Technology

How DUM Club is built.

DUM Club is a local-commerce platform first. Card payments, real merchants, real customers. The technical layer below is for developers, integration partners, and users who want to take their DUM Points balance on-chain. If you came here looking for a local handyman or a mobile detailer, head back to the homepage.

The stack

What it actually runs on.

Frontend
Next.js on Vercel

App Router, React 18, Tailwind, Geist typography. Statically generated where possible, server-rendered for authenticated routes.

Backend
FastAPI on Railway

Python 3.11 with async handlers. All business logic, Stripe webhooks, and DUM Points accounting live here.

Database
Supabase / PostgreSQL

All canonical state — merchants, projects, offers, orders, DUM balances. Row-level security on user data, public read on listings.

Payments
Stripe + Stripe Connect

Card payments via Stripe Checkout. Merchants onboard via Stripe Connect Standard so payouts go directly to their bank, not through DUM Club.

Auth
Privy

Email and Google sign-in. Privy DIDs are the canonical user identifier across the platform. Solana wallets are auto-provisioned but never required for buying.

Live streaming
AWS IVS Real-Time

WebRTC-based live commerce streaming. Currently feature-flagged off (NEXT_PUBLIC_ENABLE_LIVE_STREAMS=false) — dormant infrastructure for future category drops.

On-chain

Solana — for the people who want it.

DUM Points are tracked off-chain in PostgreSQL by default — that's how 99% of users will ever interact with them. Customers earn points at participating merchants, redeem them for discounts at other merchants, never touch a wallet, never pay gas, never think about a blockchain.

For users who want on-chain custody, DUM Points are also issued as an SPL token on Solana. The mint program is deployed on Solana devnet today and will move to mainnet after legal review of the regulatory posture (see disclosures below). Connecting a wallet and claiming earned points to chain is opt-in and lives behind an “Advanced” toggle on the DUM Hub page.

Solana program
NetworkDevnet (mainnet pending legal review)
Token modelSPL Token, mint-on-claim, platform-paid gas (~$0.00025 per mint)
Source of truthOff-chain PostgreSQL. Solana mirrors it; never the master.
Disclosures

What we're still figuring out.

DUM Club is in early access. The cross-merchant rewards loop (earn at merchant A, redeem at merchant B) is the product wedge. The Solana SPL token is a complementary on-chain representation, not the primary value driver.

  • · Purchasing DUM Points with a card is currently disabled pending a written legal review of US money-transmission and prepaid-card regulations. Earning through purchases is unaffected.
  • · The on-chain SPL token operates on Solana devnet. Mainnet deployment is gated on the same legal review.
  • · DUM Points are not an investment. There is no secondary market, no buyback, no expectation of price appreciation. They are a loyalty unit redeemable for discounts at participating merchants. 1 DUM = $0.10 of merchant credit.
  • · The content on this site is for informational purposes only and does not constitute financial, legal, or investment advice.
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