Preparing a hosted online store for a safe launch

Check the store's supported runtime, database, extensions, scheduled tasks and resource needs. WordPress with WooCommerce, another shopping application and a hosted builder use different deployment processes. Use a maintained application and trusted extensions, and review the payment provider's requirements for your country.

1. Install or prepare the store on a preview or staging environment. Configure HTTPS before handling customer logins or checkout.
2. Add accurate products, variations, stock rules, currency and delivery regions. Review tax and policy requirements with the appropriate adviser where needed.
3. Connect a supported payment provider using its official integration. Keep API credentials private and use sandbox mode for testing where available.
4. Configure authenticated order email and required scheduled tasks. Verify that notifications and background processing work.
5. Exclude cart, checkout, customer accounts and private responses from shared page caching.
6. Create a backup and restoration plan that accounts for new orders and customer records.

Check the product total, shipping, discount, tax and final charge. Test a successful payment and the provider's permitted failure scenario. Confirm the gateway transaction, store order status, email notification and stock change agree. Verify payment callbacks or webhooks through the application's supported diagnostics.

Monitor checkout availability and review failed orders without asking customers to pay repeatedly. Keep the platform and integrations updated through a tested process. Plan busy-period capacity using measured resource use rather than assuming a product count alone determines server size.

Restoring an older database can remove orders received since that backup. Preserve the current state and agree how recent transactions will be reconciled before a production restore. A staging database copy should not overwrite live orders merely to publish a design change.

• Preparing a Site Builder online store for its first order
• Creating a backup plan you can actually restore
• Using a CDN without breaking login, checkout or website updates
• Creating a useful website monitor in 360 Monitoring

• Wordpress Requirements
• Standalone Site Builder
• WooCommerce: Woocommerce Self Service Guide