Final Live Launch

Public Launch Checklist

Read-only checklist for launching The Wait publicly and accepting future author interest. This page summarizes readiness only and does not run payments, unlocks, payouts, callbacks, or protected reader actions.

Open The Wait Status JSON Support / Refund Author Onboarding Marketplace Admin Dashboard

First Book Launch Status: The Waitready for final manual retest

Sales page, detail page, reader preview, support link, verified author signal, and share-ready metadata are in place.

Author Onboarding Statusready for author intake

Onboarding, submission, templates, asset standards, and admin submission review are available without Core identity enforcement.

Reader Purchase Journey Statusready for manual payment smoke

The existing order, payment confirmation, unlock, protected reader, and library path is ready for final manual verification.

Support / Refund Visibilityvisible

Reader support, pending payment help, refund policy, and manual support request flow are visible. Automatic refunds remain disabled.

Marketplace Readiness Score

Public catalog, discovery, categories, search, verified signals, and admin catalog quality review are present.

Payment Readiness Score

Existing M-Pesa readiness is launch-checkable. STK, Pesapal, Daraja callbacks, and payment storage are not changed here.

Protected Reader Readiness Score

Protected reader, unlock verification, progress, watermark/session badges, and library access are preserved as-is.

Revenue / Payout Readiness Notemanual review ready

Revenue, statements, settlements, tax, and payout readiness pages exist for review. No payout execution is triggered.

Production safety checklist: STK changed: false. Pesapal changed: false. Daraja callbacks changed: false. Unlock verification changed: false. Protected reader changed: false. Payouts triggered: false. Core identity enforced: false. Protected content exposed: false.