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# Checkout test
> A/B test changes to your Shopify checkout to see what lifts orders and revenue.
A checkout test splits your visitors into groups, shows each group a different checkout, and measures which completes more orders. You decide what every group sees, and ABConvert compares the results.
Checkout tests are available on all ABConvert plans. Delivery and Payment modifications work on any Shopify plan. Content, Cart, and Upsell modifications require **Shopify Plus**.
## When to use it
Use a checkout test to prove a change lifts orders or revenue before rolling it out:
* **Raise order value with an upsell.** Show a product recommendation inside checkout and compare average order value against Control.
* **Win more orders with reassurance.** Add trust badges, a guarantee banner, or payment icons, and measure whether more visitors finish.
* **Guide shipping choice.** Rename or reorder shipping options to make a faster option clearer.
* **Streamline payment methods.** Hide, rename, or reorder payment methods and measure the effect on completed checkouts.
## When NOT to use it
Checkout tests change only what visitors see *at checkout*. If your change happens earlier, use the test built for that surface:
* **Testing a product's price?** Use a [price test](/experiments/price-test). Checkout tests don't change the price shoppers pay.
* **Testing a discount or promotion?** Use an [offer test](/experiments/offer-test). A checkout test can rename a payment method but can't discount it.
* **Testing a landing or product page?** Use a [URL redirect test](/experiments/url-redirect-test) or [theme test](/experiments/theme-test). Checkout tests don't touch the pages leading up to checkout.
## What you can change
A checkout test can modify five things. Combine several in one variant, and give each variant its own set.
| Category | What it changes |
| ------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Delivery** | Which shipping options shoppers see at checkout and how they're labeled. |
| **Payment** | Which payment methods shoppers see and how they're labeled. |
| **Content** | Adds visual blocks (banners, trust badges, benefits, images) that build confidence. |
| **Cart** | Whether shoppers can edit cart lines at checkout: change variant, quantity, or remove items. |
| **Upsell** | Recommends extra products at checkout so shoppers add them without leaving the page. |
## Set up a checkout test
Choose the **Checkout** type, name the test, set a hypothesis, pick your primary metric, and add the variants to test against Control.
Set the traffic split and targeting rules. See [Audience targeting](/experiments/audience-targeting).
Open the **Compose checkout** editor for a group, click **Add modification**, pick a category, and configure it.
A live preview on the right updates as you build, and the tabs at the top switch which group you're previewing. It's an approximation of your checkout; confirm the real thing on your storefront before launch (see [Preview on your storefront](#preview-on-your-storefront)).
Two toggles help while you build:
* **Show diff markers** flags how the group differs from the original checkout page: **Added** and **Modified** blocks get a solid ring, **Hidden** ones a dashed ring.
* **Desktop / Mobile** switches the viewport.
Check the **Mobile** viewport too. Most checkout traffic is on mobile, and the desktop and mobile views can differ, so a block that looks right on one may not on the other.
Click **Save**. ABConvert shows a card listing the blocks to add in the Shopify checkout editor. See [Add your blocks](#add-your-blocks-in-the-checkout-editor).
Preview every group on your storefront to confirm each renders correctly, then click **Launch test**. See [Preview on your storefront](#preview-on-your-storefront).
## Add your blocks in the checkout editor
Add the listed blocks exactly where ABConvert shows them, or your test won't render.