{"id":15208,"date":"2021-02-08T21:13:56","date_gmt":"2021-02-08T15:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cigniti.com\/blog\/?p=15208"},"modified":"2022-07-20T19:06:13","modified_gmt":"2022-07-20T13:36:13","slug":"ecommerce-platform-assurance-retail-testing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cigniti.com\/blog\/ecommerce-platform-assurance-retail-testing\/","title":{"rendered":"E-Commerce Platform Assurance \u2013 A Beacon of Certainty in the Retail Industry"},"content":{"rendered":"
At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, 10 years of e-commerce growth happened in just 90 days. The pandemic has impacted e-commerce in 2020, maybe more than any other time in history. While the traditional retail sales have declined, e-commerce has seen a paradigm shift with 129% growth year on year. Travel bans, lockdowns, and retail closures forced the consumers take the online route and e-commerce platform is at an all-time high.<\/p>\n
According to Margo Hays<\/em><\/strong>, Principal of Digital Strategy, TSG Consumer Partners \u2013 \u201cWe are seeing this rapid shift and it\u2019s not just e-commerce. It\u2019s everything. Our consumers are demanding speed and efficiency, no matter what you\u2019re doing.<\/em><\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n The digital competition is heating up as legacy wholesalers go online and global retail giants like Walmart, Amazon, Schwarz group, Alibaba, and Costco have expanded their ecommerce initiatives. Likewise, competitors in product categories who were traditionally not in demand online have also started competing for ecommerce shoppers.<\/p>\n According to Scott Silverman<\/em><\/strong>, Co-founder of GrowCommerce and the Global e-Commerce leader\u2019s forum, \u201cSince my days as Executive Director at Shop.org, I have seen how e-commerce businesses are impacted by performance challenges, yet struggle to identify and treat the root cause.<\/em><\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n While the growth is unimaginable and the numbers are tempting, what does it take to stay ahead in the competition? One little glitch in the platform is enough for you to lose customers. These annoyed customers will also leave damning reviews across the web, further accelerating your woes in the sales process.<\/p>\n According to a State of Online Retail Performance report,<\/p>\n It is evident from the above report that user experience is the key to e-commerce success. Customers have extremely short attention span, and degradations in website performance \u2013 no matter how small \u2013 can cause them to go elsewhere in an instant.<\/p>\n While the retail industry has seen a downslide due to the unexpected anomalies, the E-Commerce Platform Assurance instills a beacon of certainty in the Retail Industry. It is difficult to overstate the importance of e-commerce platform assurance. As retail increasingly turns into an online phenomenon, with more customers favoring the web, the demand for multi-faceted, highly functional e-commerce online platforms has grown exponentially.<\/p>\n Few common issues in E-commerce platforms that affect revenue big time are \u2013<\/p>\n E-commerce platform assurance plays a vital role in overcoming these issues \u2013<\/p>\n A detailed approach to quality assurance for any big or small e-commerce businesses can help in avoiding issues and ensuring an efficiently running store. This will not only bring new customers onboard but will also retain repeated customers.<\/p>\n Also, while you end up finding no defects after certain QA cycles, there is a need to change the approach to find newer ones, if any. You may consider performing exploratory testing and introduce Alpha Beta Testing. Additionally, you may also change your test cases and use tracking tools such as Hotjar or Inspectlect to record user experience on your website.<\/p>\n Any business requires quality assurance for them to be competitive in e-commerce platforms. They act as a citadel in detecting and correcting the grave areas in the platforms such as \u2013<\/p>\n While adhering to the best practices, it is equally imperative to leverage with the growth trends. Successful e-commerce companies are leveraging personalization technology to give consumers a customized experience.<\/p>\n According to Juha Valvanne<\/em><\/strong>, founder of Nosto<\/em><\/strong>, \u201cPersonalization is the missing ingredient to a successful online shopping experience and will be the key to 2020 and the future of e-commerce.<\/em><\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n Based on the customer demographics, browsing behavior, purchase history, past actions, and other enriched personal data, e-commerce platforms are delivering personal experiences by dynamically showing specific offers, product recommendations, and relevant content.<\/p>\n A recent study reveals, \u201cCustomers spend 48% more when their online shopping experience is personalized. Plus, 57% of online shoppers are comfortable with sharing their personal information with a brand if it benefits their shopping experience<\/em><\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n To achieve a higher ROI, there is a need for the retailers to inculcate the personalization experience to their customers in their e-commerce platforms. And there is also a dire need to get the right kind of personalization experience and this can be achieved to perfection only through the right approach of e-commerce quality assurance.<\/p>\n To stay ahead in the race, it is also imperative for the e-commerce platforms to gather consensus on the big things that we see buzzing.<\/p>\n Forrester<\/em><\/strong> predicts, \u201cBy 2020, almost half of all adults will be Millennials, which also means an increase in Millennial B2B buyers. Gen Z is starting to enter the workforce as well. These audiences prefer a simpler, more self-serve user experience that allows them to research and get the information they need without talking to salespeople.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Here are few trends cropping up that we think any e-commerce retailer should have in mind \u2013<\/p>\n Cigniti\u2019s automated end-to-end testing services in retail amplify the user experience in stores and contribute to improved sales and profitability.<\/p>\n We have a proven record of reducing overall test duration by 50% for a world\u2019s largest retailer who wanted to ensure compatibility of its E-commerce website<\/a> across various devices, operating systems, and platforms.<\/p>\n\n
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