A first booking or catalog flow is often faster than dual native apps because distribution is WeChat. Merchant setup and review still need calendar time.
Category materials, merchant onboarding and content review sit beside engineering. A UI week that ignores those clocks is a fictional go-live.
Login via WeChat, one main job (browse, book or checkout), an operator console and a way to change price or slots without republishing the whole client.
Multi-store stock, stored value, delivery slots, or an ERP reconcile. Subscription commerce and retail-plus-services are real products — they are not a theme install.
If both channels are in plan, share IDs from day one. The mini program can lead. The app calendar still includes stores. Do not serialise two backends.
For a China WeChat transaction, often yes. For offline PDA work or store branding, no — that is an app or a WMS client.
Yes for booking holds or lead forms. If money is the job, merchant setup is on the critical path.
Wrong category, incomplete pay materials, or copy that promises a capability you did not build. Write review as a milestone.
Tell us the first job in WeChat and whether pay is required. We will put build and review on one calendar.