Development accounts
As a ShopWired partner, you can create an unlimited number of development accounts. Development accounts work just the same way as a normal ShopWired account but with a couple of exceptions:
- There's an unlimited free trial period
- The website cannot be set live on a custom domain
- The website cannot process live transactions through a real payment gateway
Development stores can therefore be used to build websites for clients, handing over the ShopWired account to the client once the website is finished.
Creating a development account
To create a development account:
- Navigate to Development accounts
- Select
create account - Enter the details for the new account
- Email address is the email address for the ShopWired account (your client's email address)
- Password is the password your client will use to log in to the account; this should be provided to them in a secure way
- Passwords must be at least 8 characters and contain a mix of uppercase and lowercase letters and at least one number
- You should advise your client to set up on their account once they log in
- Account holder name is the name of your client
- Company/store name is the name of the client's website; this will be used to create the
- Select
create account
Existing development accounts are displayed on the Development accounts page.
Logging in to a development account
Once you've created a development account, a link to log in to the account will be available on the Development accounts page.
You should use this link to log in to the development account, instead of using the email/password for the account (this should only be used by your client).
Testing payments and orders
Development accounts cannot configure payment gateways; instead, you can test the payment and order experience on a development account website by using one of the imitation payment gateways provided.
To enable an imitation payment gateway:
- Navigate to Checkout > Accepting payments
- Select the
add a new gatewayoption in the Other payment gateways section - Select the imitation payment gateway you want to enable
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- Select
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When using an imitation payment gateway, select the gateway during the payment method selection process, and ShopWired will initiate the process.
For the imitation frame gateway, you will be taken through to another page to enter card information. Don't use any live card details here. No validation is performed on any fields on this gateway except for the cardholder name (which must be present).
Going live
To make a development account live and configure a payment gateway and custom domain name, your client will need to subscribe to a ShopWired package.
They can do this through their ShopWired account by navigating to Your account (top right) > Your package and following the onscreen instructions.
