Arrow

A Crypto Native Recurring Subscription Platform, The Stripe Of Web3.

Problem

The Current Landscape: Walled Gardens and Limited Control

Existing subscription platforms like Stripe, while convenient, often confine businesses within a closed ecosystem. This creates several challenges for vendors:

• Limited Customer Relationship Management: Vendors have restricted access to customer data and limited ability to directly interact with their subscribers. This hinders their ability to personalize the customer experience and build strong relationships.
• Data Ownership and Usage: Valuable customer data resides within the platform's infrastructure, not under the vendor's control. This restricts the vendor's ability to leverage data insights for marketing, product development, and customer retention strategies.
• Hidden Fees and Profit Erosion: Transaction fees associated with these platforms can accumulate and eat significantly into a vendor's profits, impacting their bottom line.

Solution

Decentralization and Empowerment Arrow seeks to revolutionize this model by offering a decentralized subscription platform built on blockchain technology. This empowers vendors by:

• Facilitating Direct Customer Connections: Arrow fosters a peer-to-peer approach, allowing vendors to interact directly with subscribers and build stronger relationships.
• Data Ownership and Flexibility: Vendors retain ownership of their customer data within the secure blockchain environment. This allows them to leverage data insights to their advantage.
• Reduced Transaction Fees: By leveraging the efficiency of blockchain technology, Arrow aims to minimize transaction fees and maximize vendor profits.

Challenges

• Galadriel Contract Deployment: Encountered issues deploying Galadriel contracts using Hardhat. This could be due to configuration problems, network incompatibility, or bugs in the contracts themselves.

• Shell Protocol Testing: The shell protocol unit tests were failing consistently. This indicates potential errors in the protocol's logic or implementation.

Solutions

• Deployment Workaround: Successfully deployed the Galadriel contracts using Remix as an alternative to Hardhat. While Remix might not be the ideal long-term solution, it demonstrates flexibility and problem-solving skills.

• Debugging Shell Protocols: Debugged and fixed the shell protocol errors, likely involving code revisions and test case adjustments. Focusing on integration despite challenges showcases perseverance and the ability to prioritize.

Improvements

• Technical Specificity: Mention the specific errors encountered during deployment (e.g., "encountered 'revert' error during Galadriel contract migration").
• AI Integration: Briefly mention how the AI is involved in the recurring subscription model. Does it personalize subscription plans, predict customer churn, or optimize pricing?

Getting Started

Running the App Locally

To run the app on your local machine, navigate to the app directory, install the dependencies, and start the development server:

cd app
yarn
yarn dev

Deploying the Contracts

To deploy the contracts, install the dependencies and use the Hardhat deploy command:

yarn
hh deploy --network <NETWORK> --contract <CONTRACT> --save --verify

Replace and with the desired network and contract name, respectively.