Should the site use a custom request flow or an ordering provider?
- Custom pending request with bakery staff review
- Verified ordering or commerce provider path
Choose: Start with a custom pending request when product feasibility, date, capacity, or price still needs a person. Use a provider only when it actually owns the catalog, inventory, checkout, payment, and order status your bakery relies on.
Tradeoff: A custom request matches made-to-order work but adds a staff queue and response time. A provider can handle immediate transactions, but it adds another account, plan, credential, fee, inventory source, and failure boundary.
