Every check we run
Store Guard tests your store the way a customer uses it, then checks the things customers feel but rarely report. Live checks run today; Coming ones are in development.
Shopping journey (functional)
| Store is reachableLive | Homepage loads, unlocks password-protected stores with your storefront password, and reports downtime with the HTTP status. |
| Collection page shows productsLive | Opens a real collection and confirms the product grid renders. |
| Search returns productsLive | Searches a word taken from one of your product titles and expects results. |
| Product page worksLive | Opens an in-stock product and confirms a price is visible. |
| Variant selectionLive | Opens a second variant and confirms the product form selects it, so customers buy what they picked. |
| Add to cartLive | Clicks your real Add to cart button and confirms the item reaches the cart. If it fails, we test the cart directly to tell you whether your theme or an app broke the button. |
| CartLive | Confirms the cart page lists the item and a total. |
| Checkout opensLive | Clicks Check out and confirms the checkout contact form appears, then stops. No payment details, no orders. The cart is emptied afterwards. |
| Discount codesComing | Applies a code you choose and confirms the total changes. |
| Shipping and pincode serviceabilityComing | Checks delivery estimates or pincode checkers return results for your key regions. |
| Customer login and order historyComing | Logs into a test account and opens order history. |
Regression
| Visual changesLive | Screenshots of the homepage and a product page on desktop and mobile, compared with the look you approved. Animations are frozen so only real changes count. |
| Daily full check plus journeys every 3 hoursLive | Monitoring runs on a schedule, and failing stores are re-checked every 30 minutes until they recover. |
| Failures confirmed before alertingLive | A newly failing critical check is re-tested a minute later. You get alerts only when something breaks or recovers, never the same problem twice. |
| Run tests when your theme is publishedComing | Triggered automatically by theme changes through the Shopify app. |
| Test an unpublished theme before it goes liveComing | Run the suite against a preview theme before you publish. |
Speed and stability
| Mobile load speedLive | Largest content paint on homepage and product page at phone size: good under 2.5s, poor over 4s. |
| Slow third-party appsLive | Names the outside scripts that take longest to load, so you know which app to question. |
| Layout stabilityLive | Measures content jumping while loading, the cause of mis-taps. |
| Page weight and requestsLive | Flags pages that are heavy on mobile data. |
Errors, links and security hygiene
| JavaScript errorsLive | Captures script errors during the shopping journey. Apps and custom code often break buttons silently. |
| Broken linksLive | Checks links on your homepage, menus and footer. |
| Insecure contentLive | Finds resources still loaded over http:// that browsers may block. |
SEO and accessibility
| Hidden from GoogleLive | Catches a noindex tag accidentally left on your homepage or product pages. |
| SEO basicsLive | Titles, descriptions, H1 headings, canonical links and social share images. |
| AccessibilityLive | Automated WCAG 2 A/AA checks: contrast, labels, names for buttons and form fields. |
| Image descriptionsLive | Images missing alt text, which matters for screen readers and image search. |
Catalog and trust
| Catalog completenessLive | Products priced at zero, without images, with empty descriptions, or mostly sold out. |
| Store policiesLive | Privacy, refund, terms and shipping policies that payment providers and ad platforms check for. |
| Order confirmation emails, WhatsApp and SMSComing | Alerts when order messages fail to reach customers, including COD confirmations. |
Vertical packs
Every store gets the checks above. Vertical packs add the journeys that matter most in each category. They're in development; tell us your category on a demo call and we'll prioritise it.
| Fashion and apparelComing | Every size of top sellers can be added, size chart opens, sold-out sizes are clearly marked. |
| Beauty and personal careComing | Shade and variant images switch correctly, subscribe-and-save options work. |
| ElectronicsComing | Spec sheets and warranty info present, EMI and financing widgets load at checkout. |
| Food and groceryComing | Delivery slots and pincode serviceability return results, perishables show delivery dates. |
| Jewellery and high-value goodsComing | Prices with taxes shown consistently, trust badges and insured-shipping info load. |
| Home and furnitureComing | Shipping calculators for large items, large product galleries stay fast on mobile. |
| India D2CComing | COD available where expected, pincode checker works, WhatsApp order confirmations arrive, GST details on invoices. |