---
title: "Pre-launch checklist"
description: "Tick every box before you announce. If one is open, fix it first: a late launch is forgotten in a week, a bad first order is remembered."
canonical: https://docs.ordering.co/docs/discovery-ordering/launch-your-marketplace/part-6-go-live/pre-launch-checklist/
---

# Pre-launch checklist

Tick every box before you announce. If one is open, fix it first: a late launch is forgotten in a week, a bad first order is remembered.

### Platform

- [ ] Super admin password changed; team has their own logins
- [ ] Domain live with the padlock, on www and the bare domain
- [ ] Your own Google Maps key in place
- [ ] Logo, colors, homepage, and footer set
- [ ] Privacy, terms, help, and account deletion pages published
- [ ] Business categories with icons
- [ ] Order types enabled at platform and store level
- [ ] Payment gateway live, testing mode off
- [ ] Fees, taxes, and tips reviewed
- [ ] Language Manager texts checked in each language

### Apps

- [ ] Developer accounts open and shared
- [ ] App request form complete
- [ ] Test apps checked on iPhone and Android
- [ ] Google closed testers invited

### Merchants

- [ ] At least five stores live, across your main categories
- [ ] Menus proofread, with photos on best sellers
- [ ] Schedules match real kitchen hours
- [ ] Zones drawn, priced, and tested at the edges
- [ ] Each merchant trained on the Business App
- [ ] Printers or POS connected where needed
- [ ] Commission and payment schedule agreed in writing

### Delivery

- [ ] Drivers created and in the right groups
- [ ] Every store assigned to a group
- [ ] Dispatch tested with real phones
- [ ] Partner backup tested, if you use one
- [ ] Cash and pay rules explained to drivers

### Operations

- [ ] Full test orders done ([Chapter 31](https://docs.ordering.co/docs/discovery-ordering/launch-your-marketplace/part-6-go-live/test-drive/))
- [ ] Someone watches orders during launch hours
- [ ] Refund and complaint policy decided