📅 Today: Saturday, May 9, 2026 · Soft launch Apr 18 ✅ · Testing (Seller + Buyer + VNPay + Lalamove) through May 18 · Public App Release: May 20 🚀
Key:
✅ Done
🔵 In Progress
🟠 Testing
⏳ Pending
🟣 Upcoming
👥 May Sprint — Team Focus (Now → May 31)
Poppet
CEO · Founder
💰 Fundraising — $750K pre-seed SAFE
🤝 BLOCK71 / Hesham Zreik follow-up
🤝 Founder's Circle $50K FFF
🤝 HK Noh (O3 Partners) re-engagement
📋 FCO + CMO hiring — in progress
Kirk
Seller Activation Lead
🛍️ Founding seller onboarding
📦 Teresa · Gelo · Rina · Alex
📋 Seller playbook + revised KPIs
🔒 17% commission lock-in confirmed
📣 Lutong Bahay Mondays campaign
Tri
CTO
🧪 Testing — VNPay + Lalamove (live)
🛠️ MVP completion — buyer features
🗄️ Supabase backend handoff docs
🚀 Production deploy — May 20 release
🔑 VNPay production key — post-MOIT
📊 System Status — May 9, 2026
LIVE (Soft Launch Apr 18):
✅ Buyer flow: browse → cart → checkout → order → track
✅ Seller dashboard: order management + status updates
✅ VNPay QR (sandbox) + Bank Transfer QR fallback
✅ Lalamove motorcycle delivery — DONE ✅ production-ready
✅ Vietnamese localization — EN/VI switcher
✅ Policy pages + About page (MOIT-ready)
✅ PWA installable (iOS + Android)
✅ Pangea logo — DONE ✅
✅ Advisory board — Rico + Beth confirmed ✅
✅ Grey Bank (US) — BridgeTech Labs banking active ✅
TESTING NOW (May 9–18):
🧪 VNPay end-to-end — payment, callback, refund with real sellers/buyers
🧪 Lalamove booking + delivery tracking — live conditions
🧪 Seller onboarding flow — Teresa, Gelo, Rina, Alex
🧪 Buyer UX — dashboard, search, notifications
PENDING / BLOCKED:
🔵 VNPay production key — requires MOIT approval first (~Jun)
🔵 MOIT approval — submitted Apr 21, est. mid-May
⚠️ FCO + CMO hiring — in progress, positions open
⚠️ HK Noh (O3 Partners) — CEO to re-engage
🔒 Founding Seller Commission — Locked for Life
Effective from Soft Launch
- 17% commission fee — locked in permanently for all founding sellers, no future increase
- Applies to: Teresa Cantuba (Lutong Bahay) · Gelo Servito · Rina Marty Perry · Alex Zulieta
- Founding seller status confirmed at onboarding — Kirk to document per seller agreement
- Standard future sellers will be subject to revised commission tiers (7-tier model, Phase 4)
🧠 Advisory Board — Confirmed
Rico
Advisor · SariKo Advisory Board
Beth
Advisor · SariKo Advisory Board
HK Noh
O3 Partners · CEO to re-engage
📅 Timeline
Phase 1 — MVP Build
Apr 4–17, 2026
✅ Complete
| Apr 4–6 | Tri | Full buyer flow — cart, checkout, order, tracking, history | Done |
| Apr 4–6 | Tri | Seller dashboard — order list, detail, status management | Done |
| Apr 7 | Poppet | VNPay + Lalamove sandbox credentials secured | Done |
| Apr 8–10 | Tri | VNPay — payment URL, IPN, refund, sandbox E2E | Done |
| Apr 11–13 | Tri | Lalamove — quotation, auto-book, webhook, Vietnamese i18n | Done |
| Apr 14 | Legal | Policy content delivered — Terms, Shipping, Payment, Privacy, About | Done |
| Apr 15–17 | Tri | Production deploy — DB, S3, domain, SSL, PWA, smoke test | Done |
Phase 2 — Soft Launch
Apr 18, 2026
✅ Live
| 🚀 Apr 18 | All | SariKo Soft Launch — VNPay + Lalamove + Vietnamese + PWA + MOIT-ready | LIVE ✅ |
| Apr 21 | Legal | Screenshot live app (9 MOIT docs) → MOIT registration submitted | Done |
Phase 3 — Testing (Seller + Buyer + Integrations)
May 9–18, 2026
🧪 Active Now
| May 9–18 | Tri | VNPay end-to-end test — real seller + buyer: pay → callback → confirm → refund | Testing |
| May 9–18 | Tri | Lalamove live test — booking, driver assignment, delivery tracking, webhook | Ready ✅ |
| May 9–18 | Kirk | Seller flow test — Teresa, Gelo, Rina, Alex onboarded, menus live, orders placed | Testing |
| May 9–18 | Tri | Buyer UX test — dashboard, search/filter, saved addresses, notifications | Testing |
| May 9–18 | Tri | Seller menu management (CRUD) + store settings + online/offline toggle | Testing |
| May 9–18 | Tri | Bug fixes, performance, final content review — release candidate build | In Progress |
| May 18 | Tri | Testing complete — all flows signed off · release build finalized | Due May 18 |
Phase 4 — Public App Release
May 20, 2026
⏳ 9 Days Away
| 🚀 May 20 | All | SariKo Public Release — App goes live to the public · all founding sellers active | 9 Days |
| May 20+ | Poppet | PR + announcement — diaspora community, investor update, LinkedIn | Pending |
| May 20+ | Kirk | Lutong Bahay Mondays campaign — Facebook, Taglish recipe series | Pending |
Phase 5 — Production Payments + MOIT Compliance
June 2026
⏳ Pending MOIT
| est. Mid-May | Legal | MOIT approval received — unlocks VNPay production application | Awaiting |
| Jun | Poppet | Submit VNPay production application — requires MOIT approval to proceed | Upcoming |
| Jun | Tri | VNPay production key received → swap sandbox → live QR payments | Upcoming |
| Jun | Tri | Lalamove — already production-ready ✅ · confirm switch from sandbox env | Ready |
Phase 6 — Scale + Revenue Features
July 2026+
🟣 Upcoming
| Jul+ | Tri | Seller reconciliation + payout system | Upcoming |
| Jul+ | Tri | Reviews + ratings · Referral program | Upcoming |
| Jul+ | Tri | 7-tier seller revenue share model + analytics dashboard | Upcoming |
| Jul+ | Poppet | FCO + CMO fully onboarded — commerce + growth leadership active | Upcoming |
🎯 Open Action Items — May 9, 2026
| # | Action | Owner | Due | Status |
|---|
| 1 | VNPay E2E test — real seller + buyer transactions through release | Tri | May 18 | Testing |
| 2 | Founding seller activation — Teresa, Gelo, Rina, Alex fully onboarded + menus live | Kirk | May 18 | Testing |
| 3 | Buyer features — dashboard, search/filter, saved addresses, notifications | Tri | May 18 | In Progress |
| 4 | Release candidate build — all bugs fixed, content final, deploy ready | Tri | May 18–19 | In Progress |
| 5 | Public release — May 20 go-live | All | May 20 | 9 Days |
| 6 | Pre-seed $750K SAFE — BLOCK71 (Hesham Zreik) follow-up + active outreach | Poppet | May | Active |
| 7 | Founder's Circle $50K FFF — close remaining commitments at founders.sariko.store | Poppet | May | Active |
| 8 | HK Noh (O3 Partners) — re-engage re: advisory + investment potential | Poppet | May | To Do |
| 9 | FCO hire — Chief Commerce Officer · screen candidates | Poppet | May–Jun | In Progress |
| 10 | CMO hire — Chief Marketing Officer · screen candidates | Poppet | May–Jun | In Progress |
| 11 | Supabase handoff — schema docs, RLS, edge functions, env vars to Tri | Tri | May | In Progress |
| 12 | MOIT approval — follow up on Apr 21 submission, confirm timeline | Legal | Mid-May | Awaiting |
| 13 | Grey Bank (US) — BridgeTech Labs account open + active | Acctg | Done | ✅ Done |
| 14 | Pangea logo — finalized and delivered | Poppet | Done | ✅ Done |
| 15 | Advisory Board — Rico + Beth confirmed | Poppet | Done | ✅ Done |
| 16 | Lalamove production integration — complete and ready | Tri | Done | ✅ Done |
💳 VNPay Production Path
Currently on VNPay sandbox. Real payments collected via bank transfer QR fallback (operational).
VNPay production key can only be applied for after MOIT approval — no shortcut.
Apr 21 ✅ MOIT submitted
est. Mid-May MOIT approval received
May–Jun Submit VNPay production application
Jun VNPay appraisal → production contract → swap keys
Jun ✅ Lalamove already production-ready — switch confirmed at go-live
Estimated full production payments go-live: June 2026.
⚠️ Watch Items:
• May 18 testing deadline — all flows must be signed off for May 20 release to hold
• MOIT delay — if approval extends past June, VNPay production slips accordingly
• FCO + CMO gap — investors will ask; needs names or a clear hiring timeline in the deck
• HK Noh — CEO to re-engage; advisory relationship + potential O3 intro still valuable
✅ Wins to Date:
Soft launch Apr 18 ✅ · Lalamove production-ready ✅ · VNPay sandbox live ✅ ·
Vietnamese localized ✅ · MOIT submitted Apr 21 ✅ ·
Pangea logo done ✅ · Advisory board (Rico + Beth) confirmed ✅ ·
Grey Bank (US) account active ✅ · Founder's Circle live at founders.sariko.store ✅ ·
Founding sellers identified + 17% commission locked ✅ ·
Pre-seed SAFE docs ready ($750K / 25% discount) ✅