Weekly Update - August 20

Week ending on August 20, 2023.

Carry over from last week

• Hot Sauce

  • Custom AAPES hot sauces

    • replaces minting process

  • Migrate historic AAPES hot sauce listings from United Sauces

Completed this week

• AAPES, LLC has successfully made the necessary payment to cover all outstanding order amounts. We have received written confirmation that this payment ensures the release of all pending orders.

  • Further details are found in Discord. https://discord.com/channels/905926742835871774/992806157636861952/1141079936648622090

• Hot Sauce orders resumed fulfillment on August 16.

  • 10 orders shipped.

• Investigating missing and wrong Pepe sauce orders.

  • United had shipped a red Pineapple Habeñero sauce, not green Pineapple Jalapeño.

• Resumed communications with United Sauces about proper item codes for AAPES Sauces.

• Replaced Cookie Consent app.

  • Now using Shopify built-in app to increase website speed.

• Replaced social link app.

• Further development of order export to United Sauces.

  • Completed United Sauces item code export.

To do

• Meet with Fity to discuss his final decision on various topics. - aiming for 1st week of September

  • Rev share.

  • Non-burned sauce NFTs.

• Hot Sauce

  • Custom AAPES hot sauces - September release

    • replaces minting process

  • Migrate historic AAPES hot sauce listings from United Sauces - September release

Challenges

• Hot Sauce

  • Custom AAPES hot sauces

    • How to prove ownership of AAPE?

    • How to pay royalties?

      • Enable affiliate links/program.

        • How to prove ownership in the future?

      • Group rev share/royalties.

        • How to allocate?

        • How to claim?

  • Migrate historic AAPES hot sauce listings from United Sauces

    • Waiting for a list of all minted sauces

Other updates

• After internal discussion and conversations with the community, we will delay the relaunch of AAPES hot sauces.

  • The historic rev share is still being settled and needs to be paid out.

    • Handled by Apocalyptic Apes, LLC

  • Determine a new rev share model.

    • Need to discuss this further internally and with the community.

• Part of the ThrillKicker team out the second half of the month. Orders will continue to ship but there may be fewer updates.