diff --git a/uncloud/hack/main.py b/uncloud/hack/main.py
index 391a5e4..b4717fd 100644
--- a/uncloud/hack/main.py
+++ b/uncloud/hack/main.py
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ def authenticate(username, password, totp_token=None):
     server = ldap3.Server("ldaps://ldap1.ungleich.ch")
     dn = "uid={},ou=customer,dc=ungleich,dc=ch".format(username)
 
+    log.debug("LDAP: connecting to {} as {}".format(server, dn))
+
     try:
         conn = ldap3.Connection(server, dn, password, auto_bind=True)
     except ldap3.core.exceptions.LDAPBindError as e:
@@ -72,12 +74,12 @@ def order(config):
             if not config.arguments[required_arg]:
                 raise UncloudException("Missing required argument: {}".format(required_arg))
 
-        print(config.arguments)
+        log.debug(config.arguments)
         authenticate(config.arguments['username'], config.arguments['password'])
 
         # create DB entry for VM
         vm = VM(config)
-        vm.schedule()
+        vm.product.place_order()
 
 
 
diff --git a/uncloud/hack/product.py b/uncloud/hack/product.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..73f140a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/uncloud/hack/product.py
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# 2020 Nico Schottelius (nico.schottelius at ungleich.ch)
+#
+# This file is part of uncloud.
+#
+# uncloud is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# uncloud is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with uncloud. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+import json
+import uuid
+
+from uncloud import UncloudException
+from uncloud.hack.db import DB
+
+# states
+
+
+class Product(object):
+    def __init__(self, config, product_name, db_entry=None):
+        self.config = config
+        self.db = DB(self.config, prefix="/orders")
+
+        self.db_entry = {}
+        self.db_entry["product_name"] = product_name
+        self.db_entry["db_version"] = 1
+
+        # Existing product? Read in db_entry
+        if db_entry:
+            self.db_entry = db_entry
+
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def define_feature(self,
+                       name,
+                       feature,
+                       one_time_price,
+                       recurring_price,
+                       recurring_period,
+                       minimum_period):
+        feature = {}
+        feature[name] = {}
+
+    def valid_status(self):
+        if "status" in self.db_entry:
+            if self.db_entry["status"] in [ "NEW", "CREATED", "DELETED" ]:
+                return False
+        return True
+
+    def validate_product(self):
+        if not "uuid" in self.db_entry:
+            self.db_entry["uuid"] = str(uuid.uuid4())
+        if not "status" in self.db_entry:
+            self.db_entry["status"] = "NEW"
+
+    def place_order(self):
+        """ Schedule creating the product in etcd """
+        self.validate_product()
+
+        # FIXME: very status
+        if not self.db_entry["status"] == "NEW":
+            raise UncloudException("Cannot re-order product")
+
+
+
+
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return self.features
diff --git a/uncloud/hack/vm.py b/uncloud/hack/vm.py
index b38d563..695e33b 100755
--- a/uncloud/hack/vm.py
+++ b/uncloud/hack/vm.py
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ import logging
 from uncloud.hack.db import DB
 from uncloud.hack.mac import MAC
 from uncloud.vmm import VMM
+from uncloud.hack.product import Product
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 log.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
@@ -71,11 +72,15 @@ class VM(object):
             self.image_format='qcow2'
 
         # External components.
-        self.vmm = VMM(vmm_backend=self.hackprefix)
+
+        # This one is broken:
+        # TypeError: expected str, bytes or os.PathLike object, not NoneType
+        # Fix before re-enabling
+        # self.vmm = VMM(vmm_backend=self.hackprefix)
         self.mac = MAC(self.config)
 
         # Harcoded & generated values.
-        self.owner = 'uncoud'
+        self.owner = 'uncloud'
         self.accel = 'kvm'
         self.threads = 1
         self.ifup = os.path.join(self.hackprefix, "ifup.sh")
@@ -84,6 +89,12 @@ class VM(object):
 
         self.vm = {}
 
+        self.product = Product(config, product_name="dualstack-vm")
+
+        self.features = []
+#        self.features.append(self.define_feature(
+#        self.super().__init__(
+
     def get_qemu_args(self):
         command = (
             "-name {owner}-{name}"
@@ -104,6 +115,9 @@ class VM(object):
 
         return command.split(" ")
 
+    def create_db_entry(self):
+        pass
+
     def create(self):
         # New VM: new UUID, new MAC.
         self.uuid = str(uuid.uuid4())