# Test, send and schedule — Reachlee Docs

> Walk through a campaign in the phone preview, send a real test to yourself, then send it now or at a time you choose.

# Test, send and schedule

Walk through a campaign in the phone preview, send a real test to yourself, then send it now or at a time you choose.

## [Preview](#preview)Copy Anchor Link

Click **Preview** in the top bar. A phone opens beside the canvas and plays the sequence the way a contact sees it, with your text, buttons and `{{first_name}}` filled in for a sample contact.

![The phone preview walking through the Collect emails template](/_next/static/media/preview.0t80gxarxcz9s.webp)

Where the sequence branches, the preview offers a choice for each path, such as _They don't give one_. Tap a choice to follow that branch. **Restart** plays it again from the top so you can check every path.

The preview never sends anything.

## [Send a test](#send-a-test)Copy Anchor Link

Switch the preview to **Test**. It sends the campaign **for real** to one person who can be messaged right now.

![The Test tab with a list of contacts reachable now](/_next/static/media/test-send.0fcfa.~7ubc20.webp)

1. Search for a contact, ideally your own second account or a teammate who messaged your account in the last 24 hours.
2. Select them and click **Send test**.
3. Open Instagram or Messenger on that account and go through the sequence: tap buttons, answer questions, give an email.

Tests run every step for real, including saving answers and adding to folders, but they never count in the campaign's results. Test on every plan, including steps your plan can't send yet.

Testing from your own business account doesn't work

Instagram doesn't deliver DMs from an account to itself. Use a second personal account. Message your business account from it first, so it shows in the Test list.

## [Send now](#send-now)Copy Anchor Link

Click **Send campaign**. The confirmation shows how many people get it right away.

![Send this campaign? 1 person gets it right away](/_next/static/media/send-confirm.0r9z5qslsicmp.webp)

* **People who get it right away** are Active: they messaged you in the last 24 hours.
* **Everyone else** in the audience waits, if **Keep it open** is on, and gets it the moment they next message you.
* If nobody can receive it right now, the dialog says so. You can still send it to reach people as they message you.

Click **Send now**. Messages go out gradually over the first minutes rather than all at once, which keeps your account within Meta's rate limits.

If anything in the sequence is incomplete, or uses a step or setting your plan doesn't include, sending stops and tells you what to fix or which plan you need.

## [Schedule for later](#schedule-for-later)Copy Anchor Link

_Pro and above._ Click the arrow next to **Send campaign** and choose **Schedule for later**. Pick the date and time.

![The Schedule for later option under the Send campaign arrow](/_next/static/media/send-menu.0eu~9vaxz_~i8.webp)

A scheduled campaign can still be edited until it goes out. To cancel, open it and click **Cancel schedule** in the top bar; it goes back to a draft.

The audience is worked out when the campaign sends, not when you schedule it. People who join a folder or start matching a segment before then are included.

## [Campaign statuses](#campaign-statuses)Copy Anchor Link

| Status        | Meaning                                                                                                     |
| ------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Draft**     | Not sent yet. Edit freely.                                                                                  |
| **Scheduled** | Goes out at the time you picked. Still editable until then.                                                 |
| **Sending**   | Sequences are in flight: messages going out, people mid-flow.                                               |
| **Waiting**   | Everyone reachable has been sent to. The rest get it when they next message you, until the campaign closes. |
| **Done**      | Finished. Nobody else will receive it.                                                                      |
| **Stopped**   | You stopped it. Sequences in flight were ended.                                                             |

Hover the **?** on the status pill to see dates and how many people are still waiting.

## [After sending](#after-sending)Copy Anchor Link

Once a campaign is sending, its sequence is locked so everyone gets the same thing. Open it to see the [results](/docs/campaigns/results/); **View flow** shows the sequence read-only.

* **Stop** ends the campaign now. People mid-sequence get nothing more, and nobody who's waiting receives it.
* **Duplicate** copies the sequence, audience and rules into a new draft. Use it to fix something and send again, or to reuse a campaign that worked.

[TemplatesThe seven starting points in New campaign, what each sequence does step by step, and when to use it.](/docs/campaigns/templates/)[ResultsRead a campaign's numbers, follow every recipient, download the answers, and file the people who replied into a folder.](/docs/campaigns/results/)

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Source: https://www.reachlee.co/docs/campaigns/send