Merchant Onboarding Strategy

Your approach to providing predefined templates for onboarding new users and allowing them the flexibility to customize further is both user-friendly and scalable. Here's a detailed implementation strategy:

🎯 Strategy for Merchant Onboarding & Customizable Templates

You propose:

• Multiple industry-specific template contracts.
• Easy, intuitive onboarding with minimal technical expertise required.
• Flexibility for merchants to customize logic or deploy as-is.

📌 Step 1: Define Clear Industry Verticals & Templates

Start by clearly identifying key industries where InfiniRewards fits best:

📌 Step 2: Pre-Built Smart Contract Templates

• Each template contains predefined logic tailored specifically to each vertical.
• Clearly documented contracts for quick onboarding and customization.

Example Template Structure (Cairo 2.0):

templates/
├── cafes/
│   ├── CafeRewardsContract.cairo
│   └── README.md
├── ecommerce/
│   ├── EcommerceRewardsContract.cairo
│   └── README.md
├── gyms/
│   ├── GymMembershipContract.cairo
│   └── README.md
└── ...

Example (Café Template):

#[starknet::contract]
mod CafeRewardsContract {
    use InfiniRewardsPoints;
    
    #[storage]
    struct Storage {
        base: InfiniRewardsPoints::Storage,
        stamps_required: u8,
    }
 
    #[external]
    fn issue_stamp(customer: ContractAddress) {
        // Issue a stamp to customer
    }
 
    #[external]
    fn redeem_free_drink(customer: ContractAddress) {
        // Logic for redeeming a free drink after collecting stamps
    }
}

📌 Step 3: User-Friendly Customization

Merchants can choose one of two paths:

🔹 Option 1: Use Template As-is

• One-click Deployment:
  • Merchant selects vertical → Deploys template directly.
• Minimal configuration via UI (e.g., set stamp threshold, membership durations).

🔸 Option 2: Custom Logic Extension

• Visual Builder or Code Editor:
  • Merchants provided with intuitive UI or well-documented contract code.
• Developers or technically savvy merchants can modify or extend logic.

Example Customization Use Cases:

• Cafés: Custom "seasonal drinks" redemption.
• Gyms: Add personalized workout plan tracking.
• E-commerce: Add customized cashback tiers or conditional coupons.

📌 Step 4: Web-based Merchant Portal

Build a Merchant Portal UI to streamline the onboarding and customization process.

Core Features:

• Template Selection:
  Industry-specific templates clearly described.

• Simple Deployment:
  Merchants fill forms for configuration and deploy directly.

• Customization Interface:
  Simple visual editor (drag-and-drop logic builder) and advanced code-based editor for experienced developers.

• Monitoring Dashboard:
  Track rewards, membership statuses, redemptions, transactions.

📌 Step 5: Automated Deployment via InfiniRewardsFactory

Leverage your existing Factory pattern for seamless deployment:

• Factory Methods (Cairo 2.0):

#[external]
fn deploy_custom_contract(template_hash: ClassHash, metadata: ByteArray) -> ContractAddress;

• Easy Upgradability: Users can upgrade their deployed contracts with new templates or customized logic at any time using your upgrade function.

📌 Step 6: Documentation & Training Resources

Provide comprehensive documentation and resources:

• Getting Started Guides (by vertical).
• Customization Guides clearly outlining how to safely extend logic.
• Video Tutorials & Examples demonstrating practical use-cases.

📌 Step 7: Ecosystem & Marketplace

Long-term vision:

• Allow developers to create & share custom templates.
• Marketplace for merchants to explore community-built customizations and templates.

🚩 Benefits of this Template-based Approach

• Rapid Onboarding: Merchant can deploy in minutes.
• Reduced Barriers: Easy adoption even without blockchain expertise.
• Scalability: Templates allow for efficient scaling across many industries.
• Flexibility & Customization: Retains merchant autonomy to adapt and evolve.

🚀 Roadmap to Implementation

🎯 Next Immediate Steps:

• Identify 2-3 initial verticals (e.g., Café, Gym, E-commerce).
• Build out and test smart contract templates for these verticals.
• Draft UI prototype of Merchant Portal for easy template deployment.