Sample Data

See Your Store Full Before You Add a Thing, Then Delete It in One Click

An empty store is hard to imagine. Load a few sample products for your kind of store, see your pages come alive, and remove exactly what was loaded with one click.

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Kosha is a demo store on Mercayo. Its products, orders and customers are sample data.

In short

What It Does

A new store starts empty. Before launch you can choose LOAD SAMPLE PRODUCTS (in the setup guide on Home): a small sample for your kind of store, a few products with a sample category and collection, with no orders, reviews or customers.

Every row it adds is registered at the moment it is added. DELETE SAMPLE DATA removes exactly those rows, and says how many first, even if you edited one of them; it never touches anything you created yourself.

Sample data is offered only before launch, and Launch is blocked while any remains, so a sample product can never be sold to a real shopper.

Mercayo's own demo stores, such as Kosha and Verenne, use the same idea on a larger scale: their orders, reviews and customers are registered sample data too, which is why every picture of them on this site says so.

What the Sample Looks Like

The sample suits the kind of store you chose at sign-up, so a jewellery store sees sample earrings and a fashion store a sample T-shirt. It fills your product lists, a category and a collection, so you can judge card styles, filters, the product page and the bag before your own catalogue is ready. A note on the setup guide counts what is loaded and reminds you to delete it before launch.

For your store

Why It Matters

Choosing a theme, a header layout or a card style is much easier with products on the page. Sample data lets you design with something real, and the registry means cleaning up is one click, not an afternoon of deleting.

It is also a safe way to learn the admin: try a bulk change, a discount or a collection on sample products before you touch your real catalogue, then delete them all in one step.

Step by step

How It Works

  1. Load the Sample

    Before launch, press LOAD SAMPLE PRODUCTS in the setup guide on Home.

  2. Design With It

    Try your theme, layouts and pages with the sample products in place.

  3. Add Your Own Products

    Add or import your real catalogue alongside.

  4. Delete the Sample

    Press DELETE SAMPLE DATA: the count is shown, and exactly the sample rows are removed.

Settings

Settings You Control

Each one is in your admin. A new store starts with the value shown.

Nothing to set up: it works the same way in every store.

Mercayo

Mercayo's Controls

Whether a store may load sample products is Mercayo's setting (on to start with). Loading sample data is refused after launch, by the database; deleting it is always possible.

Limits today

Good to Know Before You Start

  • Loading is available only before launch.
  • Sample products come without pictures.
  • The sample is small: a few products and a collection, no orders or customers.

Questions

About Sample Data

Can my shoppers see sample products?

Before launch your store is behind the opening-soon page, and Launch is blocked while sample data remains, so shoppers never see or buy sample products.

Will deleting the sample remove my own products?

No. Only the rows registered when the sample was loaded are removed, even if you edited them.

Can I launch with sample products?

No. Launch is blocked until the sample data is deleted.

Why do the demo stores say their data is sample data?

Because it is: Kosha's and Verenne's orders, reviews and customers are registered sample data, so every picture of them says so.

Can I load it again?

Yes, before launch.

Help Centre

In the Help Centre

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