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Production Deployment
Vercel deploy, env vars, DNS switch, monitoring, go-live
Week 122–3 daysLaunch
Phase Progress0/8 tasks · 0%
After go-live: what changes immediately
Within 24–48hrs: Google starts indexing. Within 1 week: AI crawlers can read and cite your content. Your site goes from invisible to fully discoverable.
Deployment Steps (in order)
Push Frontend-Next/ to GitHub
Import to Vercel — auto-detected as Next.js
Add all env variables in Vercel
Update Backend CORS — add Vercel URL to allowedOrigins
Test on Vercel preview URL
Switch DNS
Enable Vercel Analytics
Submit sitemap to Search Console