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Preview a campaign before it goes live
See a campaign on a copy of your store's home page, on desktop and on mobile, before shoppers do.
Every NotiFeed, NotiPop, NotiSell and NotiEmail campaign has Preview on desktop and Preview on mobile buttons. They open a copy of your store's home page in a Store preview window. It shows the active Atomato campaigns a signed-out visitor would see on your home page, together with your unsaved changes to the campaign you are editing. The campaign you are editing always shows, even if its audience or page rules would hide it on the home page.
What you can do in the preview
- Open the bell and the feed, and see NotiPop messages and buttons much as shoppers will. The bell shows when the preview includes at least one NotiFeed, NotiSell or NotiEmail campaign. To check the bell, preview from a NotiFeed campaign or from Settings > NotiFeed styling.
- Click Atomato's bell, feed and messages. The rest of the page is locked and doesn't scroll, so a NotiPop set to appear after scrolling won't show in the preview. Buttons and links inside your messages still work, so clicking one opens its page.
- Try signups and add to cart safely. They are simulated in the preview, so nothing is recorded in your store or your analytics.
Preview your bell and feed styling
The same buttons are on Settings > NotiFeed styling and NotiSell styling. On NotiFeed styling, if you have no active NotiFeed, NotiSell or NotiEmail campaign, the preview shows sample messages so you can still judge the style. On NotiSell styling, it does this when you have no active NotiSell campaign.
The preview adds Atomato to the page itself, so it works even when the Atomato app embed is off. After you save, check your live store too.
Work on a campaign as a draft
Save a campaign as Draft while you work on it, with Run campaign continuously selected. Drafts are never shown to shoppers, and the preview still shows the campaign you have open. A campaign with a start date is saved as Scheduled and goes live at that time, even if you chose Draft. On the free Starter plan, you can't save a new NotiFeed or NotiPop campaign, even as a draft, while another campaign of that type is active.
If your store is password protected
The preview can't load a password-protected storefront. Atomato shows a warning with an Open storefront button instead. To check a campaign on a password-protected store, set it to active and look at it on your storefront after entering the store password.
Before you go live
- The Atomato app embed is on in your live theme. See Turn on the Atomato app embed.
- The bell is where you want it on desktop and mobile. See Add the notification bell to your store.
- The campaign's audience and pages match who you want to reach.
- The schedule is right. A campaign that runs continuously should show Active. A campaign with a start date shows Scheduled and switches to Active by itself at the start time.
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