diff --git a/AGENTS.md b/AGENTS.md
index fdaf29c..88c4a7e 100644
--- a/AGENTS.md
+++ b/AGENTS.md
@@ -355,8 +355,10 @@ session with **no other memory of this project**. So:
   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
   **intentionally empty**: no stock, no prices, no pre-orders and nothing for
-  sale — the copy states that plainly ("an empty shop with good lighting") and
-  only previews what's coming. **Do not add prices/fake urgency/buy buttons until
+  sale. That is carried by the "COMING SOON" badge, the "IN THE WORKS / not for
+  sale yet" label on the teaser grid and the "sold locally, on request" hero
+  copy (the page deliberately has **no** stock list, no subscribe band and no
+  'nothing is for sale' note — removed on request). **Do not add prices/fake urgency/buy buttons until
   there is real stock**; when items exist, model them as listings and take
   Lightning/Cashu payment. The page reads the live stock strip as 0/None/Nothing
   — keep it honest if that changes. It also serves two **free printables**
diff --git a/release-notes.txt b/release-notes.txt
index 58be796..74ae84a 100644
--- a/release-notes.txt
+++ b/release-notes.txt
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ v1.5.4
 - Merch is coming, and it'll be paid in sats: Lightning or Cashu, your choice.
   No cards, no accounts, no processor skimming the drop.
 - To be clear: we hold no stock and nothing is for sale yet. No pre-orders, no
-  countdown timers, no fake scarcity — the page says so, and previews what's in
-  the works. Subscribe to the newsletter to get the drop first.
+  countdown timers, no fake scarcity — the teasers are labelled "not for sale
+  yet" and there are no prices anywhere.
 
 ✉️ Direct messages actually arrive now
 - Your DM inbox relays were being forgotten every time the app loaded, so
diff --git a/src/pages/AppShopPage.tsx b/src/pages/AppShopPage.tsx
index 429ea95..8ff4d31 100644
--- a/src/pages/AppShopPage.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/AppShopPage.tsx
@@ -12,13 +12,11 @@ import {
   Sparkles,
   MapPin,
   MessageCircle,
-  ArrowRight,
   Printer,
   Download,
   Scissors,
 } 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';
 
@@ -295,50 +293,6 @@ export default function AppShopPage() {
         </ol>
       </section>
 
-      {/* ── Notify band ──────────────────────────────────────────────────── */}
-      <section className="mt-10 rounded-3xl border-2 border-[#ccff00]/20 bg-[#ccff00]/[0.04] px-5 py-6 text-center sm:px-8">
-        <h3 className="text-lg font-black uppercase tracking-wide text-white">
-          Want the drop first?
-        </h3>
-        <p className="mx-auto mt-2 max-w-md text-xs leading-relaxed text-gray-400">
-          The newsletter is where merch lands first — sizes, colours, and the real
-          price in sats. Subscribe and it reaches your notification bell.
-        </p>
-        <div className="mt-4 flex justify-center">
-          <NewsletterSubscribeButton />
-        </div>
-        <p className="mt-4 text-[11px] text-gray-600">
-          Got a design you want on a deck?{' '}
-          <Link to="/newsletter" className="text-[#ccff00] hover:opacity-80">
-            Tell us in the community section
-          </Link>
-          .
-        </p>
-      </section>
-
-      {/* ── Honesty foot ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── */}
-      <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 — 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">
-            <Link to="/supporters">
-              Back the project <ArrowRight className="h-3.5 w-3.5" />
-            </Link>
-          </Button>
-          <Button asChild variant="ghost" className="gap-2 text-gray-400 hover:text-white">
-            <Link to="/mints">
-              <Coins className="h-3.5 w-3.5" /> Pick a mint for your sats
-            </Link>
-          </Button>
-        </div>
-      </section>
     </div>
   );
 }