• Gm Nostr 👋
  • I’ll be discussing these builds:
  • 🧩 Core Functionality of Nostr.Boutique & Cypher.Space
  • 📦 Nsite Repos & Naming Conventions
    • 1) Storefront (Frontend / Theme)
    • 2) Merchant Portal (Backend / Management Client)
  • 🎨 Storefront Details
  • 🌐 Nsites
  • 🔌 Interoperability
  • ⚠️ Important Note on Nsite Clones
    • ✅ Easiest Method to Clone
  • 🏆 Holy Grail List
    • 💳 Fiat Integration
    • 🌍 DNS (aka the OG shitcoin 🧐)
    • 🔁 Nostr Version Control
    • 🏷️ Auctions ✅
  • 🤝 How Can You Help?

§Gm Nostr 👋

It’s been a while since I’ve written anything here, but since Nostr Boutique has reached what I consider a first stepping stone, some documentation is probably in order.

A couple of weeks ago, I set myself a challenge on the Open Markets podcast with @EricFJ to see how long it would take to vibecode a minimal Nostr-based decentralized shop that could be deployed and cloned on Nostr.

This wasn’t my first rodeo with the concept, but it ended up taking about a day to build and another day to clean up the UX and design.

§I’ll be discussing these builds:

• Nostr.Boutique: https://nostr.boutique
• Cypher.Space (Clone): https://cypher.space
• Nsite.boutique (Gateway)

§🧩 Core Functionality of Nostr.Boutique & Cypher.Space

• Landing page for a double Nsite deployment:
  • 🏪 Storefront
  • 🛠️ Merchant Portal

https://github.com/OpenMarketsFoundation/Nostr-Boutique

§📦 Nsite Repos & Naming Conventions

§1) Storefront (Frontend / Theme)

• The theme or “frontend” is called Storefront

https://github.com/OpenMarketsFoundation/Store-Front-Nsite

§2) Merchant Portal (Backend / Management Client)

• The publishing/management client or “backend” is called Merchant Portal

https://github.com/OpenMarketsFoundation/Merchant-Portal-Nsite

§🎨 Storefront Details

• Follows the Gamma Market spec
  https://github.com/gammamarkets

• Uses Ditto themes layered on top of default black-and-white styling

• The Merchant Portal is accessible via redirect:
  npub*nsite.boutique/portal

§🌐 Nsites

(I’ve been slowly updating general info here: https://nsite.info 🫡)

• The Storefront is deployed as the root Nsite
• The Merchant Portal is deployed as a named Nsite
• It acts as the main access point to the Merchant Portal

It’s a bit more human-friendly—he said sarcastically—but trust me, it’s slightly worse under the hood 😅

§🔌 Interoperability

The Merchant Portal should work with:

• https://plebeian.market
• https://shopstr.store
• https://conduit.market

§⚠️ Important Note on Nsite Clones

• Clones do not auto-update
• To get the latest Boutique version, re-clone the Storefront or Merchant Portal

§✅ Easiest Method to Clone

• Go to the homepage
• Click “I already have a key”
• Sign in with a browser extension (for now)

§🏆 Holy Grail List

Things people can aim for in the decentralized commerce space:

§💳 Fiat Integration

Take off your Bitcoin hat 🎩 for a second and put on another Nostr hat 👒 (on top of your existing one 🧢).

Businesses may require fiat rails—these are typically KYC endpoints—but if they provide headless integrations, fiat rails become fairly easy to plug in.

§🌍 DNS (aka the OG shitcoin 🧐)

• Ideally: host the repo locally and attach your own domain
• Optional: support NIP-05 subdomain resolving
• The operator should perform proper domain mapping to your Nsite (not URL forwarding hacks)

§🔁 Nostr Version Control

• Use Nostr as the source of inventory and broadcast listings to traditional marketplaces
• The Merchant Portal currently includes built-in version control for updating the panel

§🏷️ Auctions ✅

• Thanks to:

@Schlaus Kwab

@Gzuuus

@a3um…mdj6

§🤝 How Can You Help?

• Deploy your own Storefront

• Post listings on:

  • https://plebeian.market
  • https://shopstr.store
  • https://conduit.market

• Create your own themes

  • Clone / Fork / Star / Contribute ⭐

• There’s also a primitive agent skill that can build or clone the template to get you started:

https://github.com/OpenMarketsFoundation/Agent-Skill