Platform Overview

The State of Stick platform gives approved physical products a durable digital identity and a destination that can remain useful throughout ownership.

physical object
      ↓
managed object identity
      ↓
approved experience
      ↓
useful customer action
      ↓
privacy-aware reporting

Platform responsibilities

The platform can:

resolve an object interaction to the current approved destination;
distinguish ordinary interactions from verified physical-presence events when a secure tier is selected;
manage experience versions and launch states;
support controlled claim, registration, signing, checkout, or ownership workflows;
record first-party journey events under a defined analytics policy;
provide authorized operators and customers with appropriately scoped views.

Separation of concerns

Layer	Owns
Physical product	Design, material choice, placement, finish, and product quality
Connected identity	Durable object reference and approved trust level
Experience	Current content, actions, accessibility, and lifecycle
Business workflow	Claim, registration, payment, fulfillment, or service state
Measurement	Policy-scoped events, attribution, quality controls, and retention

This separation lets content change without reprogramming or replacing every object, while keeping business rules and sensitive decisions server-controlled.