diff --git a/app/lib/orderEmail.ts b/app/lib/orderEmail.ts
index 8174624..a6bc72d 100644
--- a/app/lib/orderEmail.ts
+++ b/app/lib/orderEmail.ts
@@ -53,7 +53,14 @@ export type OrderConfirmationEmailData = OrderConfirmationData & {
 // fails (still alerted, same severity as the frontend's own critical-error
 // path for this checkout flow).
 export async function sendOrderConfirmationEmail(order: OrderConfirmationEmailData, customerEmail: string): Promise<boolean> {
-  const template = (await getEmailTemplate("order-confirmation")) ?? {
+  const fetchedTemplate = await getEmailTemplate("order-confirmation");
+  // `active === false` is a deliberate admin decision to suppress this
+  // email entirely — distinct from `fetchedTemplate` being null (no row
+  // saved yet), which still sends below with the hardcoded default
+  // wording. Checked before the fallback is applied, since the fallback
+  // object has no `active` field of its own (implicitly always on).
+  if (fetchedTemplate && !fetchedTemplate.active) return false;
+  const template = fetchedTemplate ?? {
     subject: "Bestellt! Deine Ruhe kann kommen 🎉",
     heading: "Bestellt!",
     bodyText: "Deine Bestellung ist bei uns eingetrudelt — wir kümmern uns schon liebevoll darum, sie für dich zu packen.",
diff --git a/app/lib/payload.ts b/app/lib/payload.ts
index 4f6499d..67bfa11 100644
--- a/app/lib/payload.ts
+++ b/app/lib/payload.ts
@@ -828,6 +828,11 @@ type PayloadEmailTemplate = {
   heading: string;
   bodyText: string;
   footerText: string | null;
+  // false means the admin deliberately suppressed this email — checked
+  // by orderEmail.ts before sending order-confirmation, never treated as
+  // "row missing, use hardcoded default" (that's what a null return from
+  // this function itself already means).
+  active: boolean;
 };
 
 // draft:true is used by app/email-preview/[type]/page.tsx (Live Preview,