This page describes setting up a fake payment (credit card or electronic check) to generate test orders.
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Depending on your testing scenario you may need to adjust the handling for orders pplaced using the test credit card (or ehceck).
There are four options for how the order will be processed:
| Option | Notes |
|---|---|
| "Skip payment gateway, consider payment processed, then have the order ship." | This is the best used when testing both the placement of the order and the shipping department configuration. If you are integrating a fulfillment service, this option will queue the order for transmission over to the fulfillment service. |
| "Skip payment gateway, consider payment processed, then reject to prevent shipment." | This option is useful in placing test order after you've gone live and only need to create a new order but do not want the generated test order going into the shipping department for processing. Please note that the immediate reject can affect post order processing, such as, the processing of affiliates, and subscriptions into 3rd party marketing services. |
| "Skip payment gateway, consider payment processed, then complete order to prevent shipment." | This option is useful in placing test order after you've gone live and only need to create a new order but do not want the generated test order going into the shipping department for processing. Please note that this option will prevent shipment but will allow other post order placement processes skipped by the previous setting, such as, processing of affiliates and subscriptions into 3rd party marketing services. |
| "Keep order in accounts receivable and place a note on it." | This option is a good default setting for all purpose testing. The order is created and the placed into the Accounts Receivable department, there you have the option of deleting the order or processing it for payment to send it to the next processing stage (shipping department of shippable items and the completed stage for none shippable items (service charge only and digital download items.) |
Remaining Checkbox settings
| Option | Notes |
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| Skip affiliate transaction processing. (Default Setting is checked) | Skip affiliate processing will prevent any interaction with the internal UltraCart affiliate system for test orders. |
| Skip fraud filter. (Default Setting is checked) | Skip fraud filter will cause UltraCart to skip processing all of the fraud filters you have configured on the account for test orders. |
| Skip conversion pixels (Default is unchecked) | Skip Conversion pixels will cause UltraCart to skip processing any of the conversion pixels like Google Analytic, configured on the "conversion and Tracking tab of the Screen Branding Theme editor. |
Seeing Test Orders In Accounts Receivable
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There is a delete test orders button that you can click that will delete all the test orders in one single action from the Accounts Receivable area.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: We have the "One per Customer" setting enabled on one of our items, but in testing we are able to place multiple orders for this item, why is that happening?
A: The setting for "One per Customer" does not apply to test orders. So if you are using a test credit card on an order this setting is bypassed. This is intended so that testing can take place without any roadblocks that would prevent the test order from being placed.