Test a checkout before you publish your checkout rules

Before customers see a change, check it. Test checkout shows checkout as a customer would see it for a cart, customer and address, and why each rule applies or not. Nothing changes at checkout.

Test a cart, customer and address

1. Select Test checkout at the top of Home, an area page or a rule.
2. Under Cart, select Add products and set the Quantity. Add a Line item property or a Cart attribute if your rules check one.
3. Under Customer, pick Guest, first order, Returning, Wholesale or B2B. Select Edit tags, past orders to change them.
4. Under Shipping address, fill in the Country, Address, Apartment, suite, etc., City, State or province, Postal code and Phone. It starts at your store’s main location.
5. Optional: under Checkout details, set the Checkout date or the Checkout language. If your rules check the delivery the customer picked, open More and choose it under Delivery picked.

The test runs again as you change anything.

Read the result

• At checkout shows Checkout blocked if a restriction stops it, then the delivery options with what’s hidden, renamed or moved, and any discount or ship-from rule that applies.
• Why, rule by rule shows each rule as Applies, Doesn’t apply, Not sure or Can’t run, with each condition and the value it saw.
• Not sure means checkout doesn’t know what the rule checks (for example, a guest’s past orders), so the rule doesn’t run.

Test your draft or what’s live

At the top, choose With my changes to test your unpublished draft, or Live now to test what customers see today.

Opened from a rule, Test checkout tests your unsaved edits.

Try your live checkout

After you add products, select Open real checkout. Your store opens with those products in the cart and your published rules.

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