Use this checklist to decide whether a new channel is operationally ready. It is designed for a commerce lead working with catalog, inventory, warehouse and customer experience teams.
You will finish with: an evidence register, an owner for each unresolved item, and a go-live decision. The downloadable CSV opens in common spreadsheet tools. It contains planning prompts, not a connection to your live systems.
How to use the worksheet
Download the CSV, add the channel and launch scope, then assign a named owner to every row. Replace “Not assessed” with “Pass”, “Fail”, “Blocked” or “Not applicable”. Record why an item is not applicable. Link actual test evidence rather than marking an item complete from memory.
The checklist intentionally has no automatic readiness percentage. Ten minor successes do not offset one failure that can ship the wrong product. Your launch owner decides which failures block release.
Catalog readiness
Confirm that each product and variant maps to the intended listing. Check units of measure, pack quantity, assets and required attributes. Use the marketplace’s current category requirements, and record when they were checked.
Verify that listing acceptance means the product is available for the intended customer journey. Record rejected products and the owner of each correction.
Inventory readiness
Define the inventory source and the meaning of sellable availability. Document reservations, safety buffers and excluded stock. Confirm that a change reaches the channel and that failures are visible to an operator.
Test the last-unit case, order cancellation and stock restoration. Confirm that returns awaiting inspection are not treated as sellable. The shared inventory article explains the model behind these checks.
Order and fulfillment readiness
Run a representative order through import, allocation, warehouse release, packing and tracking acknowledgment. Compare the SKU, quantity, address and service promise at each stage.
Include the exceptions you will support: cancellation, missing stock, split shipment or address correction. Document where warehouse work can no longer be stopped and what the customer experience team should do next.
Returns and financial readiness
Confirm who authorizes a return, where it goes, who inspects it and who controls the refund. Test the disposition of both resellable and damaged stock.
Map the order to channel fees and fulfillment costs. Label estimates so launch reporting does not confuse incomplete cost data with settled contribution. Use the contribution worksheet for a first operating view.
Go-live decision
Record the release approver, approved assortment, operating contacts and rollback trigger. Every blocking failure needs a resolution before launch. Keep the evidence with the decision.
For the first trading period, define when the team will review rejected listings, inventory errors, late releases, missing tracking and customer contacts. Agree who can reduce the assortment or pause a problematic flow.
Example of a useful acceptance record
Weak: “Inventory integration is working.”
Useful: “Reduced the test SKU from five available units to two; the intended channel acknowledged two; cancellation restored one unit; screenshots and event timestamps attached; inventory lead accepted the result.”
Those values illustrate a test format. They are not a required service level or a claimed 1Commerce result.
Make the next launch easier
Keep the completed worksheet as a starting point, but recheck channel requirements and integration behavior for the next launch. An earlier pass is evidence of that test, not a permanent guarantee.
Read the marketplace launch guide or ask 1Commerce to review your launch scope.