Feira local marketplace improves browsing & sign-in; Google Ad Grants active for AI Creator Manifesto

Feira — fixing friction points for local buyers and sellers

We spent this week polishing the browsing experience to ensure users can find local goods without confusion. The most noticeable changes are in error handling and navigation:

Honest error messages: If an email fails during sign-in, the app explains why immediately instead of showing a dead end. Users no longer hit walls due to invisible mail server issues.
Language consistency: Listing titles now follow the viewer's locale everywhere (cards and detail pages), preventing language switches mid-browse when moving between languages like en/de/pt/es/fr.
Mobile navigation: A real hamburger menu is back in place alongside a fixed "Missing" Marketplace link that was causing confusion during initial use. We made this critical path stable for mobile users on-the-go.
Alternative sign-in: Added a six-digit code path to support cases where magic links fail or get blocked by mail clients, ensuring access remains open even when email is unreliable.

Marketing & Growth — AI Creator Manifesto Campaign Launches

We are officially launching the AI Creator Manifesto campaign today with Google Ad Grants live in English and German domains (ai-creator-manifesto). This initiative includes verified SEO improvements, OG tags for social sharing, and conversion tracking to monitor funnel performance from day one. The goal is to position our paper "The Builder Becomes the Broadcaster" as essential reading for creators navigating the AI era.

Sales & Revenue Updates Our new self-hosted embedded checkout has successfully replaced test links across all apps (Discofy, Feira), ensuring all future sales are properly tracked via session_id proofs of purchase. While we have active listings on Feira and ongoing localization work for five locales, recorded direct app store sales were zero this week as the transition completes. We remain focused on building a sustainable economic loop through our marketplace tools rather than relying solely on paid channels.