Ordinary external research links
3 current shop destinations. They are represented as non-affiliate external merchant actions. ICU does not track their current price or inventory and does not process the purchase.
ICU-MEGAPROGRAM-019 · readiness without activation
Commerce readiness
ICU can prepare ethical commerce systems without turning them on. The current monetized-channel state is WAIT. Ordinary external research links remain separate from affiliate, direct-sale, advertising, sponsorship, tips, and membership activation.
WAIT · NOT AUTHORIZED
Affiliate
0 active earning links. Activation requires explicit authorization, an approved program, an exact-item destination, disclosure, and resolver validation.
Direct commerce
0 sellable SKUs. Payments, checkout, tax calculation, order support, returns, and delivery promises remain inactive.
Ads, sponsorship, tips & memberships
Inactive. No ad provider, sponsored placement, support payment destination, or membership fulfillment is active in this base.
Hard rule: editorial first
Merchant payout, commission, sponsor payment, margin, or support status may not change organic relevance or editorial ordering. Commercial state can disappear without deleting the underlying research entity.
- Price
- Unknown/not tracked unless an amount, currency, source, scope, and observation time are all present.
- Inventory
- Unknown/not tracked unless a current state, source, scope/geography, and observation time are present.
- Unavailable offer
- Keep the research; remove or downgrade the action. Never invent a substitute merchant.
- Outbound analytics
- Consent-gated interaction measurement only. An outbound click is not a sale or conversion.
Activation checklist
Affiliate
- Explicit activation authorization
- Approved affiliate program
- Eligible affiliate offer
- Disclosure architecture exists
- Editorial ranking is independent
Direct sale
- Explicit activation authorization
- Sellable exact SKU
- Payments + checkout
- Tax + order support
- Returns + delivery promise
Paid placement
- Explicit activation authorization
- Ad/sponsor provider or placement
- Advertisement/Sponsored label contract exists
- Paid value excluded from organic rank
Support & membership
- Explicit activation authorization
- Support destination
- Membership purchase + fulfillment
- Current UI keeps purchase CTAs hidden
Machine-readable evidence
The readiness control plane is published separately from historical O029–O033 records so earlier release evidence stays intact. Current pointer · activation gates · exact-item readiness · analytics boundary.
Related policy: Commerce trust · Affiliate disclosure · Direct-commerce readiness · Privacy.
Runtime audit date: September 15, 2026. M019 did not reverify merchant websites on the network; it uses the base’s existing September 9 checks and October 9 review dates. Production activation: not authorized.