Test your setup before going live
Send a test order to check that each order line goes to the right supplier and, for suppliers you send orders to by email, what they receive. Suppliers that use FTP Upload or API Call don't receive test orders, so this test doesn't check their delivery.
Test before your webshop sends real orders: once you go live, matched order lines go to your suppliers without waiting for you, unless a supplier holds its orders for review. You need a connected webshop, a supplier with a delivery method and at least one rule.
Before you send a test order
Make sure your webshop sends test orders: in WooCommerce, PrestaShop and Shopware, keep live mode off; in Magento, keep Test Mode on. On Shopify or Wix, or when you send orders through the API, see Other ways to test.
Decide who receives the test email. A supplier you send orders to by email gets the test at its real address, with "TEST EMAIL:" at the start of the subject. This is intended, so the supplier can check your orders too. To keep the test to yourself, set your own email address as the supplier's recipient for now.
Send the test order
There's no preview of which rule an order line will get: rules run when an order comes in, so a test order is how you check them.
Place an order in your webshop.
In Dropday, go to Orders, open the order and expand each product.
Check that Rule and Supplier show the rule and supplier you expect.
If a product shows No rule, that order line isn't sent. Add or change a rule, then place a new test order: the order you already placed isn't checked again.
If you changed a supplier's recipient for the test, change it back.
Suppliers that use FTP or an API
Your test order shows which supplier each order line goes to, but FTP Upload and API Call don't send test orders, and Dropday creates no order file for a test order.
You can check the connection from the delivery method's settings: testing an FTP connection writes a test file, and you can test an API call. That shows the connection or that single call works, not that an order arrives correctly.
Other ways to test
Shopify: install Dropday on a Shopify development store and test there before your store goes live.
Wix: the Wix app has no test mode.
Dropday API: send the order with the test flag.
Go live
Complete your company details: in the sidebar, under Workspace, open Company Details, fill in Company name, Address line 1, Postal code, City and Country, and click Save. Until these are filled in, Dropday handles your orders as test orders. Billing in the sidebar is for your subscription, not for these details.
Switch your plugin to live mode. In WooCommerce, use the plugin's settings page in WordPress; in PrestaShop, the module's configuration page; in Magento, turn Test Mode off under Stores > Configuration > Dropday > Order Automation; in Shopware, the plugin's settings.
Unless your account is billed through Shopify, make sure your subscription is active when the trial ends. Orders that arrive without one are blocked and not sent; once your subscription is active again, you can process them from the dashboard.
You're ready to receive orders. Follow them in your order list.