A test shows you the email as it lands in a real inbox, so you can check it on your phone as well as your computer and catch a broken link or a typo before your people see it.
Sending a test to yourself
- Pick a design on the Design step of your campaign. A Send test button appears beside Open full preview. It's on the last step too, under Send a test first.
- The button says who the test will go to, for example “to me”. Click it to send.
A message under the button confirms where it went.
Sending to other people
- Click the small arrow on the right-hand side of the Send test button.
- Under Send a preview to, tick yourself or anyone on your team. Your team is set up in Setup → Team.
- To add someone else, type their address under Add another email and click the plus.
- Click Send test.
You can send to up to five people at once, and your choice is remembered for next time.
When an A/B test is on, the menu also offers Variant A and Variant B. Pick one to send that version.
How a test differs from the real thing
- The subject line starts with [Test].
- Personal touches are filled in with your own details, so a first-name pill shows your first name. Any other detail is left blank.
- The unsubscribe and preferences links open a page that says what they do in the real email. Nobody is unsubscribed, and clicks aren't counted.
- The preview line after the subject is the campaign's preview text, as in the real email.
- Tests don't count towards your monthly sends.
If the test doesn't arrive
- If you see “Your sender email isn't verified yet”, the address your emails come from hasn't been verified. Go to Setup → Sender details.
- You can send up to 30 tests an hour. After that, wait a little while and try again.
- Check your spam or junk folder, and check the address in the picker.
In the designer, Send a preview sends a design on its own, to you or to an address you type.