Going live checklist

Work through this list once your products are in and the theme looks the way you want. Each item links to the page that explains it.

Theme

• Logo set in the Header section, plus a Mobile logo and Logo while transparent if you use them. The Footer has its own Logo. See Getting started.
• Favicon uploaded in Theme settings → Favicon. Use a square image, at least 32 × 32 px.
• Social sharing image set in Theme settings → Social media. It is used when a page without its own image is shared.
• Social media links filled in (Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest, TikTok, YouTube, X, Threads, Snapchat, Tumblr, Vimeo) in the same group. Each filled field shows as an icon in the footer; empty fields are hidden.
• Menus chosen for the Header and each Footer menu block. See Header and navigation.
• Homepage sections filled with your own images and text. No placeholder images left. See Homepage and sections.
• Sizing guide page chosen in the Variant picker block, if you sell rings. See Product pages.
• Collection section checked: Products per page, promo tiles and SEO text. See Collections and search.
• Password page: turn on Show email signup if you want to collect emails before launch.
• Contrast of Body text on Page background at 4.5:1 or higher. See Accessibility and performance.

Products and search

• Every product has images with alt text, a price, weight (for shipping) and a product type.
• Filters set up in Search & Discovery. See Set up filters with Search & Discovery.
• Each collection has the right default order. See Sort collections.
• Search tested with a few real customer words, and product boosts added where needed. See Search and product recommendations.
• Subscription plans, gift cards and pickup tested, if you use them.

Shopify settings

• Settings → Payments: a payment provider is active and test mode is off.
• Settings → Shipping and delivery: rates for every country you ship to, and local pickup if you offer it.
• Settings → Taxes and duties: tax collection set up for your regions.
• Settings → Policies: refund, privacy, terms of service and shipping policies written. Link them in a footer menu.
• Settings → Notifications: order emails show your logo and colors.
• Settings → Domains: your domain connected and set as primary.
• Online Store → Preferences: homepage title and meta description written for search engines.
• Settings → Languages and Settings → Markets set up if you sell abroad. See Languages and markets.

Test orders

• Place a test order: turn on Shopify Payments test mode, or use the Test payment gateway (which doesn’t support subscriptions). See Sell subscriptions with Shopify Subscriptions.
• Check the cart drawer, cart page, discount codes and order confirmation email.
• Try the store on a phone: menu, filters drawer, variant picker and checkout.
• Refund or cancel the test orders.

Launch

1. Pick a Shopify plan if you are on a trial.
2. In Online Store → Themes, select Publish on Metonia if it isn’t your live theme yet.
3. Make the store public: in Online Store → Preferences, open Store access and switch off Private mode (in some admin versions, select Private on the Online Store page, choose Public and select Update).
4. Open your domain in a private browser window and place one real order.

Before you change code after launch, duplicate the theme. See Updating Metonia.