Running 23 European e-commerce shops on Payload CMS v3 taught me that some things simply don't exist yet. So I built them.
Background
I maintain a multi-clone e-commerce infrastructure — 23 Next.js + Payload CMS v3 shops deployed across Europe, each on its own subdomain and language. Think fr.myshop.com, de.myshop.com, sk.myshop.com... all running on the same codebase with country-specific patches.
While building this, I kept running into two missing pieces that no one had published for Payload v3:
A customer reviews system with admin moderation and Google star ratings
