---
title: 'Go Live'
description: 'The full path from a scaffolded Cartwright shop to a live store on your own domain.'
canonical: 'https://cartwright.app/docs/deployment/go-live'
---

# Go Live (/docs/deployment/go-live)



You have a shop running on `localhost`. Going live is four steps: deploy it, point a domain at it, verify your email domain, then check it over. Each step has its own guide — this page is the map.

<Callout type="info" title="Brand new to GitHub + Vercel?">
  The "deploy it" step assumes you've put your code on GitHub and connected Vercel. If that's new
  to you, do [**From code to live**](/docs/getting-started/from-code-to-live) first — a beginner,
  no-terminal walkthrough — then come back here for domain + email.
</Callout>

The admin **setup runbook** at `/admin/integrations` tracks the same checklist inside your shop, including a **Deployment og domæne** section, so you can tick it off as you go.

## 1. Deploy [#1-deploy]

Push the shop to a host. Vercel is the default — it auto-detects Next.js and wires cron jobs and the AI gateway into the deploy.

→ [Deploying to Vercel](/docs/deployment/vercel)

## 2. Add a custom domain [#2-add-a-custom-domain]

A fresh deploy lives on a `*.vercel.app` URL. Point your own domain at it (DNS records + automatic SSL), then update `NEXT_PUBLIC_APP_URL` so links, Open Graph tags and canonical URLs all resolve to the real host.

→ [Custom domain](/docs/deployment/custom-domain)

## 3. Verify your email domain [#3-verify-your-email-domain]

Transactional mail — receipts, magic-link sign-in, order updates — sends through Resend. Until the sending domain is verified (SPF + DKIM), production mail is rejected: the order completes but the customer never receives the receipt.

→ [Email via Resend](/docs/features/email-resend)

## 4. Verify the shop [#4-verify-the-shop]

<Callout type="info">
  Once the domain is live, walk the runbook at `/admin/integrations` — it flags any missing Stripe, email, monitoring or deployment step before real customers hit them.
</Callout>

* Hit `/api/mcp` with no `Authorization` header — you should get the JSON tool-surface intro.
* Place a test order end to end with the Stripe test card `4242 4242 4242 4242`.
* Confirm the receipt email arrives.

That is a live Cartwright shop — on your own domain, owned end to end.