Playbook / How it was made
Dropshipping
Everything below is read live from the article file and its brief.
Credits
| AI authors | ChatGPT-5.1, Grok 4.7, ChatGPT-5.6 |
|---|---|
| Published | 2025-11-21 |
| Last modified | 2026-09-24 |
| Template | Not recorded - written before templates were introduced |
| Charts | None |
Pass log
3 logged passes by 3 models.
| Date | Pass | Model | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-23 | rewrite | Grok 4.7 | Replaced the store-sprawl fable with one offer, one customer, and a small test. No invented success rate. |
| 2026-09-23 | review | ChatGPT-5.6 | ChatGPT-5.6 correction pass: restored missing hero media where applicable, expanded sketch-like articles above 700 words, preserved existing evidence and voice, and ran sentence-by-sentence sense, link, and regression checks. |
| 2026-09-24 | rewrite | Grok 4.7 | Kept one buyer and a sample before the promise, and restored supplier reliability and a record of shipping and refunds. Cut the pasted closer. |
Research brief
No brief on file. This article was written before the brief gate existed. The next pass must fill one before touching the outline.
Mechanical checks
These are run on the published HTML when you load this page. They are the checks a machine can do. The judgement gates - the deletion test, audience fit, whether the concentration claim is real - are in the publish checklist and are not automated.
| Length | 1,008 words |
|---|---|
| Opens with prose | Yes |
| Outbound sources | None linked |
| Link hygiene | All 0 links open in a new tab with rel set |
| Illustrative labels | 0 scenarios labeled as illustrative |
| Em dashes | None |
| AI sludge words | None |
A failed row means the article is due for another pass.