diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 160b154..8510a91 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,10 +5,11 @@ pre-launch plan and the technical design doc (`bookstore-core` schema,
 interfaces, order state machine — the design doc is the source of truth for
 *why* this repo is laid out the way it is).
 
-This week's scope (Week 1 of the 5-week plan): environments, deploy
-pipeline, and the WooCommerce/HPOS plugin scaffold. Catalog schema, pricing,
-supplier adapters, and the order state machine are Week 2+ and live under
-`wp-content/plugins/bookstore-core/includes/`, currently empty.
+Weeks 1–2 of the 5-week plan are done: environments, deploy pipeline, the
+WooCommerce/HPOS plugin scaffold, catalog schema, Gutenberg importer,
+pricing engine, and membership shipping all live under
+`wp-content/plugins/bookstore-core/includes/`. Checkout, the order state
+machine, and live supplier integrations are Week 3+.
 
 ## Layout
 
@@ -97,6 +98,31 @@ After that, the starter site's content and Customizer settings persist in
 the database like any other WordPress content — a redeploy or a fresh
 `deploy.sh` run doesn't touch it or need to repeat it.
 
+### Payments: Helcim
+
+`deploy.sh` installs and activates the free, wordpress.org-hosted **Helcim
+for WooCommerce** plugin (`helcim-commerce-for-woocommerce`) automatically
+in every environment — nothing to do here for that part.
+
+The plugin needs a Helcim **sandbox API token**, which isn't something a
+public API can hand out, so it's a one-time manual step per environment:
+
+1. Sign up for a free Helcim account.
+2. Helcim dashboard → **Integrations → API Configuration** → create an API
+   token.
+3. Put it in `HELCIM_API_TOKEN` in `.env.<environment>`, then re-run
+   `make deploy ENV=<environment>`.
+
+`deploy.sh` writes the token to a gitignored secrets file the same way it
+already does for `HARDCOVER_API_TOKEN` (see `secrets/<env>/` above), and
+`Payments\HelcimConfig::ensure_configured_from_env()` seeds the gateway's
+WooCommerce settings (sandbox mode, disabled by default — a human still
+enables it at checkout once ready) the first time it finds a token. Until a
+token exists, the plugin is installed and inert; nothing else in this repo
+is blocked on it. Go-live (switching the gateway from sandbox to Helcim's
+live environment) is a deliberate manual step on the settings screen, not
+something this repo automates.
+
 ## Deploy pipeline
 
 The Git server (Gitea) and the staging/production Docker hosts are separate
@@ -140,10 +166,58 @@ run a real restore drill:
 `restore.sh` only ever targets staging — there's no production argument, so
 a restore drill can't accidentally overwrite the live site.
 
+## Catalog pipeline (Week 2)
+
+Staging data is built with `wp bookstore` sub-commands (see `wp bookstore
+help` for full options):
+
+```
+wp bookstore import-gutenberg --limit=10000   # Work/Edition/ISBN rows from the real PG catalog feed
+wp bookstore generate-offers                  # synthetic SupplierOffer rows: stock, condition, price
+wp bookstore sync-products                    # one WooCommerce product per Work
+wp bookstore sync-covers --limit=20           # optional: real cover art via Open Library
+wp bookstore sync-hardcover-tags --limit=20   # optional: genre/mood/content-warning tags
+```
+
+`import-gutenberg --limit` counts only *new* titles per run, so re-running
+with a bigger `--limit` continues forward instead of rescanning. Pricing
+(25% target margin) and the $25/$15 free-member shipping thresholds are in
+`includes/Pricing/PricingEngine.php` and
+`includes/Shipping/BSC_Free_Shipping.php`.
+
+## Checkout + order engine (Week 3)
+
+Helcim's WooCommerce plugin is installed (see "Payments: Helcim" above),
+paired with a synchronous pre-charge supplier/margin recheck and a
+fraud-check hook — both run right before the payment gateway is called
+(`Order\CheckoutRecheck`), never after. A passing order moves through a
+custom status sequence beyond WooCommerce's own pending/processing/
+completed: `bsc-ordered` (submitted to the supplier via Action
+Scheduler, `Order\SupplierOrderJob`) → `bsc-shipped` → `completed`. Any
+failure at any stage — no sellable offer, margin no longer holds, fraud
+check fails, or the supplier submission itself fails after charging — lands
+the order in `bsc-exception` ("Needs Review"), which is the review queue:
+just a filterable WooCommerce order status, not a separate table. A
+post-charge failure also triggers an automatic refund
+(`wc_create_refund(..., refund_payment: true)`), per the design doc's
+Appendix B decision that an undo is always a refund, never a void.
+
+`wp bookstore force-offer-status <isbn13> <active|stale|discontinued>` (see
+`wp bookstore help`) forces a specific ISBN's synthetic offer into a
+specific state — `SyntheticOfferGenerator`'s rolls are random, so this is
+how to reliably exercise the recheck's failure paths (price-increase,
+out-of-stock, discontinued-after-charge) in a real checkout.
+
+Real BooksRun/Ingram supplier adapters are still Week 4 — `SupplierOrderJob`
+runs against the synthetic `gutenberg_test` supplier for now, deliberately
+built through the same Action Scheduler/locking path Week 4's real
+integration will reuse rather than restructure.
+
 ## What's deliberately not here yet
 
-- Catalog tables, pricing engine, supplier adapters, order state machine —
-  Week 2–4, see the design doc.
+- Live BooksRun/Ingram supplier adapters — Week 4, see the design doc.
+- Automated tests for the pricing/shipping-threshold/checkout-recheck
+  logic — called for by the design doc's launch gates, not yet written.
 - A real TLS-terminating public domain — Caddy will auto-provision certs
   once `SITE_DOMAIN` points at a real host with 80/443 reachable; until
   then `docker-compose.dev.yml` is the only one that works from
diff --git a/deploy/deploy.sh b/deploy/deploy.sh
index 975d14d..f8f7082 100755
--- a/deploy/deploy.sh
+++ b/deploy/deploy.sh
@@ -67,12 +67,20 @@ printf '%s' "$DB_ROOT_PASSWORD_VALUE" > "$SECRETS_DIR/db_root_password"
 # exact bug ENVIRONMENT-unset guards elsewhere in this file exist to prevent).
 HARDCOVER_API_TOKEN_VALUE="$(env_get "$ENV_FILE" HARDCOVER_API_TOKEN)"
 printf '%s' "$HARDCOVER_API_TOKEN_VALUE" > "$SECRETS_DIR/hardcover_api_token"
+# Same reasoning/pattern as Hardcover above — optional, written unconditionally.
+# Payments\HelcimConfig::is_configured() is false (and the gateway stays
+# unconfigured) until a real sandbox token lands in HELCIM_API_TOKEN.
+HELCIM_API_TOKEN_VALUE="$(env_get "$ENV_FILE" HELCIM_API_TOKEN)"
+printf '%s' "$HELCIM_API_TOKEN_VALUE" > "$SECRETS_DIR/helcim_api_token"
+if [[ -z "$HELCIM_API_TOKEN_VALUE" ]]; then
+  echo "    (HELCIM_API_TOKEN not set in ${ENV_FILE} — Helcim gateway will install but stay unconfigured)"
+fi
 # 644, not 600: the db/wordpress/cron containers read this as their own
 # (non-host-matching) container UID, e.g. www-data — chmod 600 made it
 # unreadable to them. The containing directory (700, above) is what
 # actually keeps other host users out; these just need to be world-readable
 # within that already-restricted directory.
-chmod 644 "$SECRETS_DIR/db_password" "$SECRETS_DIR/db_root_password" "$SECRETS_DIR/hardcover_api_token"
+chmod 644 "$SECRETS_DIR/db_password" "$SECRETS_DIR/db_root_password" "$SECRETS_DIR/hardcover_api_token" "$SECRETS_DIR/helcim_api_token"
 
 echo "==> building and starting ${ENVIRONMENT}"
 $COMPOSE up -d --build
@@ -104,7 +112,7 @@ echo "==> installing/activating theme (Blocksy — free; Book Store starter site
 $WP theme install blocksy --activate
 
 echo "==> installing/activating required plugins"
-$WP plugin install woocommerce redis-cache blocksy-companion --activate
+$WP plugin install woocommerce redis-cache blocksy-companion helcim-commerce-for-woocommerce --activate
 $WP plugin activate bookstore-core
 $WP redis enable || true
 
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 65e62ab..a294175 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@
 # bind mount never touches the file's content, only its path, so it's
 # immune to this entirely.
 #
-# The remaining supplier/payment keys below are still passed the old ${VAR}
-# way and remain exposed to the same class of bug — nothing consumes them
-# yet (bookstore-core is still a stub for those), so when that code is
-# written it should read `_FILE` variants the same way HARDCOVER_API_TOKEN
-# now does below.
+# The remaining supplier keys below are still passed the old ${VAR} way and
+# remain exposed to the same class of bug — nothing consumes them yet
+# (bookstore-core is still a stub for those), so when that code is written
+# it should read `_FILE` variants the same way HARDCOVER_API_TOKEN and (as
+# of Week 3) HELCIM_API_TOKEN now do below.
 x-bookstore-env: &bookstore-env
   WORDPRESS_DB_HOST: db
   WORDPRESS_DB_NAME: ${DB_NAME}
@@ -45,10 +45,10 @@ x-bookstore-env: &bookstore-env
   BOOKSRUN_API_KEY: ${BOOKSRUN_API_KEY:-}
   INGRAM_API_KEY: ${INGRAM_API_KEY:-}
   INGRAM_ACCOUNT_ID: ${INGRAM_ACCOUNT_ID:-}
-  HELCIM_API_TOKEN: ${HELCIM_API_TOKEN:-}
   HELCIM_ACCOUNT_ID: ${HELCIM_ACCOUNT_ID:-}
   MAILERLITE_API_KEY: ${MAILERLITE_API_KEY:-}
   HARDCOVER_API_TOKEN_FILE: /run/secrets/hardcover_api_token
+  HELCIM_API_TOKEN_FILE: /run/secrets/helcim_api_token
 
 services:
   db:
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ services:
       - ./wp-content/mu-plugins:/var/www/html/wp-content/mu-plugins
       - ./secrets/${ENVIRONMENT:?ENVIRONMENT must be set}/db_password:/run/secrets/db_password:ro
       - ./secrets/${ENVIRONMENT:?ENVIRONMENT must be set}/hardcover_api_token:/run/secrets/hardcover_api_token:ro
+      - ./secrets/${ENVIRONMENT:?ENVIRONMENT must be set}/helcim_api_token:/run/secrets/helcim_api_token:ro
     healthcheck:
       # No HTTP endpoint to hit directly — php-fpm speaks FastCGI on 9000,
       # not HTTP, and this image has no `nc`. bash's /dev/tcp redirection
@@ -152,6 +153,7 @@ services:
       - ./docker/cron/entrypoint.sh:/usr/local/bin/cron-entrypoint.sh:ro
       - ./secrets/${ENVIRONMENT:?ENVIRONMENT must be set}/db_password:/run/secrets/db_password:ro
       - ./secrets/${ENVIRONMENT:?ENVIRONMENT must be set}/hardcover_api_token:/run/secrets/hardcover_api_token:ro
+      - ./secrets/${ENVIRONMENT:?ENVIRONMENT must be set}/helcim_api_token:/run/secrets/helcim_api_token:ro
 
 volumes:
   db_data:
diff --git a/wp-content/plugins/bookstore-core/bookstore-core.php b/wp-content/plugins/bookstore-core/bookstore-core.php
index 3f7fc7e..7e72c96 100644
--- a/wp-content/plugins/bookstore-core/bookstore-core.php
+++ b/wp-content/plugins/bookstore-core/bookstore-core.php
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ defined('ABSPATH') || exit;
 define('BSC_PLUGIN_FILE', __FILE__);
 define('BSC_PLUGIN_DIR', plugin_dir_path(__FILE__));
 define('BSC_VERSION', '0.2.0');
-define('BSC_SCHEMA_VERSION', '1');
+define('BSC_SCHEMA_VERSION', '2');
 
 spl_autoload_register(function (string $class) {
     $prefix = 'Bookstore\\Core\\';
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ register_activation_hook(__FILE__, function () {
 
 add_action('plugins_loaded', function () {
     \Bookstore\Core\Schema::maybe_upgrade();
+    \Bookstore\Core\Payments\HelcimConfig::ensure_configured_from_env();
 });
 
 add_filter('woocommerce_shipping_methods', function (array $methods) {
@@ -64,6 +65,25 @@ add_action('init', function () {
 
 \Bookstore\Core\Taxonomy\TagDisplay::register();
 
+// Week 3: checkout + order engine (design doc §04/Appendix B).
+\Bookstore\Core\Order\OrderStatuses::register();
+\Bookstore\Core\Order\CheckoutRecheck::register();
+\Bookstore\Core\Order\SupplierOrderJob::register();
+
+add_filter('woocommerce_email_classes', function (array $emails) {
+    $emails['BSC_Exception_Review_Email'] = new \Bookstore\Core\Email\ExceptionReviewEmail();
+    $emails['BSC_Shipped_Email'] = new \Bookstore\Core\Email\ShippedEmail();
+    return $emails;
+});
+
+// Appendix B: "the store loses only the processing fee" — recorded
+// against the order-audit ledger for every refund, whether triggered by
+// an admin's manual refund click or SupplierOrderJob's automatic
+// post-charge-failure refund.
+add_action('woocommerce_order_refunded', function (int $order_id, int $refund_id) {
+    \Bookstore\Core\Order\AuditTrail::record_refund($order_id);
+}, 10, 2);
+
 if (defined('WP_CLI') && WP_CLI) {
     \WP_CLI::add_command('bookstore', \Bookstore\Core\Cli\Commands::class);
 }
diff --git a/wp-content/plugins/bookstore-core/includes/Cli/Commands.php b/wp-content/plugins/bookstore-core/includes/Cli/Commands.php
index af0cd44..3ce767d 100644
--- a/wp-content/plugins/bookstore-core/includes/Cli/Commands.php
+++ b/wp-content/plugins/bookstore-core/includes/Cli/Commands.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 namespace Bookstore\Core\Cli;
 
 use Bookstore\Core\Catalog\Isbn;
+use Bookstore\Core\Catalog\SupplierOffer;
 use Bookstore\Core\Catalog\Work;
 use Bookstore\Core\Import\GutenbergImporter;
 use Bookstore\Core\Import\SyntheticOfferGenerator;
@@ -118,6 +119,70 @@ class Commands
         ));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Forces a specific ISBN's supplier offer into an explicit state, for
+     * reproducible checkout-recheck testing. SyntheticOfferGenerator's
+     * status/stock rolls are random (Week 2), so there's otherwise no way
+     * to reliably force one ISBN into e.g. "just went out of stock" for a
+     * Week 3 checkout test.
+     *
+     * ## OPTIONS
+     *
+     * <isbn13>
+     * : ISBN-13 to force.
+     *
+     * <status>
+     * : One of: active, stale, discontinued.
+     *
+     * [--stock=<number>]
+     * : Stock quantity (default: 10 for active, 0 for stale/discontinued).
+     *
+     * [--base-price=<number>]
+     * : Supplier base price (default 5.00).
+     *
+     * [--supplier-ship=<number>]
+     * : Supplier shipping cost (default 2.00).
+     *
+     * ## EXAMPLES
+     *
+     *     wp bookstore force-offer-status 9781234567890 active --base-price=99.00
+     *     wp bookstore force-offer-status 9781234567890 discontinued
+     *
+     * @subcommand force-offer-status
+     */
+    public function force_offer_status($args, $assoc_args)
+    {
+        [$isbn13, $status] = $args;
+        if (!in_array($status, ['active', 'stale', 'discontinued'], true)) {
+            \WP_CLI::error('status must be one of: active, stale, discontinued');
+        }
+
+        $stock = isset($assoc_args['stock']) ? (int) $assoc_args['stock'] : ($status === 'active' ? 10 : 0);
+        $base_price = (float) ($assoc_args['base-price'] ?? 5.00);
+        $supplier_ship = (float) ($assoc_args['supplier-ship'] ?? 2.00);
+
+        SupplierOffer::delete_for_isbn($isbn13);
+        SupplierOffer::insert(
+            $isbn13,
+            'gutenberg_test',
+            'good',
+            $stock,
+            $base_price,
+            $supplier_ship,
+            $status,
+            gmdate('Y-m-d H:i:s', time() + 7 * DAY_IN_SECONDS)
+        );
+
+        \WP_CLI::success(sprintf(
+            'Forced offer for %s: status=%s, stock=%d, base_price=%.2f, supplier_ship=%.2f.',
+            $isbn13,
+            $status,
+            $stock,
+            $base_price,
+            $supplier_ship
+        ));
+    }
+
     /**
      * Syncs genre/mood/content-warning/freeform tags from Hardcover onto
      * each Work's product (design doc-adjacent: AO3-style tag browsing).
diff --git a/wp-content/plugins/bookstore-core/includes/Email/ExceptionReviewEmail.php b/wp-content/plugins/bookstore-core/includes/Email/ExceptionReviewEmail.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c47861d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wp-content/plugins/bookstore-core/includes/Email/ExceptionReviewEmail.php
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Bookstore\Core\Email;
+
+defined('ABSPATH') || exit;
+
+/**
+ * Admin-facing: fires whenever an order transitions into the exception
+ * queue (Order\OrderStatuses::EXCEPTION) for any reason — supplier
+ * recheck, margin recheck, fraud check, or post-charge supplier failure.
+ * Customer-facing failure is already communicated at checkout (an on-page
+ * notice) or via WooCommerce's stock refund email; this is purely the
+ * "someone needs to look at this" signal to the store operator.
+ */
+class ExceptionReviewEmail extends \WC_Email
+{
+    public function __construct()
+    {
+        $this->id = 'bsc_exception_review';
+        $this->title = 'Order Needs Review';
+        $this->description = 'Sent to the store admin whenever an order is routed into the exception/review queue.';
+        $this->customer_email = false;
+        $this->heading = 'Order Needs Review';
+        $this->subject = '[{site_title}] Order #{order_number} needs review';
+        $this->template_html = 'emails/bsc-exception-review-html.php';
+        $this->template_plain = 'emails/bsc-exception-review-plain.php';
+        $this->template_base = BSC_PLUGIN_DIR . 'templates/';
+
+        add_action('woocommerce_order_status_' . \Bookstore\Core\Order\OrderStatuses::EXCEPTION, [$this, 'trigger'], 10, 2);
+
+        parent::__construct();
+        $this->recipient = $this->get_option('recipient', get_option('admin_email'));
+    }
+
+    public function trigger($order_id, $order = null): void
+    {
+        $this->setup_locale();
+
+        if ($order_id && !$order instanceof \WC_Order) {
+            $order = wc_get_order($order_id);
+        }
+        if ($order instanceof \WC_Order) {
+            $this->object = $order;
+            $this->recipient = $this->get_option('recipient', get_option('admin_email'));
+            $this->placeholders['{order_number}'] = $this->object->get_order_number();
+        }
+
+        if ($this->is_enabled() && $this->get_recipient()) {
+            $this->send($this->get_recipient(), $this->get_subject(), $this->get_content(), $this->get_headers(), $this->get_attachments());
+        }
+
+        $this->restore_locale();
+    }
+
+    public function get_content_html()
+    {
+        return wc_get_template_html($this->template_html, [
+            'order' => $this->object,
+            'email_heading' => $this->get_heading(),
+            'additional_content' => $this->get_additional_content(),
+            'sent_to_admin' => true,
+            'plain_text' => false,
+            'email' => $this,
+        ], '', $this->template_base);
+    }
+
+    public function get_content_plain()
+    {
+        return wc_get_template_html($this->template_plain, [
+            'order' => $this->object,
+            'email_heading' => $this->get_heading(),
+            'additional_content' => $this->get_additional_content(),
+            'sent_to_admin' => true,
+            'plain_text' => true,
+            'email' => $this,
+        ], '', $this->template_base);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/wp-content/plugins/bookstore-core/includes/Email/ShippedEmail.php b/wp-content/plugins/bookstore-core/includes/Email/ShippedEmail.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7f56247
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wp-content/plugins/bookstore-core/includes/Email/ShippedEmail.php
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Bookstore\Core\Email;
+
+defined('ABSPATH') || exit;
+
+/**
+ * Customer-facing: fires on transition into Order\OrderStatuses::SHIPPED.
+ * A real, separate email rather than reusing WooCommerce's stock
+ * "Completed order" email — the state machine (design doc §04) treats
+ * Shipped and Complete as two distinct, meaningfully different moments
+ * for the customer, and WooCommerce's own Completed email already covers
+ * the Complete step.
+ */
+class ShippedEmail extends \WC_Email
+{
+    public function __construct()
+    {
+        $this->id = 'bsc_shipped';
+        $this->title = 'Order Shipped';
+        $this->description = 'Sent to the customer once their order is marked Shipped.';
+        $this->customer_email = true;
+        $this->heading = 'Your order has shipped!';
+        $this->subject = 'Your {site_title} order #{order_number} has shipped';
+        $this->template_html = 'emails/bsc-shipped-html.php';
+        $this->template_plain = 'emails/bsc-shipped-plain.php';
+        $this->template_base = BSC_PLUGIN_DIR . 'templates/';
+
+        add_action('woocommerce_order_status_' . \Bookstore\Core\Order\OrderStatuses::SHIPPED, [$this, 'trigger'], 10, 2);
+
+        parent::__construct();
+    }
+
+    public function trigger($order_id, $order = null): void
+    {
+        $this->setup_locale();
+
+        if ($order_id && !$order instanceof \WC_Order) {
+            $order = wc_get_order($order_id);
+        }
+        if ($order instanceof \WC_Order) {
+            $this->object = $order;
+            $this->recipient = $this->object->get_billing_email();
+            $this->placeholders['{order_number}'] = $this->object->get_order_number();
+        }
+
+        if ($this->is_enabled() && $this->get_recipient()) {
+            $this->send($this->get_recipient(), $this->get_subject(), $this->get_content(), $this->get_headers(), $this->get_attachments());
+        }
+
+        $this->restore_locale();
+    }
+
+    public function get_content_html()
+    {
+        return wc_get_template_html($this->template_html, [
+            'order' => $this->object,
+            'email_heading' => $this->get_heading(),
+            'additional_content' => $this->get_additional_content(),
+            'sent_to_admin' => false,
+            'plain_text' => false,
+            'email' => $this,
+        ], '', $this->template_base);
+    }
+
+    public function get_content_plain()
+    {
+        return wc_get_template_html($this->template_plain, [
+            'order' => $this->object,
+            'email_heading' => $this->get_heading(),
+            'additional_content' => $this->get_additional_content(),
+            'sent_to_admin' => false,
+            'plain_text' => true,
+            'email' => $this,
+        ], '', $this->template_base);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/wp-content/plugins/bookstore-core/includes/Order/AuditTrail.php b/wp-content/plugins/bookstore-core/includes/Order/AuditTrail.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b39e84c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wp-content/plugins/bookstore-core/includes/Order/AuditTrail.php
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Bookstore\Core\Order;
+
+defined('ABSPATH') || exit;
+
+/**
+ * bsc_order_audit: one row per order line, written once at checkout
+ * (CheckoutRecheck::finalize_order()) and updated once on refund
+ * (record_refund()). Style mirrors Catalog\SupplierOffer exactly.
+ */
+class AuditTrail
+{
+    public static function table(): string
+    {
+        global $wpdb;
+        return $wpdb->prefix . 'bsc_order_audit';
+    }
+
+    public static function insert(
+        int $order_id,
+        ?int $order_item_id,
+        int $work_id,
+        int $offer_id,
+        string $supplier_code,
+        float $supplier_cost,
+        float $supplier_shipping,
+        float $processor_cost_expected,
+        float $selling_price,
+        float $expected_contribution
+    ): int {
+        global $wpdb;
+        $result = $wpdb->insert(self::table(), [
+            'order_id' => $order_id,
+            'order_item_id' => $order_item_id,
+            'work_id' => $work_id,
+            'offer_id' => $offer_id,
+            'supplier_code' => $supplier_code,
+            'supplier_cost' => $supplier_cost,
+            'supplier_shipping' => $supplier_shipping,
+            'processor_cost_expected' => $processor_cost_expected,
+            'selling_price' => $selling_price,
+            'expected_contribution' => $expected_contribution,
+            'created_at' => current_time('mysql', true),
+        ]);
+        if ($result === false) {
+            throw new \RuntimeException('bsc_order_audit insert failed: ' . $wpdb->last_error . " (order_id: {$order_id})");
+        }
+        return (int) $wpdb->insert_id;
+    }
+
+    /** @return object[] */
+    public static function for_order(int $order_id): array
+    {
+        global $wpdb;
+        return $wpdb->get_results($wpdb->prepare(
+            "SELECT * FROM " . self::table() . " WHERE order_id = %d",
+            $order_id
+        ));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * A full refund (Appendix B: "the store loses only the processing
+     * fee") recovers nothing else — record that as the only real loss
+     * against the expectation this row already captured at checkout time.
+     */
+    public static function record_refund(int $order_id): void
+    {
+        global $wpdb;
+        $wpdb->query($wpdb->prepare(
+            "UPDATE " . self::table() . "
+             SET processor_cost_actual = processor_cost_expected,
+                 actual_contribution = -processor_cost_expected
+             WHERE order_id = %d",
+            $order_id
+        ));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/wp-content/plugins/bookstore-core/includes/Order/CheckoutRecheck.php b/wp-content/plugins/bookstore-core/includes/Order/CheckoutRecheck.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..af046e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wp-content/plugins/bookstore-core/includes/Order/CheckoutRecheck.php
@@ -0,0 +1,244 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Bookstore\Core\Order;
+
+use Bookstore\Core\Payments\FraudCheck;
+use Bookstore\Core\Pricing\PricingEngine;
+
+defined('ABSPATH') || exit;
+
+/**
+ * Appendix B: "Supplier stock, price, and margin are rechecked live,
+ * synchronously, immediately before the customer's card is charged."
+ *
+ * Two checkout implementations, two different hook sets — confirmed by
+ * reading wp-content/plugins/woocommerce/src/StoreApi/Routes/V1/Checkout.php
+ * directly, not assumed:
+ *
+ * - Classic [woocommerce_checkout] shortcode: woocommerce_after_checkout_
+ *   validation fires before any order row exists (a failure there blocks
+ *   checkout with zero DB residue); woocommerce_checkout_order_processed
+ *   fires after the order exists but before process_payment().
+ * - WooCommerce Blocks / Store API (what this site's storefront actually
+ *   uses — verified live, the shop only serves Cart/Checkout blocks, no
+ *   shortcode checkout page exists): a draft order already exists by the
+ *   time the customer reaches checkout, so there's no "before any order
+ *   row exists" phase at all. The one relevant hook is
+ *   woocommerce_checkout_validate_order_before_payment ($order,
+ *   \WP_Error $validation_errors), fired immediately before
+ *   process_payment() — adding an error there throws a RouteException
+ *   that aborts checkout before any charge is attempted.
+ *
+ * Both are wired below so the recheck runs regardless of which checkout
+ * implementation is actually rendering the page; run_checks() holds the
+ * one real implementation shared by both.
+ */
+class CheckoutRecheck
+{
+    /**
+     * Design doc §05: "A small price cushion is acceptable, but stale
+     * supplier cost must never be trusted as final." A judgment call on
+     * the actual cushion amount — not specified in the plan — chosen as a
+     * flat $0.50 rather than a percentage so a cheap paperback and an
+     * expensive hardcover aren't held to wildly different tolerances.
+     */
+    private const PRICE_CUSHION = 0.50;
+
+    public static function register(): void
+    {
+        add_action('woocommerce_after_checkout_validation', [self::class, 'validate_cart'], 10, 2);
+        add_action('woocommerce_checkout_order_processed', [self::class, 'finalize_order'], 10, 3);
+        add_action('woocommerce_checkout_validate_order_before_payment', [self::class, 'validate_order_before_payment'], 10, 2);
+    }
+
+    /** Classic checkout only — cart-level pass, before any order exists. */
+    public static function validate_cart(array $data, \WP_Error $errors): void
+    {
+        if (!WC()->cart || WC()->cart->is_empty()) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (!self::acquire_lock()) {
+            $errors->add(
+                'bsc-recheck-lock',
+                'Your previous checkout attempt for this cart is still processing — please wait a moment and try again.'
+            );
+            return;
+        }
+
+        $failed = false;
+        foreach (WC()->cart->get_cart() as $cart_item) {
+            $work_id = PriceRecheck::work_id_for_product((int) $cart_item['product_id']);
+            if (!$work_id) {
+                continue; // not a bookstore-core-managed product — nothing to recheck
+            }
+
+            $recheck = PriceRecheck::recheck_for_work($work_id);
+            $quoted = (float) $cart_item['data']->get_price();
+
+            if (!$recheck || $recheck->price > $quoted + self::PRICE_CUSHION) {
+                $errors->add(
+                    'bsc-recheck',
+                    sprintf(
+                        'Sorry, "%s" is no longer available at its listed price. Please refresh your cart and try again.',
+                        $cart_item['data']->get_name()
+                    )
+                );
+                $failed = true;
+            }
+        }
+
+        if ($failed) {
+            // finalize_order() will never fire for this request — this hook
+            // is the only place that can release the lock.
+            self::release_lock();
+        }
+        // On success the lock is deliberately left held: finalize_order()
+        // (the next hook in the same request, classic flow only) releases
+        // it in a finally block, whether it passes or throws.
+    }
+
+    /** Classic checkout only — order exists, runs right before payment. */
+    public static function finalize_order(int $order_id, array $posted_data, \WC_Order $order): void
+    {
+        try {
+            $failure = self::run_checks($order);
+            if ($failure !== null) {
+                throw new \Exception($failure);
+            }
+        } finally {
+            self::release_lock();
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * WooCommerce Blocks / Store API checkout — the path this site's real
+     * storefront actually runs. Self-contained: acquires and releases its
+     * own lock in one call, since Blocks checkout has no earlier hook to
+     * split the lock across the way the classic pair above does.
+     *
+     * KNOWN LIMITATION, confirmed by firing two genuinely concurrent
+     * checkout POSTs at the same session in testing: Store API creates an
+     * independent draft order per request rather than one shared draft
+     * order per cart, so two overlapping submissions can each pass this
+     * hook on their OWN order object and both go on to charge — this lock
+     * only serializes the recheck itself (so two requests can't both read
+     * a fresh-but-about-to-be-stale offer at the same instant), it does
+     * NOT collapse two overlapping submissions of the same cart into one
+     * order. Closing that fully would need a client-supplied idempotency
+     * key checked at order-creation time (the standard fix for this class
+     * of problem), which touches the checkout block's frontend — out of
+     * scope here. What this DOES fully solve, proven directly: duplicate
+     * *supplier-submission* execution (SupplierOrderJob's own meta+lock
+     * guards — see that class), which is what the design doc's "duplicate
+     * webhook/job... do not double-order" requirement is actually about.
+     */
+    public static function validate_order_before_payment(\WC_Order $order, \WP_Error $validation_errors): void
+    {
+        if (!self::acquire_lock()) {
+            $validation_errors->add(
+                'bsc-recheck-lock',
+                'Your previous checkout attempt for this cart is still processing — please wait a moment and try again.'
+            );
+            return;
+        }
+
+        try {
+            $failure = self::run_checks($order);
+            if ($failure !== null) {
+                $validation_errors->add('bsc-recheck', $failure);
+            }
+        } finally {
+            self::release_lock();
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Shared by both checkout implementations. Returns null on success
+     * (audit rows already written, fraud check already logged) or a
+     * customer-facing failure message (order already routed to the
+     * exception status) on failure. Audit rows are only ever inserted
+     * after every item AND the fraud check have passed — never partially,
+     * which matters because a failed attempt can be resubmitted against
+     * the same draft order under Blocks checkout.
+     */
+    private static function run_checks(\WC_Order $order): ?string
+    {
+        $pending_audit_rows = [];
+
+        foreach ($order->get_items() as $item) {
+            $work_id = PriceRecheck::work_id_for_product($item->get_product_id());
+            if (!$work_id) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            $recheck = PriceRecheck::recheck_for_work($work_id);
+            $quantity = max(1, $item->get_quantity());
+            $quoted_unit = (float) $item->get_total() / $quantity;
+
+            if (!$recheck || $recheck->price > $quoted_unit + self::PRICE_CUSHION) {
+                self::route_to_exception($order, sprintf(
+                    'Supplier/margin recheck failed for "%s" at order-finalize (was quoted $%.2f, fresh price $%.2f).',
+                    $item->get_name(),
+                    $quoted_unit,
+                    $recheck->price ?? 0.0
+                ));
+                return 'Sorry, part of your order is no longer available at its listed price. You have not been charged — please try again.';
+            }
+
+            $offer = $recheck->offer;
+            $selling_price = (float) $item->get_total();
+            $supplier_cost = (float) $offer->base_price * $quantity;
+            $supplier_shipping = (float) $offer->supplier_ship * $quantity;
+            $processor_cost_expected = PricingEngine::estimate_processing_cost($selling_price);
+
+            $pending_audit_rows[] = [
+                $order->get_id(),
+                $item->get_id(),
+                $work_id,
+                (int) $offer->offer_id,
+                (string) $offer->supplier_code,
+                $supplier_cost,
+                $supplier_shipping,
+                $processor_cost_expected,
+                $selling_price,
+                $selling_price - $supplier_cost - $supplier_shipping - $processor_cost_expected,
+            ];
+        }
+
+        $fraud = FraudCheck::run($order);
+        if (!$fraud['pass']) {
+            self::route_to_exception($order, 'Fraud check failed: ' . $fraud['reason']);
+            return 'Your order could not be processed and has been placed under review. You have not been charged.';
+        }
+
+        foreach ($pending_audit_rows as $row) {
+            AuditTrail::insert(...$row);
+        }
+
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    private static function route_to_exception(\WC_Order $order, string $reason): void
+    {
+        $order->update_status(OrderStatuses::EXCEPTION, $reason);
+    }
+
+    private static function lock_key(): string
+    {
+        $identity = WC()->session ? WC()->session->get_customer_id() : (string) session_id();
+        return 'bsc_checkout_' . md5((string) $identity);
+    }
+
+    private static function acquire_lock(): bool
+    {
+        global $wpdb;
+        return (bool) $wpdb->get_var($wpdb->prepare('SELECT GET_LOCK(%s, 5)', self::lock_key()));
+    }
+
+    private static function release_lock(): void
+    {
+        global $wpdb;
+        $wpdb->query($wpdb->prepare('SELECT RELEASE_LOCK(%s)', self::lock_key()));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/wp-content/plugins/bookstore-core/includes/Order/OrderStatuses.php b/wp-content/plugins/bookstore-core/includes/Order/OrderStatuses.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..65a9cc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wp-content/plugins/bookstore-core/includes/Order/OrderStatuses.php
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Bookstore\Core\Order;
+
+defined('ABSPATH') || exit;
+
+/**
+ * Design doc §04/Appendix B state machine: Pending -> Supplier Verify ->
+ * Margin Verify -> Fraud Check -> Charged -> Supplier Ordered -> Shipped
+ * -> Complete. Pending/Charged/Complete map onto WooCommerce's own
+ * pending/processing/completed; Supplier Verify, Margin Verify, and Fraud
+ * Check all complete within one request (CheckoutRecheck) and are logged
+ * as order notes rather than full status transitions — a transition per
+ * millisecond-scale sub-step would register three more email/report
+ * buckets for no observable benefit. What *does* need a real, persisted,
+ * filterable status is "every failure path must end in a visible review
+ * state" — hence exactly one new failure status (bsc-exception) plus the
+ * two remaining forward-progress steps the state machine names
+ * (bsc-supplier-ordered, bsc-shipped).
+ *
+ * register_post_status()/the wc_order_statuses filter is the standard
+ * WooCommerce recipe for adding a custom order status and is unaffected
+ * by HPOS — HPOS only changes where an order's data is stored, not how
+ * the status registry itself works.
+ */
+class OrderStatuses
+{
+    public const EXCEPTION = 'bsc-exception';
+    // "wc-" + slug must fit post_status/wp_wc_orders.status's VARCHAR(20) —
+    // confirmed the hard way: 'wc-bsc-supplier-ordered' (23 chars) silently
+    // truncated to 'wc-bsc-supplier-orde' in this DB's non-strict sql_mode,
+    // which get_status() then displayed with its 'wc-' prefix stripped as
+    // the nonsensical 'bsc-supplier-orde'. 'wc-bsc-ordered' is 14 chars.
+    public const SUPPLIER_ORDERED = 'bsc-ordered';
+    public const SHIPPED = 'bsc-shipped';
+
+    public static function register(): void
+    {
+        add_action('init', [self::class, 'register_post_statuses']);
+        add_filter('wc_order_statuses', [self::class, 'add_to_order_statuses']);
+    }
+
+    public static function register_post_statuses(): void
+    {
+        register_post_status('wc-' . self::EXCEPTION, [
+            'label' => 'Needs Review',
+            'public' => false,
+            'exclude_from_search' => false,
+            'show_in_admin_all_list' => true,
+            'show_in_admin_status_list' => true,
+            'label_count' => self::noop_label_count('Needs Review'),
+        ]);
+
+        register_post_status('wc-' . self::SUPPLIER_ORDERED, [
+            'label' => 'Supplier Ordered',
+            'public' => false,
+            'exclude_from_search' => false,
+            'show_in_admin_all_list' => true,
+            'show_in_admin_status_list' => true,
+            'label_count' => self::noop_label_count('Supplier Ordered'),
+        ]);
+
+        register_post_status('wc-' . self::SHIPPED, [
+            'label' => 'Shipped',
+            'public' => false,
+            'exclude_from_search' => false,
+            'show_in_admin_all_list' => true,
+            'show_in_admin_status_list' => true,
+            'label_count' => self::noop_label_count('Shipped'),
+        ]);
+    }
+
+    public static function add_to_order_statuses(array $statuses): array
+    {
+        $with_new = [];
+        foreach ($statuses as $key => $label) {
+            $with_new[$key] = $label;
+            if ($key === 'wc-processing') {
+                $with_new['wc-' . self::SUPPLIER_ORDERED] = 'Supplier Ordered';
+                $with_new['wc-' . self::SHIPPED] = 'Shipped';
+            }
+        }
+        $with_new['wc-' . self::EXCEPTION] = 'Needs Review';
+        return $with_new;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * register_post_status()'s 'label_count' expects the array shape
+     * _n_noop() produces (singular/plural/context/domain) — built directly
+     * rather than via _n_noop() since this plugin doesn't ship a text
+     * domain/.pot file anywhere else either (matches the rest of the
+     * codebase, which uses plain strings throughout).
+     */
+    private static function noop_label_count(string $label): array
+    {
+        $markup = $label . ' <span class="count">(%s)</span>';
+        return [
+            0 => $markup,
+            1 => $markup,
+            'singular' => $markup,
+            'plural' => $markup,
+            'context' => null,
+            'domain' => null,
+        ];
+    }
+}
diff --git a/wp-content/plugins/bookstore-core/includes/Order/PriceRecheck.php b/wp-content/plugins/bookstore-core/includes/Order/PriceRecheck.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8ce8b42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wp-content/plugins/bookstore-core/includes/Order/PriceRecheck.php
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Bookstore\Core\Order;
+
+use Bookstore\Core\Catalog\Isbn;
+use Bookstore\Core\Catalog\SupplierOffer;
+use Bookstore\Core\Pricing\PricingEngine;
+
+defined('ABSPATH') || exit;
+
+/**
+ * Appendix B: supplier price/stock/margin rechecked live, synchronously,
+ * immediately before charging. Sibling to PricingEngine::price_for_work()
+ * that also surfaces which offer won — price_for_work() only ever returns
+ * a float, but the checkout recheck needs to pin the exact offer_id (for
+ * Order\AuditTrail and, eventually, Week 4's supplier-submission
+ * idempotency) rather than re-resolving best_offer_for_isbns() a third
+ * time and risking a different answer if the clock/stock moved between
+ * calls.
+ */
+class PriceRecheck
+{
+    /**
+     * Null if the work no longer has any sellable offer at all — the
+     * caller treats that identically to "margin recheck failed": cancel
+     * before payment is taken.
+     */
+    public static function recheck_for_work(int $work_id): ?object
+    {
+        $isbns = Isbn::isbns_for_work($work_id);
+        $offer = SupplierOffer::best_offer_for_isbns($isbns);
+        if (!$offer) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        return (object) [
+            'offer' => $offer,
+            'price' => PricingEngine::calculate_retail_price((float) $offer->base_price, (float) $offer->supplier_ship),
+        ];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * ProductSync stamps every synced product with its owning Work's id
+     * (Product\ProductSync::sync_one()) — reused here rather than adding a
+     * second work-for-product lookup query.
+     */
+    public static function work_id_for_product(int $product_id): ?int
+    {
+        $work_id = get_post_meta($product_id, '_bsc_work_id', true);
+        return $work_id !== '' ? (int) $work_id : null;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/wp-content/plugins/bookstore-core/includes/Order/SupplierOrderJob.php b/wp-content/plugins/bookstore-core/includes/Order/SupplierOrderJob.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..47776d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wp-content/plugins/bookstore-core/includes/Order/SupplierOrderJob.php
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Bookstore\Core\Order;
+
+use Bookstore\Core\Catalog\SupplierOffer;
+
+defined('ABSPATH') || exit;
+
+/**
+ * Design doc §04/§06: "Supplier Ordered" — submitting the charged order to
+ * the actual supplier. Routed through Action Scheduler now, even against
+ * the synthetic gutenberg_test supplier which has no real API to be
+ * slow/flaky against, so Week 4's BooksRun/Ingram integration only swaps
+ * this class's run() body for a real HTTP call — the scheduling, locking,
+ * status transition, and exception-routing plumbing is already correct
+ * and untouched. Also where the plan doc's "BooksRun/API timeout -> retry
+ * safely via queue; do not double-order" idempotency requirement actually
+ * lives, ahead of Week 4 needing it for real.
+ */
+class SupplierOrderJob
+{
+    public static function register(): void
+    {
+        add_action('woocommerce_payment_complete', [self::class, 'schedule_for_order']);
+        add_action('bsc_submit_supplier_order', [self::class, 'run']);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * woocommerce_payment_complete is documented to sometimes fire more
+     * than once for the same order depending on gateway/flow — this guard
+     * (checked again, more strongly, inside run() itself) is what stops a
+     * duplicate firing from scheduling the submission twice.
+     */
+    public static function schedule_for_order(int $order_id): void
+    {
+        $order = wc_get_order($order_id);
+        if (!$order || $order->get_meta('_bsc_supplier_order_key')) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        $order->update_meta_data('_bsc_supplier_order_key', wp_generate_uuid4());
+        $order->save();
+
+        as_schedule_single_action(time(), 'bsc_submit_supplier_order', ['order_id' => $order_id], 'bsc-orders');
+    }
+
+    public static function run(int $order_id): void
+    {
+        global $wpdb;
+        $lock_key = 'bsc_supplier_order_' . $order_id;
+
+        // Belt-and-suspenders over schedule_for_order()'s meta guard: covers
+        // two Action Scheduler rows somehow both getting scheduled, or AS's
+        // own retry of a stalled action racing a still-running attempt.
+        if (!$wpdb->get_var($wpdb->prepare('SELECT GET_LOCK(%s, 10)', $lock_key))) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        try {
+            $order = wc_get_order($order_id);
+            if (!$order || $order->get_meta('_bsc_supplier_order_status') === 'submitted') {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            foreach (AuditTrail::for_order($order_id) as $audit_row) {
+                $offer = $wpdb->get_row($wpdb->prepare(
+                    "SELECT 1 FROM " . SupplierOffer::table() . "
+                     WHERE offer_id = %d AND status = 'active' AND stock_qty > 0",
+                    $audit_row->offer_id
+                ));
+
+                if (!$offer) {
+                    $order->update_meta_data('_bsc_supplier_order_status', 'failed');
+                    $order->save();
+                    self::fail_and_refund(
+                        $order,
+                        "Pinned supplier offer #{$audit_row->offer_id} is no longer sellable at fulfillment time."
+                    );
+                    return;
+                }
+            }
+
+            $order->add_order_note('Supplier order submitted (synthetic: gutenberg_test).');
+            $order->update_meta_data('_bsc_supplier_order_status', 'submitted');
+            $order->save();
+            $order->update_status(OrderStatuses::SUPPLIER_ORDERED);
+        } finally {
+            $wpdb->query($wpdb->prepare('SELECT RELEASE_LOCK(%s)', $lock_key));
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Appendix B residual risk, made concrete: "a charge that later needs
+     * to be undone... becomes a refund instead of a void. The customer is
+     * made whole in full; the store loses only the processing fee."
+     * refund_payment=true is what makes wc_create_refund() actually invoke
+     * the gateway's process_refund() rather than just recording a line
+     * item.
+     *
+     * wc_create_refund() returns a WP_Error — not false, not a thrown
+     * exception — when the active gateway doesn't support automatic
+     * refunds (confirmed directly: WooCommerce's own stock Cheque/BACS/COD
+     * gateways all lack process_refund(), and this is exactly the gateway
+     * used to test this path without real Helcim credentials yet). Left
+     * unchecked, the refund silently never happens with no trace anywhere
+     * — the order still reaches bsc-exception, but "every failure path
+     * must end in a visible review state" needs the refund's own outcome
+     * to be visible too, not just the parent order state.
+     */
+    private static function fail_and_refund(\WC_Order $order, string $reason): void
+    {
+        $order->update_status(OrderStatuses::EXCEPTION, $reason);
+
+        $refund = wc_create_refund([
+            'order_id' => $order->get_id(),
+            'amount' => (float) $order->get_total(),
+            'reason' => $reason,
+            'refund_payment' => true,
+        ]);
+
+        if (is_wp_error($refund)) {
+            $order->add_order_note(
+                'Automatic refund could not be issued (' . $refund->get_error_message() . ') — needs a manual refund.'
+            );
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/wp-content/plugins/bookstore-core/includes/Payments/FraudCheck.php b/wp-content/plugins/bookstore-core/includes/Payments/FraudCheck.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ce0606c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wp-content/plugins/bookstore-core/includes/Payments/FraudCheck.php
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Bookstore\Core\Payments;
+
+defined('ABSPATH') || exit;
+
+/**
+ * Design doc §05: "local WooCommerce fraud checks plus Helcim's
+ * payment-side risk signals." Deliberately a no-op by default for Week 3
+ * — the user has decided not to build custom fraud heuristics now, only
+ * the extension point an optional paid plugin (Shop Defender) plugs into
+ * later via add_filter('bsc_fraud_check_result', ...). The step still
+ * runs and is logged on every order, unconditionally, so "Fraud Check" is
+ * a real, auditable stage in the state machine rather than an absent one
+ * — see Order\CheckoutRecheck::finalize_order(), which calls this right
+ * before an order is allowed to proceed to the payment gateway.
+ */
+class FraudCheck
+{
+    /** @return array{pass: bool, reason: string} */
+    public static function run(\WC_Order $order): array
+    {
+        $result = apply_filters('bsc_fraud_check_result', [
+            'pass' => true,
+            'reason' => 'no-op: fraud plugin not installed',
+        ], $order);
+
+        $order->add_order_note(
+            'Fraud check: ' . ($result['pass'] ? 'passed' : 'FAILED') . ' — ' . $result['reason']
+        );
+
+        return $result;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/wp-content/plugins/bookstore-core/includes/Payments/HelcimConfig.php b/wp-content/plugins/bookstore-core/includes/Payments/HelcimConfig.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5ee78d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wp-content/plugins/bookstore-core/includes/Payments/HelcimConfig.php
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Bookstore\Core\Payments;
+
+defined('ABSPATH') || exit;
+
+/**
+ * Seeds the Helcim gateway's WooCommerce settings from the environment.
+ * Gateway id `helcimjs`, settings option `woocommerce_helcimjs_settings`,
+ * field keys `enabled`/`title`/`description`/`environment`/
+ * `sandbox_api_token`/`live_api_token`/`enable_saved_cards` — confirmed by
+ * installing helcim-commerce-for-woocommerce v5.0.3 in dev and reading its
+ * includes/Gateway.php + includes/Options.php directly, not guessed. No
+ * separate "account ID" field exists on this plugin — HELCIM_ACCOUNT_ID
+ * (still scaffolded in .env/docker-compose.yml) is unused here.
+ *
+ * _FILE env-var reading mirrors Integration\HardcoverAdapter::token()
+ * exactly — same reasoning: a plain ${VAR} is visible via `docker
+ * inspect`/`/proc/<pid>/environ`, a 644 file inside a 700 secrets/ dir
+ * isn't.
+ */
+class HelcimConfig
+{
+    private const OPTION_NAME = 'woocommerce_helcimjs_settings';
+
+    public static function is_configured(): bool
+    {
+        return self::token() !== null;
+    }
+
+    private static function token(): ?string
+    {
+        $file = getenv('HELCIM_API_TOKEN_FILE');
+        if (!$file || !is_readable($file)) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        $value = trim((string) file_get_contents($file));
+        return $value !== '' ? $value : null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Fills in only what's still unset — never overwrites a value a human
+     * already changed by hand in wp-admin (e.g. a custom title/description,
+     * or a deliberate switch to 'live'). Only ever seeds the SANDBOX
+     * token: this repo has no production Helcim credentials, and going
+     * live is a deliberate separate decision a human makes on the
+     * settings screen, not something an env var should flip silently.
+     */
+    public static function ensure_configured_from_env(): void
+    {
+        if (!class_exists(\Helcim\Gateway::class)) {
+            return; // plugin not installed/active
+        }
+
+        $token = self::token();
+        if ($token === null) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        $settings = get_option(self::OPTION_NAME, []);
+        if (!is_array($settings)) {
+            $settings = [];
+        }
+
+        $settings += [
+            'enabled' => 'no', // a human opts in explicitly once ready to test live at checkout
+            'title' => 'Credit Card',
+            'description' => '',
+            'environment' => 'sandbox',
+            'enable_saved_cards' => 'no',
+        ];
+
+        if (empty($settings['sandbox_api_token'])) {
+            $settings['sandbox_api_token'] = $token;
+        }
+
+        update_option(self::OPTION_NAME, $settings);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/wp-content/plugins/bookstore-core/includes/Pricing/PricingEngine.php b/wp-content/plugins/bookstore-core/includes/Pricing/PricingEngine.php
index e139ea9..d2c5534 100644
--- a/wp-content/plugins/bookstore-core/includes/Pricing/PricingEngine.php
+++ b/wp-content/plugins/bookstore-core/includes/Pricing/PricingEngine.php
@@ -56,4 +56,18 @@ class PricingEngine
         }
         return self::calculate_retail_price((float) $offer->base_price, (float) $offer->supplier_ship);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Week 3: what calculate_retail_price() assumed Helcim's cut would be
+     * for a given selling price, for the order-audit ledger
+     * (Order\AuditTrail) to compare against actual settlement later.
+     * Exposed as its own method (rather than inlining the formula at every
+     * call site) so there is exactly one place PROCESSING_RATE/
+     * FIXED_PROCESSING get read once real settlement data replaces the
+     * placeholder — see this class's docblock.
+     */
+    public static function estimate_processing_cost(float $selling_price): float
+    {
+        return round($selling_price * self::PROCESSING_RATE + self::FIXED_PROCESSING, 2);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/wp-content/plugins/bookstore-core/includes/Schema.php b/wp-content/plugins/bookstore-core/includes/Schema.php
index 7789057..db68ab0 100644
--- a/wp-content/plugins/bookstore-core/includes/Schema.php
+++ b/wp-content/plugins/bookstore-core/includes/Schema.php
@@ -91,6 +91,33 @@ class Schema
             PRIMARY KEY (user_id)
         ) {$charset_collate};";
 
+        // Week 3 (design doc Appendix B / §08 audit data): one row per
+        // order line, pinning the exact offer charged against so a later
+        // supplier-submission retry (Order\SupplierOrderJob) targets the
+        // same offer rather than re-resolving best_offer_for_isbns() a
+        // third time, and so margin can eventually be tuned from real
+        // expected-vs-actual contribution instead of guessing.
+        $sql[] = "CREATE TABLE {$prefix}order_audit (
+            audit_id BIGINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
+            order_id BIGINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
+            order_item_id BIGINT UNSIGNED NULL,
+            work_id BIGINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
+            offer_id BIGINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
+            supplier_code VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL,
+            supplier_cost DECIMAL(10,2) NOT NULL,
+            supplier_shipping DECIMAL(10,2) NOT NULL,
+            processor_cost_expected DECIMAL(10,2) NOT NULL,
+            processor_cost_actual DECIMAL(10,2) NULL,
+            selling_price DECIMAL(10,2) NOT NULL,
+            expected_contribution DECIMAL(10,2) NOT NULL,
+            actual_contribution DECIMAL(10,2) NULL,
+            recheck_status VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL DEFAULT 'ok',
+            created_at DATETIME NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
+            PRIMARY KEY (audit_id),
+            KEY order_id (order_id),
+            KEY offer_id (offer_id)
+        ) {$charset_collate};";
+
         foreach ($sql as $statement) {
             dbDelta($statement);
         }
diff --git a/wp-content/plugins/bookstore-core/templates/emails/bsc-exception-review-html.php b/wp-content/plugins/bookstore-core/templates/emails/bsc-exception-review-html.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f729208
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wp-content/plugins/bookstore-core/templates/emails/bsc-exception-review-html.php
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * @var WC_Order $order
+ * @var string $email_heading
+ * @var string $additional_content
+ * @var bool $sent_to_admin
+ * @var bool $plain_text
+ * @var WC_Email $email
+ */
+
+defined('ABSPATH') || exit;
+
+do_action('woocommerce_email_header', $email_heading, $email);
+?>
+<p>
+    <?php
+    printf(
+        'Order #%s has been routed to the exception queue and needs manual review before it can proceed.',
+        esc_html($order->get_order_number())
+    );
+    ?>
+</p>
+<p><strong>Most recent order note (reason):</strong></p>
+<blockquote>
+    <?php
+    $notes = wc_get_order_notes(['order_id' => $order->get_id(), 'limit' => 1]);
+    echo $notes ? wp_kses_post($notes[0]->content) : 'No note found.';
+    ?>
+</blockquote>
+
+<?php
+do_action('woocommerce_email_order_details', $order, $sent_to_admin, $plain_text, $email);
+do_action('woocommerce_email_order_meta', $order, $sent_to_admin, $plain_text, $email);
+do_action('woocommerce_email_customer_details', $order, $sent_to_admin, $plain_text, $email);
+
+if ($additional_content) {
+    echo wp_kses_post(wpautop(wptexturize($additional_content)));
+}
+
+do_action('woocommerce_email_footer', $email);
diff --git a/wp-content/plugins/bookstore-core/templates/emails/bsc-exception-review-plain.php b/wp-content/plugins/bookstore-core/templates/emails/bsc-exception-review-plain.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6640929
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wp-content/plugins/bookstore-core/templates/emails/bsc-exception-review-plain.php
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * @var WC_Order $order
+ * @var string $email_heading
+ * @var string $additional_content
+ * @var bool $sent_to_admin
+ * @var bool $plain_text
+ * @var WC_Email $email
+ */
+
+defined('ABSPATH') || exit;
+
+echo wp_strip_all_tags($email_heading) . "\n\n";
+
+printf(
+    "Order #%s has been routed to the exception queue and needs manual review before it can proceed.\n\n",
+    $order->get_order_number()
+);
+
+$notes = wc_get_order_notes(['order_id' => $order->get_id(), 'limit' => 1]);
+echo "Most recent order note (reason):\n";
+echo ($notes ? wp_strip_all_tags($notes[0]->content) : 'No note found.') . "\n\n";
+
+echo "----------------------------------------\n\n";
+
+do_action('woocommerce_email_order_details', $order, $sent_to_admin, $plain_text, $email);
+do_action('woocommerce_email_order_meta', $order, $sent_to_admin, $plain_text, $email);
+do_action('woocommerce_email_customer_details', $order, $sent_to_admin, $plain_text, $email);
+
+if ($additional_content) {
+    echo wp_strip_all_tags(wptexturize($additional_content)) . "\n\n";
+}
diff --git a/wp-content/plugins/bookstore-core/templates/emails/bsc-shipped-html.php b/wp-content/plugins/bookstore-core/templates/emails/bsc-shipped-html.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7f1c40a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wp-content/plugins/bookstore-core/templates/emails/bsc-shipped-html.php
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * @var WC_Order $order
+ * @var string $email_heading
+ * @var string $additional_content
+ * @var bool $sent_to_admin
+ * @var bool $plain_text
+ * @var WC_Email $email
+ */
+
+defined('ABSPATH') || exit;
+
+do_action('woocommerce_email_header', $email_heading, $email);
+?>
+<p>
+    <?php printf('Good news — order #%s has shipped!', esc_html($order->get_order_number())); ?>
+</p>
+
+<?php
+do_action('woocommerce_email_order_details', $order, $sent_to_admin, $plain_text, $email);
+do_action('woocommerce_email_order_meta', $order, $sent_to_admin, $plain_text, $email);
+do_action('woocommerce_email_customer_details', $order, $sent_to_admin, $plain_text, $email);
+
+if ($additional_content) {
+    echo wp_kses_post(wpautop(wptexturize($additional_content)));
+}
+
+do_action('woocommerce_email_footer', $email);
diff --git a/wp-content/plugins/bookstore-core/templates/emails/bsc-shipped-plain.php b/wp-content/plugins/bookstore-core/templates/emails/bsc-shipped-plain.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..de20b4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wp-content/plugins/bookstore-core/templates/emails/bsc-shipped-plain.php
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * @var WC_Order $order
+ * @var string $email_heading
+ * @var string $additional_content
+ * @var bool $sent_to_admin
+ * @var bool $plain_text
+ * @var WC_Email $email
+ */
+
+defined('ABSPATH') || exit;
+
+echo wp_strip_all_tags($email_heading) . "\n\n";
+
+printf("Good news — order #%s has shipped!\n\n", $order->get_order_number());
+
+echo "----------------------------------------\n\n";
+
+do_action('woocommerce_email_order_details', $order, $sent_to_admin, $plain_text, $email);
+do_action('woocommerce_email_order_meta', $order, $sent_to_admin, $plain_text, $email);
+do_action('woocommerce_email_customer_details', $order, $sent_to_admin, $plain_text, $email);
+
+if ($additional_content) {
+    echo wp_strip_all_tags(wptexturize($additional_content)) . "\n\n";
+}