Go live checklist

A Few Things to Double Check Before Launching Your Store

In preparation for go-live, we recommend that you thoroughly test all aspects of your store and its integrations with other systems. This checklist will help you to make sure that everything is in place before making the switch to Shopify Plus.

  • Data and content migration

    Ensure you've imported or created the
    following:
    • Products
    • Customers
    • Orders
    • Gift cards
    • Pages (About Us, FAQ, Contact Us, Privacy, etc)
    • Blogs
    • Blog articles
    • Files (images, PDFs)

  • Front-end

    Verify the following areas of your storefront:
    • Theme design
    • Customer account creation
    • Newsletter sign-up
    • Newsletter design
    • Social media links
    • Checkout design (including
    Checkout Extensibility)
    • 404 page design
    • Languages and currencies
    • Shopify Scripts (line item,
    payment, shipping)

  • Organizing data

    Confirm your data organization by checking:
    • Collections
    • Navigation
    • Customer tags
    • Product tags
    • Other tags (orders, transfers, etc)

  • Apps and integrations

    Test the following:
    • Apps installed from the App Store
    • Custom integrations
    • Sales channels
    • Remove unwanted apps

  • Discounts and price rules

    Test the following:

    • Discount codes
    • Automatic discounts

  • Store settings

    Verify the following:

    • Online store preferences

    • Store name and sender email

    • Shipping rates

    • Tax rates

    • Locations 

    • Markets

    • Payment providers

    • Notifications

    • Checkout settings

    • Staff accounts and permissions

  • Checkout and order creation

    Test these scenarios:
    • Simple checkout
    • Checkout with a discount code
    • Checkout with a gift card
    • Abandoned checkout
    • Failed transaction
    • Draft order/send invoice
    • Sales channel orders
    • Test on different browsers and
    devices
    • Test as customer logged in and
    logged out

  • Automation

    Test these scenarios:

    • Shopify Flow workflows
    • Launchpad events
    • Custom workflows

  • Order management

    Test these scenarios:

    • Order fulfillment
    • Order cancellation and refund
    • Order editing
    • Returns

  • Expansion stores

    Verify the following:
    • All required stores added to the
    Plus contract
    • All required objects copied to
    expansion stores

  • DNS

    Check that you have:
    • Lowered your TTL to 300
    • Added your SPF Record

  • Tracking

    Verify these are in place and working:
    • Google Analytics
    • Facebook Pixel
    • Google Tag Manager
    • Additional tracking scripts

  • Go-live

    Complete the following tasks:
    • Create domains for all stores
    • Add domains to Shopify
    • Set Payments to live mode
    • Remove storefront password
    • Add URL redirects
    • Put 404 monitoring in place
    • Point DNS to Shopify
    • Resubmit sitemap to Google
    Console
    • Send account invitations to
    imported customers