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Go-live gates

Treat these as gates, not suggestions. Every one should be green before you cut over to production. If any isn't, finish it first — going live on a red gate is what creates the cleanup work you are trying to avoid.

Catalog​

  • Products are seeded and reviewed; the Product Data Health report is clean.
  • Kits and bundles are configured — before any orders are imported.
  • Costs, MOQs, and lead times are entered for the items you purchase.

Inventory​

  • Your inventory start date is set to your count date.
  • Opening inventory reconciles to your 3PL and FBA reports on that date.
  • Open purchase orders are entered.

Channels and fulfillment​

  • Sales channels are connected and syncing.
  • Fulfillment and 3PL platforms are connected.
  • Auto-dispatch is off for launch.
  • You have chosen Option A or Option B routing and tested an order end to end.

Team and cutover​

  • Saved views are set up for each team.
  • Old spreadsheets and legacy systems are ready to switch to read-only.
  • You have a plan to monitor the first 48 hours.

Accounting (date only)​

  • You have picked your accounting connect date — about 30 days out, on the first of a month. You don't connect accounting at go-live; you only decide when you will.

Next steps​

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