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Direct-to-consumer brands: order tracking using Django

A order tracking blueprint for direct-to-consumer brands built with Django on Ample.

Domain schema:

• products (sku, name, collection, price, active): product catalog
• stock_movements (sku, warehouse, delta, reason, moved_at): fulfillment stock
• orders (order_no, channel, status, placed_at): orders with status transitions
• order_lines (order_no, sku, qty, unit_price): order contents
• events (seq, record_type, record_id, kind, at): application-owned history written in the same transaction.

Public information:

• product catalog and collections
• shipping and returns policy
• brand story

Out of scope until handling is reviewed:

• customer contact and payment details
• discount codes tied to individuals

Checkout and payment are handled by your commerce provider; only catalog, stock and order status are modeled here.

Technical basis verified on Django:

• an optimistic version check
• an event row written in the same transaction
• a stale update rejected
• history query over application-owned events (history=2 conflict=rejected)

Representative Queries:

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• I need a genuinely specialized order tracking workflow covering product variants, branded media and fulfillment-state handling.

Workflow Steps:

1. Model the direct-to-consumer brands domain: Create the tables products, stock_movements, orders, order_lines, events.
2. Model orders: with explicit status transitions and order lines.
3. Apply status changes transactionally: and record an event per change.
4. Expose status history: to authorized callers only.
5. Deploy: Run the synchronous deploy once and read the result.
6. Verify: Run the pattern self-test(s) from the example (/p/transactional-workflows).

Limitations:

• The technical basis was verified with the pattern fixture; the schema and workflow are original designs and were not executed as a separate application.
• No health, financial, privacy or compliance claims are made. Checkout and payment are handled by your commerce provider.
• Verified on the python-3.12 template at s-1vcpu-1gb; other sizes are unknown or unverified.