how do you proof events on your shop(dot) website?

Hello,

First, we are self-hosted and use TNEW for our website.

I'm struggling to figure out the correct series of events to be able to be able to proof events on the website without making them visible to the public. Here's my plan (which worked in the test system), but I'm wondering what I'm missing as to why it's not the best idea... 

• Create a new ranking to force a MOS shift into a non-public-facing mode of sale; let's call it MOS41
• Grant the Web User user group access to MOS41
• Manually add this ranking to my patron account in Tessitura
• Log in to our shop(dot) website, and I am immediately shifted to MOS41, so I can now see these events that are not publicly available.

Where are the pitfalls or major flaws in my logic here? 

[Side note: Many moons ago, when we were first converting to Tessitura, our installer used the phrase "inherently wrong" as in: "I don't quite know what's wrong with that plan, but it just feels inherently wrong." I'm simply trying to avoid anything being "inherently wrong"... ]

Thanks as always for your wisdom!