Before you flip an email sequence to Active, always send a test to yourself first. Test emails let you preview exactly how your reminder will look in a real inbox — fonts, images, variables, button colors, and all.
🛠️ How to send a test email
In the Easy Reorder app, go to Settings → Emails
Click Edit on the sequence you want to test
In the email editor, look for the Send test email button (usually in the top right)
Enter the email address you want to send the test to
Click Send
The test email arrives in seconds.
📦 What gets used in test emails
Test emails use sample order data by default — a placeholder product name, price, and order number. This lets you preview the layout without needing real orders.
If you want to test with real customer or product data, you can also enter an order reference (depending on your version of the editor) to populate the variables with actual values.
✅ What to check in your test
When the test email arrives, look at:
🎨 Layout — does everything look right on mobile and desktop?
🔤 Variables — did all
{{...}}placeholders fill in correctly?🖼️ Images — do they load? Are they the right size?
🔗 Links — click every link to make sure they work
📱 Mobile rendering — open the test email on your phone, not just on desktop
🌑 Dark mode — many email clients now use dark mode; test how your design holds up
📲 Test across multiple inboxes
Email rendering can look different in Gmail, Outlook, Apple Mail, and Yahoo. If you have accounts on more than one, send tests to each — it's the best way to catch rendering issues before customers see them.
💡 Pro Tip
Send a test, fix issues, send another test. Treat it like an iteration loop. Don't switch a sequence to Active until at least one test email looks perfect from the customer's perspective.
⚠️ Note
Test emails count toward your store's email volume but aren't sent to your actual customers. So you can send as many as you want without spamming anyone.
Still have questions? Send us a screenshot of your test and we'll give feedback.