How does free checkout work in Opencart 2?

Question

I am trying to make a development site where I can add products to my cart and delivery options - and then checkout. I want to be able to do dummy orders without using real cards or payment gateways

I have enabled free checkout but it does not appear on the OpenCart admin panel?

Answer 1

In OpenCart, Free Checkout payment option only show up when order total equals to zero.

To enable/disable Free Checkout: /Admin => Extensions => Payments => Free Checkout

Remember, it's only show up when Total = 0

To test it, try to add $0 item and select $0 shipping (or you can enable Free Shipping option)

To allow test orders submit without any credit card info, you can install and enable Cash On Delivery payment method.

To enable/disable Cash On Delivery: /Admin => Extensions => Payments => Cash On Delivery