Notify admin via email when order is placed in magento

Question

Is there a way to Notify admin via email when order is placed in magento? I feel like this is a silly question but I'm placing test orders currently and I'm not getting any email notification.

Will the order also get an email notification by default or does the admin have to click the "invoice button" each time an order comes in?

Answer 1

In the magento backend goto

System > Configuration 

Left Naviagation > Sales > Sales Emails this option will let you configure mail sending settings where you can ask magento to send you mail whenever an order is placed.

Alternatively, you can create a plugin with an observer which listens to the event of the order being placed and you can write your mail sending code in the observer.