Launch log #1: our store has zero orders, and we're publishing the number
Arbi now runs our own store and TikTok Shop. The live order count is public, zeros included.
Our store has zero orders. We're publishing that number anyway.
Arbi is the commerce engine we build: it picks products people already buy, builds the product pages with real buyer reviews, makes the video ads, takes the order and has the supplier ship it. As of this week it runs our own store and our TikTok Shop, and the live count of orders, sales and products sits on the front page of arbi.creai.dev. It updates every few minutes, straight from the store.
Why show a zero
Most tools in this space show activity: products found, pages built, ads made. Activity is easy to show and easy to inflate. Orders aren't. If the engine works, the number will move, and anyone can watch it move. If it doesn't, that will be obvious too.
Where things stand
- Store: live, with a few hundred products that pass our checks (real supplier, real photos, in stock, not in a banned category).
- TikTok Shop: connected through a US supplier, first product listed, warehouses bound.
- Orders: every new TikTok order triggers an alert so it's paid and shipped on time, with hard daily spending limits once payment is automated.
- Ads: nothing spends until we approve it. This week we're testing creator-style videos against our product ads.
What we'll report next
First orders, which channel they came from, what the ad cost per sale was, and what didn't work. Same place, same numbers.
