A black-background notice from TikTok Shop, featuring the TikTok Shop logo at the top with colorful icon decorations. The message reads: "Dear TikTok Shop seller, We are writing to clarify the current status of Seller Shipping following our previous communication regarding potential updates. At this time, Seller Shipping remains unchanged, and previously shared deadlines are not going into effect. In the meantime, please continue operating as usual. We will provide further details. Thank you for being a valued TikTok Shop seller. If you need additional support, please reach out to our support team. Best, TikTok Shop Team." A red dotted line separates the main message from the closing.

This hit my inbox yesterday. While I gather this is a postponing rather than entirely walking it back, I've got some hope it reaches that point and I can resume operations on TikTok.

Our first order came in tonight! My initial thought was "oh god i got hacked" but no, I made money.

Screenshot of Proton Mail notification, showing an email from “Meta for Business” with a subject line of “Your ad was approved”

YEAHHHHHH ITS INFOMERCIAL TIME

Amount Spent $78.02

According to Reddit, a $5 budget * 5 days = $80. That makes sense, right?

3D Printed a template that I can use to sharpie the logo onto a shipping box.

(Facebook screenshot) New notification Your reel hit 500 plays! Make another to keep up the momentum.

Is reels quiet right now? I posted a video of myself folding boxes about 10 minutes ago, and it's got 800 views.

If there's anything I've learned lately, it's that Microsoft support is actually pretty good?

I loaded a bunch of Google Merchant Center documentation (S-O @archive.org) into a Claude skill. Asking it to look over my store using a browser in Cowork mode with policy info on hand, and get an "action plan" is really handy!

Anyone interested can download it here: drive.proton.me/urls/E1TXC9Z...

It's fine. I'm just not going to bother. For my health.

I'm trying to set up Reddit conversions stuff, and they're like "Oh, no problem! Just go do this and this and this in GTM and then go to GCP and then-"
You'd figure they would try to make this easy.

Thousand-yard stare soldier meme overlaid over the "before you request a review" message in GMC. There are EarPods in his ears, and a 6th generation iPod Nano clipped to his lapel, displaying the album cover for "Business as Usual" by Men at Work. There's text made to stand out that says "only have 1 attempt left to request a review".

Screencap of the scene from "Sonic the Hedgehog", where robotnik is reaching for a red button. The button has been replaced with a screenshot of a button labeled "I disagree with the issue"

A vague "Misrepresentation" message on my Google Merchant Center.

Trust me, trust me
Say that you trust me
Ban me, Ban me
Go on and ban me

"meta verified" scam

seems legit

It turns out that I had done a terrible job setting those up. Redid them with some better text and actual optimization settings. Apparently, I needed to assign the Meta pixel to the ad account (Which is not the business account!) to get it to start tracking conversions.

You know what? This'll be the fun blog corner. There's no ads to buy on here.
There *are* ads on Facebook though! I got a couple of those running tonight, real proud of myself.

In a perfect world, this account would use did:web.

Thundermoose accepts Monero.
You will get a 5% discount if you choose to pay with it.

If you don't know what that is, you can learn more here:
www.getmonero.org/get-started/...

Image announcing the soft-launch of Thundermoose american-made magnetic vacuum hose connectors, featuring the Clash of Clans Hog Rider with a PauseChamp Twitch emote in place of his face, atop a pile of SnapTrunk connectors

It's time for a soft-launch! If you stumble upon this post, feel free to browse and/or purchase my wares: thundermoose.co

In the meantime, I'll keep an eye out for orders while I get things sorted. (This means actual product photos!)