Go-live checklist

Run this before you share your store. Ten minutes now saves refunds and support emails later.

Money

• [ ] Stripe connected and showing as active in Payments.
• [ ] Placed one real test order — charge landed in Stripe, order showed in Orders, emails arrived.
• [ ] Refunded the test order from Stripe.
• [ ] Taxes reviewed for your region (Budhil records the charge-tax setting; confirm what you're required to collect).

Products

• [ ] Real prices and stock on every product (no leftover placeholder values).
• [ ] Photos on every product; variants have the right images/swatches.
• [ ] Removed or hid any demo/placeholder products from your starter template.

Shipping & fulfilment

• [ ] Shipping rates set and tested at checkout.
• [ ] A plan for packing and posting orders (and your dispatch time matches what the store promises).

Store content

• [ ] Logo, colours, fonts set in Settings.
• [ ] Home page reviewed on mobile and desktop — text readable over any hero/banner image.
• [ ] About / contact info present.
• [ ] Policies published: shipping, returns/refunds, privacy, terms.

Domain & email

• [ ] Custom domain live over HTTPS (if you're using one).
• [ ] Order emails arrive and aren't in spam (check with a real inbox).

Final

• [ ] Searched your store, added to cart, and checked out as a customer one last time.
• [ ] Shared the link 🎉

Soft launch first

Send the link to a few friends or your first customers before any big promotion. Real orders surface the last rough edges.