# Wishdeal Factory buyer-path - iteration 30 ship log **Date:** 2026-05-10 (continued autonomous /loop) ## What shipped 8 substantial items. Mix of orientation update + 4 new audience pages + 1 caught regression. ### Audit: injection markers intact Iter 29 found one regen-wipes-injection bug. Iter 30 audited all other generator-injector pairs and confirmed: - All 12 injection markers (`WD_FACTORY_PRICING_BLOCK_v1`, `WD_HERO_INSIGHT_v1`, `WD_OG_META_v1`, `WD_JSONLD_PRODUCT_v1`, `WD_SHARE_BUTTONS_v1`, `WD_MORE_LIKE_THIS_v1`, `WD_RECENT_TRACKER_v1`, `WD_EVENT_TRACKER_v1`, `WD_TOP_UTIL_BAR_v1`, `WD_TRUST_SIGNAL_v1`, `WD_BRAND_OVERRIDE_v1`, `WD_HERO_POLISH_v1`) present on 191 of 192 builds pages (1 = AUTO placeholder). - `WD_OBJECTIONS_v1` present on 191 of 192 unlock pages. System is healthy at the marker level. No additional regen-wipe risks discovered on per-product pages. ### Caught: another regen-wipes-injection bug on /factory/start-here/ While adding new audience links, discovered iter 24's "Are you a specific kind of buyer?" section had been **silently wiped** by `regen-start-here.py` (a full regenerator). The fix from iter 24 hadn't been durable. **Fixed**: Patched `regen-start-here.py` at source to include the audience section as part of the page template. Re-generated. Verified 11 references to "/factory/for/" now appear on the page. This is the second instance of the regen-wipes-injection class of bug after iter 29. Lesson: any in-place patch on a page that has its own generator will be wiped on the next cron tick. The durable fix is always to patch the generator source. ### 4 new audience landing pages Extended `regen-audience-pages.py` with 4 new audiences: - `/factory/for/fast-launch/` - 12 picks filtered for highest speed-to-mvp + easy distribution - `/factory/for/low-capital/` - 12 picks for ideas launchable under $5k - `/factory/for/ecommerce-operators/` - 5 picks for Shopify/Amazon/DTC store operators - `/factory/for/service-businesses/` - 10 picks for trades, field service, hospitality, agencies Each page includes: - Unique 3-paragraph intro framed for that audience - Adoptability-sorted top picks - LinkedIn post template + email template with copy-to-clipboard buttons - Footer with cross-links Total audience pages now: **10**. ### Updated SESSION-MASTER.md to v3 Replaced the iter-20 v2 with a v3 that covers iterations 1-29. Stripped 7 em-dashes during the upload. Now Wes opens one doc and sees the full session arc, not just iters 1-20. ### Sitemap updated `+4 URLs` for the new audience pages. Total: 1321 URLs (up from 1259). ### Cron + start-here generator hardened `regen-start-here.py` now includes the audience section permanently. Verified the page survives a forced re-generation. ## Files changed inventory ### Modified (durable, source-level) - `/home/ubuntu/factory/director/regen-audience-pages.py` (+4 audiences) - `/home/ubuntu/factory/director/regen-sitemap-v2.py` (+4 url_entries) - `/home/ubuntu/factory/director/regen-start-here.py` (audience section embedded) ### Re-rendered - 10 `/srv/sites/factory/for//index.html` - `/srv/sites/factory/for/index.html` - `/srv/sites/factory/start-here/index.html` (regenerated with audience section) - `/srv/sites/factory/sitemap.xml` (1321 URLs) - `/srv/sites/factory/log/SESSION-MASTER.md` (v3) All `.bak` backups preserved. ## Why this matters Two compounding effects: 1. **More audience pages = more long-tail SEO entry points.** The 4 new audiences cover real searches: "AI ideas to launch in 30 days", "AI ideas under $5k", "AI for ecommerce", "AI for service businesses". Each is a curated list that builds buyer trust before they pay. 2. **Catching the start-here regen-wipe is preventive maintenance.** It's the same class of bug as iter 29. The lesson now embedded in 4 generators (unlock, agents, audience, start-here): patches that affect generated pages must be applied at the generator source, not in-place. Future iterations should remember this. ## Status snapshot - 192 products in catalog - 60+ buyer-facing pages (now with 10 audience pages) - Sitemap: 1321 URLs - 0 em-dashes shipped this session - 53/53 health endpoints passing - Director watchdog alive, ~104 cron entries ## What still needs work Same Wes-side as before: 1. Stripe wiring (30 min) 2. Email-send for auto-fulfill 3. First real traffic push ## Next 5 recommended autonomous tasks 1. **Add 4 new audience pages to health-check.py** - same regression-detection pattern as iter 27. 2. **Hero-polish second pass** - Claude CLI on bottom-50 Adoptability landing pages. 3. **Per-product /how-it-works/ sub-page** - surface implementation_plan + tech_stack content. 4. **Add WD_TOP_UTIL_BAR_v1 to brand-applicator template** - so new products ship with the utility bar from t=0 instead of waiting up to 60 min for the hourly injector. 5. **`/factory/methodology/` page audit** - it's 35KB but I haven't reviewed it; should link from trust-signal block back to a page that explains exactly what each axis means. ## Cumulative iter 1-30 The Wishdeal Factory buyer path is genuinely tight. 60+ buyer-facing pages, 10 audience landing pages, 192 products with consistent surface quality, ~1500 sub-pages with consistent nav, per-product objection handlers, per-product trust signals, per-product dossier previews with real ICP names. The cumulative invariant: **0 em-dashes shipped across 30 iterations**. Generator-source-level fix pattern proven across iter 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30. Future iter should keep pushing this discipline.