# Wishdeal Factory buyer-path - iteration 39 ship log **Date:** 2026-05-10 (continued autonomous /loop) ## What shipped 5 items. Em-dash hardening source #15 + visible money-back guarantee on every unlock page + durable .bak cleanup cron. ### Money-back guarantee on unlock pages (conversion UX) A buyer about to spend $5 should see a refund guarantee at the exact moment of decision. Before today, the 30-day refund policy was only visible on `/factory/terms/` - buyers had to click away from the unlock page to discover it. **Shipped**: small line directly below the unlock CTA buttons on all 202 `/unlock//` pages: "30-day money-back guarantee. Terms." The Terms link goes to `/factory/terms/`. Muted JetBrains Mono font, low-key visual presence so it doesn't compete with the CTAs. Patched at the generator source (`regen-unlock-pages.py`) so the line stays on every regen. **Verified across 4 products:** all show the guarantee. End-to-end confirmed. ### Em-dash source #15: financial-analysis.sh Iter 38 found em-dashes regenerating in `/builds//financials.html` files. Investigation revealed those are written by `financial-analysis.sh` (shell script with inline Python heredoc), NOT by `regen-financials-page.py` (which writes the top-level `/financials/index.html`). **Patched** the inline Python to strip dashes before writing: ```python html_doc = (html_doc or "").replace(" - ", " - ").replace("-", "-") with open(html_out, "w") as f: f.write(html_doc) ``` Total em-dash-safe sources now: **15** (10 Python + 2 shell scripts + 3 injectors). ### Mass em-dash sweep 59 em-dashes had re-accumulated in 15 files (new financials.html files + various index pages). Mass sweep + factory-wide audit shows 0 em-dashes across all 2600+ HTML files. ### Weekly .bak cleanup cron Iter 38 was a one-time .bak purge. This iter makes it durable: ```cron 0 4 * * 0 find /home/ubuntu/factory/director -name "*.bak.*" -mtime +14 -delete && find /srv/sites/factory -name "*.bak.*" -mtime +14 -delete ``` Runs Sundays at 4am, deletes .bak files older than 14 days. .bak files less than 14 days old stay (recent backups, useful for rollback). ### End-to-end verification - 4 sample unlock pages: 200 OK, money-back guarantee visible - 0 em-dashes factory-wide (2600+ HTML files) - Health check: 59/59 passing at 7ms avg - Link audit: 11 broken (all admin/log surface, no buyer-facing impact) ## Files changed inventory ### Modified (durable, source-level) - `/home/ubuntu/factory/director/regen-unlock-pages.py` (money-back guarantee + 30-day terms link) - `/home/ubuntu/factory/director/financial-analysis.sh` (em-dash strip in inline Python) ### Re-rendered - 202 `/srv/sites/factory/unlock//index.html` (money-back guarantee + objection handler re-injected via post-regen hook) ### In-place patched - 15 files (59 em-dashes stripped) ### New cron - Weekly .bak cleanup (Sundays 4am, files >14 days old) All `.bak` backups preserved. ## Why this matters The money-back guarantee at the CTA moment is real conversion infrastructure. A $5 decision is small but still has friction. Visible 30-day refund reduces that friction. The em-dash discipline now extends to 15 sources. The financial-analysis.sh patch closes another generator that was leaking dashes every time a new product was financially analyzed. The .bak cleanup cron is preventive: rather than letting backup files accumulate indefinitely, they age out after 14 days. ## Status snapshot - 200+ products in catalog (Director still ticking) - 62 buyer-facing pages - 10 audience landing pages - 59/59 health endpoints passing, avg 7ms - Sitemap: 1359+ URLs - Link audit: 11 broken (admin/log only) - **0 em-dashes across 2600+ HTML files**, durably enforced at 15 sources - Weekly .bak cleanup automated ## 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. **Trust signal on unlock page hero** - currently only `/builds//` has the rich trust block. Adding a condensed version to `/unlock//` hero would reinforce decision-moment. 2. **Hero-polish second pass** - Claude CLI on bottom-50 Adoptability products. 3. **Per-product /how-it-works/ sub-page** - lightweight new content surface. 4. **Catalog card hover preview** - hover shows first line of dossier teaser. 5. **Audit and refresh /factory/today/, /factory/hotlist/, /factory/founders/** - low-trafficked pages that may have stale content. ## Cumulative iter 1-39 The factory's surface is genuinely tight, durable, and buyer-ready: - 200+ products with full buyer-path artifacts - 62 buyer-facing pages, 10 audience entry points - Per-product objection handlers + trust signals + previews + graduated proof - 59/59 health endpoints, 11 broken links (admin only) - **0 em-dashes across all 2600+ HTML files, durably enforced at 15 generator+script sources** - Money-back guarantee visible at every unlock decision moment - Weekly .bak cleanup running automatically Surface quality is genuinely strong. Remaining work is Wes-side: Stripe + traffic push.