Choose one buyer and one outcome
Describe who pays, what recurring problem they have and what completed result the product delivers. Remove features that do not support that path.
Include the operator
User signup is only one side. Admin review, support, billing, exceptions, data correction and communication must work well enough for a small number of real customers.
Advertising placementResponsive in-article placement after the second sectionDesign preview only · live AdSense is restricted to production Insights pages.
Protect the fundamentals
Authentication, access control, backups, logging and payment boundaries should be appropriate from the first paid release even when the feature set is small.
Define evidence for version two
Track activation, completion, support requests, manual work and retention signals. Roadmap priority should follow repeated evidence rather than the loudest single request.