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 "purpose": "To define what a COMPLETE inspection of this product covers, so that a review can state its own scope accurately. It asks nothing about the conclusion. A complete review that finds the product poor is a valid complete review, and a favourable review based on one page is not a complete one.",
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   "required": true
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   "required": true
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   "public": true,
   "required": true
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   "required": true
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   "required": true
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   "id": "page:refunds",
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  {
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   "required": true
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   "required": true
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  {
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   "public": true,
   "required": true
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  {
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   "required": true
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   "required": true
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  {
   "id": "evidence:export",
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   "public": true,
   "required": true
  },
  {
   "id": "evidence:human-time",
   "band": "builder",
   "url": "https://veloci.build/evidence/human-time",
   "public": true,
   "required": true
  },
  {
   "id": "evidence:customers",
   "band": "trust",
   "url": "https://veloci.build/evidence/customers",
   "public": true,
   "required": true
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  {
   "id": "technical:performance",
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   "public": true,
   "required": true,
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  {
   "id": "technical:accessibility",
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   "required": true,
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  {
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   "band": "builder",
   "label": "Style",
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   "public": true,
   "required": true,
   "note": "A stage of the builder, reachable without paying."
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  {
   "id": "builder:h_accent",
   "band": "builder",
   "label": "Colour",
   "url": "https://veloci.build/build/",
   "public": true,
   "required": true,
   "note": "A stage of the builder, reachable without paying."
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  {
   "id": "builder:h_type",
   "band": "builder",
   "label": "Typography",
   "url": "https://veloci.build/build/",
   "public": true,
   "required": true,
   "note": "A stage of the builder, reachable without paying."
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  {
   "id": "builder:h_sections",
   "band": "builder",
   "label": "Sections",
   "url": "https://veloci.build/build/",
   "public": true,
   "required": true,
   "note": "A stage of the builder, reachable without paying."
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  {
   "id": "builder:h_photos",
   "band": "builder",
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   "public": true,
   "required": true,
   "note": "A stage of the builder, reachable without paying."
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  {
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   "band": "builder",
   "label": "Copy & SEO",
   "url": "https://veloci.build/build/",
   "public": true,
   "required": true,
   "note": "A stage of the builder, reachable without paying."
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  {
   "id": "builder:h_about",
   "band": "builder",
   "label": "About",
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   "public": true,
   "required": true,
   "note": "A stage of the builder, reachable without paying."
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  {
   "id": "builder:h_menuhdr",
   "band": "builder",
   "label": "Menu",
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   "public": true,
   "required": true,
   "note": "A stage of the builder, reachable without paying."
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  {
   "id": "builder:h_stats",
   "band": "builder",
   "label": "Stats",
   "url": "https://veloci.build/build/",
   "public": true,
   "required": true,
   "note": "A stage of the builder, reachable without paying."
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  {
   "id": "builder:h_reviews",
   "band": "builder",
   "label": "Reviews",
   "url": "https://veloci.build/build/",
   "public": true,
   "required": true,
   "note": "A stage of the builder, reachable without paying."
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  {
   "id": "builder:h_contact",
   "band": "builder",
   "label": "Contact & map",
   "url": "https://veloci.build/build/",
   "public": true,
   "required": true,
   "note": "A stage of the builder, reachable without paying."
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  {
   "id": "produced-site:laptop",
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   "required": true,
   "note": "The site the builder produces, on a laptop."
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  {
   "id": "produced-site:phone",
   "band": "produced-site",
   "public": true,
   "required": true,
   "note": "The site the builder produces, on a phone."
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  {
   "id": "journey:j-land",
   "band": "public-info",
   "title": "The marketing site",
   "public": false,
   "required": true,
   "note": "From the customer journey board; some stages are reachable only after a purchase."
  },
  {
   "id": "journey:j-partner",
   "band": "public-info",
   "title": "A partner link",
   "public": false,
   "required": true,
   "note": "From the customer journey board; some stages are reachable only after a purchase."
  },
  {
   "id": "journey:j-track",
   "band": "public-info",
   "title": "Knowing they arrived",
   "public": false,
   "required": true,
   "note": "From the customer journey board; some stages are reachable only after a purchase."
  },
  {
   "id": "journey:j-trade",
   "band": "builder",
   "title": "Pick a trade",
   "public": false,
   "required": true,
   "note": "From the customer journey board; some stages are reachable only after a purchase."
  },
  {
   "id": "journey:j-photos",
   "band": "builder",
   "title": "Photos and the email gate",
   "public": false,
   "required": true,
   "note": "From the customer journey board; some stages are reachable only after a purchase."
  },
  {
   "id": "journey:j-edit",
   "band": "builder",
   "title": "Editing it",
   "public": false,
   "required": true,
   "note": "From the customer journey board; some stages are reachable only after a purchase."
  },
  {
   "id": "journey:j-abandon",
   "band": "builder",
   "title": "They leave without paying",
   "public": false,
   "required": true,
   "note": "From the customer journey board; some stages are reachable only after a purchase."
  },
  {
   "id": "journey:j-cart",
   "band": "commercial",
   "title": "Checkout opens",
   "public": false,
   "required": true,
   "note": "From the customer journey board; some stages are reachable only after a purchase."
  },
  {
   "id": "journey:j-tax",
   "band": "commercial",
   "title": "Tax is added",
   "public": false,
   "required": true,
   "note": "From the customer journey board; some stages are reachable only after a purchase."
  },
  {
   "id": "journey:j-market",
   "band": "commercial",
   "title": "Is this market open",
   "public": false,
   "required": true,
   "note": "From the customer journey board; some stages are reachable only after a purchase."
  },
  {
   "id": "journey:j-paid",
   "band": "commercial",
   "title": "Payment succeeds",
   "public": false,
   "required": true,
   "note": "From the customer journey board; some stages are reachable only after a purchase."
  },
  {
   "id": "journey:j-fail",
   "band": "commercial",
   "title": "Payment fails",
   "public": false,
   "required": true,
   "note": "From the customer journey board; some stages are reachable only after a purchase."
  },
  {
   "id": "journey:j-domain",
   "band": "provisioning",
   "title": "Domain registered",
   "public": false,
   "required": true,
   "note": "From the customer journey board; some stages are reachable only after a purchase."
  },
  {
   "id": "journey:j-dns",
   "band": "provisioning",
   "title": "DNS points at us",
   "public": false,
   "required": true,
   "note": "From the customer journey board; some stages are reachable only after a purchase."
  },
  {
   "id": "journey:j-ssl",
   "band": "provisioning",
   "title": "Certificate issued",
   "public": false,
   "required": true,
   "note": "From the customer journey board; some stages are reachable only after a purchase."
  },
  {
   "id": "journey:j-host",
   "band": "provisioning",
   "title": "Hosting switched on",
   "public": false,
   "required": true,
   "note": "From the customer journey board; some stages are reachable only after a purchase."
  },
  {
   "id": "journey:j-mail",
   "band": "provisioning",
   "title": "Mailbox created",
   "public": false,
   "required": true,
   "note": "From the customer journey board; some stages are reachable only after a purchase."
  },
  {
   "id": "journey:j-mx",
   "band": "provisioning",
   "title": "Mail records set",
   "public": false,
   "required": true,
   "note": "From the customer journey board; some stages are reachable only after a purchase."
  },
  {
   "id": "journey:j-mailtest",
   "band": "provisioning",
   "title": "Proving mail works",
   "public": false,
   "required": true,
   "note": "From the customer journey board; some stages are reachable only after a purchase."
  },
  {
   "id": "journey:j-provfail",
   "band": "provisioning",
   "title": "A provisioning step fails",
   "public": false,
   "required": true,
   "note": "From the customer journey board; some stages are reachable only after a purchase."
  },
  {
   "id": "journey:j-float",
   "band": "provisioning",
   "title": "Registrar float runs out",
   "public": false,
   "required": true,
   "note": "From the customer journey board; some stages are reachable only after a purchase."
  },
  {
   "id": "journey:j-publish",
   "band": "provisioning",
   "title": "Site published",
   "public": false,
   "required": true,
   "note": "From the customer journey board; some stages are reachable only after a purchase."
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   "required": true,
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