How to Test the Purchase or Opt-in Process

If you want to test the opt-in or purchase process the way your customers see it, you need to use a "clean" browser where you're not already logged in using your admin credentials. Otherwise, Simplero will know you are an administrator and will behave differently. 

1. Use an incognito or private window

There are two ways to do this:

1. You can either use a different browser (e.g. if you're using Safari, switch to Chrome)

2. You can use the "Private Window" or "Incognito" feature of your current browser to open a new window where you're not logged in.

If you are testing purchases, it might be helpful to test with a Freebie link, unless you want to run the money part and pay for it yourself. You can find the freebie link by clicking on the top right side of your product page and choosing 'freebie link'. ‘

RIGHT+CLICK on the Order form - then select Open link in incognito window

This will open your order form in a new Incognito Window.

2. Use a test email

Make sure you use a different email than the one associated with your main Simplero ID if you want to test issuing of login credentials. If you don't have one, you have two options to do this:

• Option 1 - use the + symbol to create  a new test email

For this example - the email address is doug@mydomain.com. I created a test email address of doug+TestEBook@mydomain.com

You can add + and any combination of text and/or numbers before the @mydomain in your email address, and the email will be delivered to your normal email address. We use this in support when we are testing on member sites.

Here are some examples of are valid email addresses. doug+test@mydomain.com, doug+1, doug+test1, doug+01, etc.

These emails will create a new contact record in Simplero and still be sent to your normal email address! Pretty cool, huh ?

• Option 2 - Create a temporary email

You can create throw-away emails at mailinator.com. Here, you can create temporary email addresses that will be automatically deleted after a few days.

3. Access your content using Incognito Mode (if you gave access to a site or course)

Once the purchase is complete, you could receive from zero to three emails:

1. If you paid money, you'll receive an invoice/receipt

2. If there's a site for the product, you'll get an email with the login information and a link to the site (unless you have deactivated this)

3. If there's an immediate auto-response for the product, you'll get that too
   

Open those emails in incognito or private mode (or while logged out). Otherwise, when you click the links in the emails, the system will automatically log you in as an administrator. 

Why do you have to be logged out?

Because if you're purchasing while logged in, we'll assume that you want to use that Simplero ID with your new purchase, so everything's together.

We have a single login system for everything in Simplero. We don't differentiate between logins for managing your shop vs. login to access content, vs. other things.

One login gives you access to everything you have access to on Simplero. That makes it much easier for everybody, not having to log in and out all the time.