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Test your store before you open
A test purchase lets you buy your own product exactly the way a buyer would, without a card and without paying anything. You see what your buyers see, start to finish, and nothing counts as a sale.
It works while your store is coming soon, so you can test everything before you open.
Make a test purchase
- Go to Products.
- Open the More menu (the three dots) next to a published product.
- Choose Test purchase. Your checkout opens in a new tab, in your store's colors.
- Add your name. The email is your SaySo login email, because that's where your test receipt goes.
- If the product has an order bump, tick it to test the bump, or leave it unticked to test without it.
- Choose Complete test purchase.
You land on the same thank-you page your buyers see. If the product has an upsell, you can say yes or no to it there, and a yes adds it free. Then open your purchase to check the download page.
What happens, just like a real purchase
- Your receipt arrives at your login email, marked Test in the subject and at the top.
- Your email list: you're added to your list in your email service, the same way a buyer is. If your checkout asks first, ticking or not ticking the box works the same way too.
- Your download page shows the files, video and next step your buyers get.
What's different
- Nothing is charged, and no card is asked for. Stripe isn't involved at all.
- It never counts as a sale. Your sales summary, Insights, Buyers, buyer exports and monthly sales download leave it out.
- Your ad tracking pixels don't fire, so a test never shows up as a sale in your ads.
- A subscription or payment plan is tested as one free purchase. Nothing renews.
- Free downloads don't have a checkout. To test one, sign up for it from your store page.
Find and delete a test purchase
Test purchases show in Orders with a Test badge, and the Test purchases view lists them on their own. You don't need Stripe connected to make one or to see it there.
To delete one, open it in Orders and choose Delete test purchase. It comes out of Orders along with its receipt and download records. Deleting it doesn't take you off your email list; do that in your email service if you want to.
Want to see the checkout without buying? See What buyers see at checkout.