How can I purchase from my own online store and boost sales?

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I was wondering how do I buy from my own store? I would appreciate the help or the answer to my question about buying on my own store. Thank you and I appreciate your time for responding and helping me. Also I was wondering what is the best way to get your first sale I’m new at this and I had to end up changing my theme because my store wasn’t working but today I had three abandoned carts so can somebody help me and kind of tell me what I’m doing wrong I would appreciate it thank you

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Hey @mellystreasures ,

Welcome to the Shopify Community!

The best way to buy from your own store is by performing a test order. By placing a test order, you can make sure that your checkout process and settings for order processing, inventory, shipping, email notifications, and taxes are all correct before you launch your website! The best part is, that you aren’t charged for a test order. You should place at least one test order during your store setup, or whenever you make changes to your payment settings.

You can place a test order by simulating a transaction through Shopify’s Bogus Gateway, or if you’re using Shopify Payments, then you can test your configuration by using Shopify Payments test mode.

Please follow the step-by-step instructions listed in the help doc below to simulate a transaction on your online checkout:

It’s great to hear you are looking for ways to help increase sales as this is a very important part of running an online business. Without looking at your store, it is difficult to suggest what may benefit you directly. If you were to reply with your store URL, I could take a closer look, but for now, I will give you some general resources which will help lead to your first sale.

The Shopify Store Launch Checklist

  • This checklist outlines all the steps that you should take before making your store live.

The 39-Point Store Trust Checklist

  • Work through a checklist to make sure your store is trusted by potential customers.

  • Look at the “nice to haves” vs “must-haves” in your store.

  • Do you have essential information for your customers to view, like policies?

Do you have a marketing plan for your store yet? If not, we’ve got an amazing guide to help you with that right over here:

Let me know if I can clarify anything further!

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Hi @mellystreasures

For buying from your own store, consider placing a test order.

In order to get your first sales, make sure you store looks reliable, trustworthy and has proper:

  • Information architecture: structural design of the information that facilitates intuitive access to the content.
  • Pleasant visual design and information design
  • About Us section for customer trust
  • Social Proof (reviews/testimonials)
  • Optimized for mobile

The best of luck to you and your store.