Going Live Checklist
Print this before your first real customer.
Before your first paying customer
Print this page. Walk through it once. You'll catch the things you missed during setup.
Account
- Email address is verified
- Strong password set
- At least one other person on your team has admin access (in case you lose your phone or get locked out)
- Trial converted to active subscription, or a credit card is on file with auto-recharge enabled
Payments
- Stripe Connect onboarding complete (green "Active" badge on the Tenant Billing tab)
- Statement descriptor set to a name your customers will recognize
- Test charge of $1 has landed in your Stripe dashboard
- Bank account on file, payouts enabled
Branding
- Logo uploaded and visible in the top-left of every dashboard page
- Primary color set to your brand color
- Brand name set
- Brand "from" email set to an address you control
- Brand support email set to an inbox you actively monitor
- (Optional) Custom domain configured and showing the green "Active" status
Phone Numbers
- You've bought at least one DID end-to-end (so you've seen the flow)
- You've assigned at least one DID to a tenant (so you've seen that flow too)
- CNAM set on at least one DID
- E911 address set on at least one DID per physical location (this is a legal requirement)
Tenants
- You've created at least one test tenant
- You can navigate into the tenant's dashboard and back out
- Tenant defaults are set to sensible values for the kinds of customers you're targeting
- You've reviewed the Usage Limits page and decided what caps to set on new tenants
Operations
- You know where to find tenant invoices (Reports → Tenant Invoices)
- You know how to top up your wallet (Settings → Billing → Subscription tab → Top Up)
- You've enabled auto-recharge so your service doesn't interrupt mid-month
- You've created at least one API key with no scopes you don't need (if you plan to use the API)
- You've set up at least one webhook endpoint (if you plan to integrate)
Support — yours and ours
- You have a support email or ticket system ready for your customers
- You know how to file a support ticket with us (Support menu)
- You've subscribed to status updates at status.simuwave.com
When every box is ticked, you're ready. Take that first call.