docs: add backlog items 999.5–999.10 — legal pages, admin panel, feedback, analytics, mobile app, monetization

.planning/ROADMAP.md

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 Plans:
 - [ ] TBD (promote with /gsd:review-backlog when ready)
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+### Phase 999.5: Legal Pages — ToS, Privacy Policy, and Compliance (BACKLOG)
+**Goal**: Create Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, and any other required legal/compliance pages for a public-facing platform. Essential before opening to real users.
+**Requirements**: TBD
+**Plans**: TBD
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+Plans:
+- [ ] TBD (promote with /gsd:review-backlog when ready)
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+### Phase 999.6: Admin Panel (BACKLOG)
+**Goal**: Build an admin panel for reviewing user-submitted items (catalog submissions), managing global/reference items, and general platform administration. Includes approval workflows for community contributions.
+**Requirements**: TBD
+**Plans**: TBD
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+Plans:
+- [ ] TBD (promote with /gsd:review-backlog when ready)
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+### Phase 999.7: User Feedback System (BACKLOG)
+**Goal**: Add an in-app feedback collection mechanism so users can report bugs, suggest features, and share general feedback. Could be a simple form, widget, or integration with an external tool.
+**Requirements**: TBD
+**Plans**: TBD
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+Plans:
+- [ ] TBD (promote with /gsd:review-backlog when ready)
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+### Phase 999.8: Analytics Integration (BACKLOG)
+**Goal**: Integrate privacy-respecting analytics (PostHog, Umami, or similar) to understand usage patterns, popular categories, search behavior, and feature adoption. Self-hosted preferred to align with independent ethos.
+**Requirements**: TBD
+**Plans**: TBD
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+Plans:
+- [ ] TBD (promote with /gsd:review-backlog when ready)
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+### Phase 999.9: Mobile App (BACKLOG)
+**Goal**: Bring GearBox to mobile. Start with a PWA for quick wins (offline support, home screen install), then evaluate dedicated native apps (React Native / Flutter) for richer experience — camera for weight verification, barcode scanning, etc.
+**Requirements**: TBD
+**Plans**: TBD
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+Plans:
+- [ ] TBD (promote with /gsd:review-backlog when ready)
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+### Phase 999.10: Monetization Strategy (BACKLOG)
+**Goal**: Define how GearBox sustains itself financially. Options to explore: sponsored/promoted items (brand X promotes product Y), premium features, affiliate links. Critical tension: revenue vs. independent credibility — GearBox's value is unbiased gear data, so monetization must not compromise trust. Needs deep discussion before implementation.
+**Requirements**: TBD
+**Plans**: TBD
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+Plans:
+- [ ] TBD (promote with /gsd:review-backlog when ready)