Preparing for a Go Live on Salesforce Commerce Cloud: Lessons from Real Projects

This week, I’ve been less active than usual. And here's why.

No newsletter.
No blog post on SFCC Learning.
Just a few quick updates on LinkedIn.

Why the sudden drop?
Because we’re in Go Live week.

Yep. My team and I are in full-on launch mode.
This Monday, the site we’ve been working on for months will finally go live.

So right now, it’s all hands on deck.
So many things to check, fix, and double-check again.
Not much time for anything else.

Wish us luck.

And if you're interested, I’ll tell you how it went.
Or even better — I could write a few posts on what it really takes to launch a site on Salesforce Commerce Cloud.
From scratch.
To production.

What steps we follow.
What issues we always look out for.
What you don’t want to forget.

Now I’m curious about you.

Have you ever been part of a real Go Live in Commerce Cloud?

I’m not talking about ongoing projects or maintenance.
I mean a real one.
A full rollout from nothing to something.

Personally, I’ve worked on around 15 to 20 projects in Commerce Cloud.
But true Go Lives? Sites that didn’t exist before?
Just 3 or 4.

The rest were already live — I came in for evolutions, improvements, support.

But being there from day one to launch?
That’s something else.
That’s intense.

So tell me:
What do you think are the most critical things during a Go Live?
What went wrong for you?
What did you learn the hard way?

If we had to make a checklist to make sure everything’s covered — what’s on yours?

Let’s share.