> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.opensubs.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Watch it sell once

> Buy your own subscription and see it land everywhere it should.

OPENSUBS PLATFORM

5 min

**1. Buy your own subscription**

* Open your storefront and visit your product page. (Dev storefronts are password-gated; find the password in the dev store admin under **Online Store > Preferences**.) Under **Purchase options**, pick the subscription and add to cart.
* Check out with Shopify's test gateway: card number **1**, any name, any future expiry, any CVC. (No test payment option at checkout? Activate the test gateway first: dev store admin, **Settings > Payments**.)

![Purchase options: the subscription selected, headed to test checkout.](https://mintcdn.com/opensubs-docs/T6NpYT9MdOxqnOk5/images/deploy/dev-store-fast-path/21-test-checkout.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=T6NpYT9MdOxqnOk5\&q=85\&s=8b00e0d2f3e1273e15f68462eb495c0c)

> [!TIP]
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> **Checkpoint:** order placed, no real money.

**2. See it in both places**

* Find the subscription in the OpenSubs admin.
* Still signed in as the test subscriber, open `/a/account` on the storefront; the account area loads with no login screen.

![The subscription in the OpenSubs admin.](https://mintcdn.com/opensubs-docs/T6NpYT9MdOxqnOk5/images/deploy/dev-store-fast-path/22-admin-subscription.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=T6NpYT9MdOxqnOk5\&q=85\&s=3a2896b60bd810faf2074fbeadb76ee2)

![/a/account: the subscriber portal, no login screen.](https://mintcdn.com/opensubs-docs/T6NpYT9MdOxqnOk5/images/deploy/dev-store-fast-path/23-subscriber-portal.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=T6NpYT9MdOxqnOk5\&q=85\&s=b4ad41831a44da56f12654bcaf8bd790)

> [!TIP]
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> **Checkpoint:** same subscription in both. The subscriber's receipt is Shopify's own order confirmation.

> [!NOTE]
>
> **No welcome email is not a bug.** With no provider connected, the only receipt is Shopify's order confirmation, same as any order. Once SendGrid or Klaviyo is connected and the event is on, the **Subscription created** email takes that role (Klaviyo flows arrive as drafts).

**3. Look at the health page**

* In the OpenSubs admin, open **Settings > Operational health**.

**You'll see:** five panels: alerts quiet, providers healthy, jobs green, webhooks delivering, queues quiet. The page the machine reports to from now on; reading it each morning is [The morning check](https://docs.opensubs.com/platform-v2/run/the-morning-check.md).

![Operational health: jobs green, webhooks delivering, queues quiet.](https://mintcdn.com/opensubs-docs/T6NpYT9MdOxqnOk5/images/deploy/dev-store-fast-path/24-operational-health.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=T6NpYT9MdOxqnOk5\&q=85\&s=4f9451c06fb1d4d2da420cc3b66ec33d)

> [!TIP]
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> **Checkpoint:** green board. It sold once, and you own every piece of it.

## Congratulations: the machine is yours

A shopper subscribed, Shopify wrote the contract, your engine mirrored it, the portal served it: every part lit, and green means proven. The installer left nothing behind but the machine itself: your database, your app, your store. Time spent: about an hour. Percentage owed on every order it ever takes: zero.

When you're ready for your real store, the next rung is [Live for New Orders](https://docs.opensubs.com/platform-v2/live-for-new-orders/what-today-changes.md).

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## Where next

> [card] [What runs without you](https://docs.opensubs.com/platform-v2/run/what-runs-without-you.md)
>
> Billing, retries, and emails on schedule.

> [card] [Live for New Orders](https://docs.opensubs.com/platform-v2/live-for-new-orders/what-today-changes.md)
>
> From the dev store to your real store.


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