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Try Gate Access loop: pay → verify → instant seat
We said the next move was one closed money loop. Here it is: $9 Try Gate now unlocks a real evaluation seat on Access the moment Stripe says paid.
IP Guard: The seat unlocks public process — demos, guides, entitlement record. It does not dump private engines or secret sauce.
The loop (process)
- Buyer opens /try and chips in $9 (Stripe).
- Success lands on
/access?product=try-gate&session=cs_…(configure Payment Link success URL — see host note). GET /api/access-verifyreads the Checkout Session.- If paid → instant deliverable: seat id, entitlement JSON download, eval guide, checklist, step links to web/standings/suite.
- If full product SKU (CDDG, ZRW tiers) → paid confirmed + structured PACKAGE ACCESS email path for private install.
What “instant” means
- Entitlement JSON you can save (seat id, session, unlocks list)
- Evaluation guide
- Checklist
- Public tools: /web, /standings, /truth, /pps
What it does not mean: open-sourcing the vault. Licensed packages remain a separate buy + fulfillment step.
Why this is the process story
Trust dies when “Access” means “email us forever.” Trust grows when payment maps to something you can hold in under a minute — even if that something is an evaluation seat rather than the private core.