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# Using and changing the free checkout email

The free checkout email is an email that you set on the platform, and when used at checkout, Starstream doesn’t take a fee. The free checkout email can be useful for testing event purchase as if you are a customer before publishing a new event.

## **Using the free checkout email** <a href="#we3vlhmh5zwl" id="we3vlhmh5zwl"></a>

To use the free checkout email for testing, follow these steps:

1. Find your free checkout email address in **Setting -> Other Settings**

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2. Head to any event page, add to cart and check out as if you are buying it. In the checkout page, type your free checkout email in the email field.

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3. Enter your credit card details.

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4. Type your billing address, and click Pay now to pay. You will be charged only the price of the event, and Starstream won’t take a fee.

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## **Changing the free checkout email** <a href="#usvt0uq9opy" id="usvt0uq9opy"></a>

You can change the free checkout email from the settings. Follow these steps:

1. In your main dashboard, head to the Settings tab.

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2. From the Settings tab, click on the Other Settings sub-tab. Head to the Free checkout email section and type the new email you want to set for free checkouts. Click Change free checkout Email when you finish.

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