Every subscription event in my database says sandbox

I build HerShape, my own product. It generates meal and workout plans around where a woman is in her cycle. Founder update, not a pitch.

The number this week: my subscription_events table has 24 rows and every one of them is tagged sandbox. Zero production events, ever. All 24 came from two of my own test accounts between August 6 and August 18. Total real users is 14 once I strip out test accounts. 4 signups in the last 7 days, and all 4 generated a plan. Paying subscribers: 0.

What shipped: nothing. My last commit is still September 12, so that is a full week with no code. The time went into writing and into reading my own numbers instead of building.

What I learned: I have been reading 0 paying subscribers as a demand problem. The table says something narrower. Nothing has ever exercised the live purchase path, so I have no evidence it works end to end. Those are two different problems and I had quietly folded them into one.

My question: how did you confirm your real payment path worked before anyone had paid you? Did you buy your own product on a live card and refund it, or did you wait for the first real purchase to tell you?

HerShape: https://hershape.app