diff --git a/AGENTS.md b/AGENTS.md
index 7d16ef9..d638863 100644
--- a/AGENTS.md
+++ b/AGENTS.md
@@ -345,7 +345,12 @@ session with **no other memory of this project**. So:
   aren't hard-coded**, so Marketplace/Mints (and any future section) are always
   reachable on mobile — don't re-hardcode only a subset.
 - **App Shop** (`/app-shop`, `src/pages/AppShopPage.tsx`): SkateSpots merch, to be
-  paid in **sats only (Lightning or Cashu)** — no cards/accounts. Registered in
+  paid in **sats only (Lightning or Cashu)** — no cards/accounts — sold
+  **locally, on request**: there is **no cart, no checkout, no shipping**. Buying
+  is a conversation: "Request an item" deep-links to a **DM with the owner**
+  (`/messages/<owner npub>`, owner = `PLATFORM_OWNER_PUBKEYS[0]`), the details
+  are agreed in chat, and sats change hands at handover. Don't add shipping
+  copy/rates or a cart without a decision to change that model. Registered in
   `NAV_CATALOG` as id `app-shop` (label "App Shop", `ShoppingBag`), which is what
   makes it appear in **both** the desktop "More" menu and the mobile burger menu
   (the mobile menu appends catalog items not in `MOBILE_MENU_LISTED_HREFS`). It is
diff --git a/src/pages/AppShopPage.tsx b/src/pages/AppShopPage.tsx
index 5d2d03c..d13290f 100644
--- a/src/pages/AppShopPage.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/AppShopPage.tsx
@@ -1,21 +1,27 @@
 import { useSeoMeta } from '@unhead/react';
 import { Link } from 'react-router-dom';
+import { nip19 } from 'nostr-tools';
 import {
   ShoppingBag,
   Zap,
   Coins,
-  Truck,
   Shirt,
   Sticker,
   Package,
   Hammer,
   Sparkles,
-  BadgeCheck,
+  MapPin,
+  MessageCircle,
   ArrowRight,
 } from 'lucide-react';
 import { PageHeader } from '@/components/PageHeader';
 import { NewsletterSubscribeButton } from '@/components/NewsletterSubscribeButton';
 import { Button } from '@/components/ui/button';
+import { PLATFORM_OWNER_PUBKEYS } from '@/hooks/useListingRestrictions';
+
+/** Where "request an item" goes: an encrypted DM straight to the shop owner. */
+const SHOP_OWNER_NPUB = nip19.npubEncode(PLATFORM_OWNER_PUBKEYS[0]);
+const REQUEST_HREF = `/messages/${SHOP_OWNER_NPUB}`;
 
 /**
  * App Shop — SkateSpots merch.
@@ -38,8 +44,7 @@ const PLANNED = [
 const PAY_CHIPS = [
   { icon: Zap, label: 'Lightning' },
   { icon: Coins, label: 'Cashu' },
-  { icon: Truck, label: 'Shipped worldwide' },
-  { icon: BadgeCheck, label: 'At cost, no markup theatre' },
+  { icon: MapPin, label: 'Local handover' },
 ];
 
 export default function AppShopPage() {
@@ -81,12 +86,30 @@ export default function AppShopPage() {
           </h2>
 
           <p className="mt-4 max-w-xl text-sm leading-relaxed text-gray-300 sm:text-base">
-            Merch for the people who keep this thing rolling. Paid in{' '}
-            <strong className="font-bold text-[#f7931a]">sats</strong> — Lightning or Cashu,
-            whichever you already keep. No cards, no accounts, no middleman skimming the drop.
+            Merch for the people who keep this thing rolling — sold{' '}
+            <strong className="font-bold text-white">locally, on request</strong>. You message
+            me, we sort the details, and you pay in{' '}
+            <strong className="font-bold text-[#f7931a]">sats</strong> — Lightning or Cashu —
+            when you collect it. No cards, no accounts, no checkout robot, no middleman
+            skimming the drop.
           </p>
 
-          <div className="mt-6 flex flex-wrap gap-2">
+          <div className="mt-6 flex flex-wrap items-center gap-3">
+            <Button
+              asChild
+              className="gap-2 bg-[#ccff00] font-black uppercase text-black hover:bg-[#ccff00]/90"
+            >
+              <Link to={REQUEST_HREF}>
+                <MessageCircle className="h-4 w-4" />
+                Request an item
+              </Link>
+            </Button>
+            <span className="text-[11px] text-gray-500">
+              Opens a private, encrypted DM with me.
+            </span>
+          </div>
+
+          <div className="mt-5 flex flex-wrap gap-2">
             {PAY_CHIPS.map(({ icon: Icon, label }) => (
               <span
                 key={label}
@@ -158,16 +181,31 @@ export default function AppShopPage() {
       <section className="mt-10">
         <div className="mb-4 flex items-center gap-3">
           <h3 className="text-sm font-black uppercase tracking-widest text-white">
-            How it'll work
+            How buying works
           </h3>
           <div className="h-px flex-1 bg-white/10" />
+          <span className="text-[10px] font-bold uppercase tracking-widest text-gray-500">
+            it's a DM, not a cart
+          </span>
         </div>
 
         <ol className="grid gap-3 sm:grid-cols-3">
           {[
-            { n: '1', t: 'Pick your thing', d: 'One page, no logged-in pricing games, no fake urgency.' },
-            { n: '2', t: 'Pay in sats', d: 'Lightning or Cashu. Straight to us — no processor in the middle.' },
-            { n: '3', t: 'It ships', d: 'Posted to your door with an honest tracking number.' },
+            {
+              n: '1',
+              t: 'Message me',
+              d: 'Send a DM with what you want — item, size, colour, whatever you are after.',
+            },
+            {
+              n: '2',
+              t: 'We sort it out',
+              d: 'Price in sats, and where and when to meet. It is a conversation, not a checkout.',
+            },
+            {
+              n: '3',
+              t: 'Pay in sats',
+              d: 'Lightning or Cashu at handover, then it is yours. No shipping, no waiting rooms.',
+            },
           ].map((s) => (
             <li
               key={s.n}
@@ -211,9 +249,11 @@ export default function AppShopPage() {
       <section className="mt-8 rounded-2xl border border-white/8 bg-white/[0.02] p-4">
         <p className="text-xs leading-relaxed text-gray-500">
           <strong className="text-gray-300">The honest bit:</strong> we hold no stock and
-          nothing here is for sale. There are no pre-orders, no countdown timers and no
-          fake scarcity — when there is something real to buy, this page will say so and
-          take your sats. Until then it is just an empty shop with good lighting.
+          nothing here is for sale. There are no pre-orders, no countdown timers and no fake
+          scarcity — and it is <strong className="text-gray-300">local handover only</strong>,
+          arranged by DM, so there is no shipping of any kind. When there is something real,
+          this page will say so and we will sort the details between us. Until then it is
+          just an empty shop with good lighting.
         </p>
         <div className="mt-4 flex flex-wrap gap-2">
           <Button asChild variant="outline" className="gap-2 border-white/15">