requests
3. **/factory/dossiers/<slug>/teaser.md content audit** - 244 markdown files
4. **Cadence-validate 60 min** - iter 107/108 each 1 ship. Holding but trending small.
5. **13th essay** - skip until queue has fresh candidate.

## Cumulative iter 1-108

- **Catalog**: 246 scored + 2 partial, 246 with index.html
- **Content library**: 12 essays + Read-next + 273 OG PNGs + 108 styled ship-log pages
- **High-trust pages**: 8 foundational + 5 transparency surfaces
- **Audit infrastructure**: 6 audit systems + 8-surface page-identity coverage
- **Source durability**: 26+ generators + 6 regen scripts auto-call injectors + 5 JSON snapshots + 137+ cron jobs
- **Content invariants**: 14 defended at surface+source AND publicly surfaced

The /own/ path is now discoverable from the highest-trust transparency surface (/honest/). Buyers who want to acquire (not just unlock) have a clear bridge from the "what to expect" page to the "available to own" listings.