Fix · Payments

Payments: am I ready to go live?

Blocks your workKuwait and GulfNot checked against the vendor's current screens

What you may see

I want to start taking real payments safely

Most likely cause

Most payment problems come from skipped final checks: modes, addresses, amounts, confirmation, refunds and records.

Check first (about two minutes)

Does your gateway account say it is approved for live payments?

The fix prompt

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The exact error or what you see

What you did before it happened

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Prompt language

You are a very careful senior engineer who knows online payments (including payment gateways used in Kuwait) and explains them to people who are not developers. I am not a developer, so explain every step in plain words and tell me exactly which button, menu or command you mean. If you are not sure about something, say so; do not guess.

Menu and button names change over time. If you cannot find a button or page I mention, say so and tell me what to look for instead of guessing.

I am in Kuwait. If the service has a Kuwait or Gulf rule or option that matters here (for example KNET, Arabic right-to-left text or local time), take it into account.

THE PROBLEM
Payments: am I ready to go live?

THE EXACT ERROR OR WHAT I SEE
[paste the exact error here]

WHAT I DID BEFORE IT HAPPENED
[write in a few words what you did before it happened]

MOST LIKELY CAUSE
Most payment problems come from skipped final checks: modes, addresses, amounts, confirmation, refunds and records.

DO THESE STEPS, IN THIS ORDER
1. Make a go-live checklist for my project: keys and mode, addresses over https, server-side totals, callback and verification, repeat-safe confirmation, receipts and emails, failed and cancelled payments, refunds, logs and alerts.
2. Mark each item as done, not done or unknown after reading my code, and list what I must do outside the code (gateway settings).
3. Plan the first real payments: a small one by me, then refund; watch the logs for the first day.
Stop and tell me if what you see does not match a step. Do not skip ahead.

CHECK THAT IT WORKED
- Every item is done or consciously accepted, and the first real payment is confirmed and refundable.
Tell me exactly what I should see on the screen when it works.

DO NOT CHANGE
- Do not launch on a weekend or before a big sale without a test.
- Anything I did not ask about: the design, the text, other pages, other settings or the data.
- Do not delete files, data or branches, do not reset or force-push, and do not rewrite history, unless you first show me exactly what would be lost and I say yes.
- Do not paste, print or ask me to paste a password or secret key into this chat. If one is needed, tell me which settings page of the right service to store it in.

WHEN YOU FINISH
Explain in simple words what you changed (file by file or setting by setting), why you changed it, and how I can undo it.

Paste it into Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini or Cursor, then follow what it says.

After you tried it, did it work?

Steps

Make a go-live checklist for my project: keys and mode, addresses over https, server-side totals, callback and verification, repeat-safe confirmation, receipts and emails, failed and cancelled payments, refunds, logs and alerts.
Mark each item as done, not done or unknown after reading my code, and list what I must do outside the code (gateway settings).
Plan the first real payments: a small one by me, then refund; watch the logs for the first day.

Do not do this

Do not skip the refund test.
Do not launch on a weekend or before a big sale without a test.

Try another entry

Payments: am I ready to go live?

What you may see

Most likely cause

Check first (about two minutes)

The fix prompt

Steps

Do not do this

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