> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.pocketsflow.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Checkout social proof

> Show buyers real activity on your product at checkout: purchase counts, a recent-purchase notice and review stars.

Social proof shows buyers that real people buy your product. Every number is
real: it comes from your paid orders and your product's reviews. Nothing is
estimated, rounded up or made up.

<Note>
  Checkout social proof is part of the **Growth** plan and above.
</Note>

## What buyers can see

<CardGroup cols={3}>
  <Card title="Purchase count" icon="users">
    "14 people bought this in the last 24 hours" (or "in the last 7 days"),
    under the price. Hidden until it reaches your minimum.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Recent purchase notice" icon="bell">
    "Someone in Lyon bought this · 2h ago", once per visit, for a few seconds.
    City or country only.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Review stars" icon="star">
    The average rating and the number of reviews, from your product's real
    reviews.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Turn it on

In the product editor, open the **Checkout** step and find **Social proof**.
Switch on **Show social proof at checkout**, then choose:

* **Purchase count**: the window (last 24 hours or last 7 days) and the
  **minimum** (default 3). Below the minimum the checkout shows nothing, never
  a smaller number.
* **Recent purchase notice**: on or off.
* **Review stars**: on or off.

## What counts

* Only paid, live orders of this product. Test-mode orders and refunded
  orders never count.
* The recent-purchase notice shows a city only when the payment recorded one,
  otherwise the country. It never shows a name, an email or an amount, and it
  is held back below your minimum too, so a single sale can't point at one
  buyer.
* Stars average your product's live reviews.
* Numbers refresh about once a minute.

If your plan no longer includes social proof, the checkout stops showing it
and your settings are kept.

## For developers

Read or change the settings with your API key (`GET` / `PUT
/social-proof/products/{id}/settings`), and read the same aggregate numbers
the checkout shows from the public `GET /social-proof/products/{id}`. See
[Post-purchase offers & social proof API](/api-reference/growth-checkout).


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