Podia lets you experience your account from a member’s perspective through the Home Feed. This view allows you to browse your products, events, spaces, and other content the same way your members do.
However, if you’d like to test the complete customer journey — including checkout, product enrollment, quizzes, and other member-only experiences — we recommend creating a separate test account on your site.
Using a test account lets you go through the entire experience exactly as a customer would and helps ensure everything is working as expected.
Creating a test account
The first step in creating a test account is to visit your public site and sign up for a product, event, or community plan just as a customer would through checkout.
When creating your test account, be sure to use a different email address than the one associated with your Podia admin account. This ensures you can properly test the customer experience without affecting your admin access.
Pro tip: Use an 100% off coupon code during checkout to make this process easier for you!
After going through checkout, you'll be prompted to set up a profile, which helps determine how this test account appears throughout your community and other member areas.
Once you're done, you'll be taken to the Home feed, where you can navigate through other areas of the account as a member.
FAQs
Do I have to pay for my own products to create a test account?
Do I have to pay for my own products to create a test account?
Nope! You can create a 100% off coupon in order to get through checkout without paying.
I only see a Login button. How can I create an account?
I only see a Login button. How can I create an account?
Currently, the account creation process happens at the point of checkout. You'll need to publish a product on your public site in order to sign up with a test account.
After you've signed up, you'll be able to access your test account home feed by logging in to your site.
What if I don't have another email address?
What if I don't have another email address?
Some email providers like Gmail allow for the creation of aliases using special characters like "+" or "."
For example, if your email address is [email protected], you could use addresses like [email protected] when creating a test account. Messages sent to these aliases will still arrive in your main inbox, but Podia will treat them as unique email addresses.
When creating a test account, it’s important to use a different email address (or alias) than the one associated with your Podia admin account. This allows you to properly test the member experience without affecting your admin access.
Help! I can't log in as an admin anymore!
Help! I can't log in as an admin anymore!
If you're trying to access your admin dashboard to manage your site and products, make sure you are logging in to https://app.podia.com/login.
If you're trying to test the member experience of your site, make sure you are logging in to your public site URL.
Is there a test card I can use to test out my checkout?
Is there a test card I can use to test out my checkout?
At this time, the standard Stripe test cards do not work for testing.
If you'd like to test the checkout experience, we would recommend making yourself a 99% off coupon and processing a small transaction to test the flow.