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This is the End of Conversion Rate Optimisation
...at least as you know it.“Conversion rate optimisation (CRO) is a system for increasing the percentage of visitors to a website that convert into customers, or more generally, take any desired action on a webpage.” This is how Wikipedia defines the pretty...
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Our step into the automotive world: Testbirds is partnering with….?
…the BMW Group! Today we are excited to announce a comprehensive contract. First, let me start at the very beginning. Our journey started with end-to-end testing of BMW Motorrad’s Connected App in 2018 and from there, the story began. How Crowdtesting Helped Improve...
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An Overview: Testing methods for Online-Shops
As you might have picked up already, in July we address E-Commerce testing a lot on our Testbirds blog. In the last weeks we already tackled down some different testing methods: we emphasized the importance of cross-device testing due to the ongoing mobile-shift,...
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Testbirds started in Munich, Germany, but has become an international company. This is why our posts are primarily in english.
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5 Benefits of E-Commerce Testing
Did you know that global revenue in eCommerce still is growing with an annual growth rate of 9%? I didn’t. Honestly, I thought we have long since reached a point where online market coverage is somewhat completed and revenue only increases by basis points. But in...
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Webshop testing: Increase your conversion rate with the help of the crowd
43% of all order cancellations of online purchases are due to technical malfunctions. This statistic makes it abundantly clear how often not even the basic functions at webshops are working. It also makes me want to bluntly state the following: Through thorough...
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A complete Selenium Tech Stack: Manage it with Open Source
Want to find out which software products and programming languages we use at Testbirds? Here we give you an insight into our tech stack for test automation. This tech stack is fully independant, and 100% Open Source. On 7th of June our colleague, Felix Kuperjans,...
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Mobile Commerce Usability: About the importance of testing your mobile webshop
We need to talk about mobile commerce usability and cross-device testing! Yes, it’s no news, that mobile commerce is on the advance and buzzwords like mobile first, responsive design and seamless shopping are long since replaced by others like machine learning and...
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An on-point event: Test Automation Days 2019 in Utrecht
Last week, we were at the Test Automation Days in Utrecht. We had some very insightful chats, learned a lot at interesting keynote speeches and are really happy with the attendance at our talk about the installation of a test automation infrastructure at Raiffeisen....
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Webinar: Managing User Experience in a Connected World
IoT continues to transform everyday objects into complex technology, evolving how we interact and experience the world. As more and more companies transform their digital products into connected devices, breaking down the barrier between man and technology, it’s...
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A look into our Device Cloud packages
You might already be familiar with our Device Cloud, our full offering of cloud-based testing solutions. Whether you need to test automated or manually, our Device Cloud offers the latest in real devices from actual end-users, virtualisation and emulation. We have the...
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Meet Testbirds @ Test Automation Day 2019 in Utrecht
We’re excited to announce our participation in another upcoming event, Test Automation Day, which takes place on the 19th and 20th June, 2019. We´re also very excited to share our thoughts and experiences about “Test Automation in a Continuous World”, the event’s...
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A Plea for Manual Testing – Don’t Underestimate It!
Today, we want to talk about manual testing, because it has a lot of advantages and use cases in which test automation simply can’t compete. Everybody’s talking about test automation (including us in this recent blog post)– after all, it’s fast, reduces long-term...
read moreTestbirds specialises in the testing of software such as apps, websites and Internet of Things applications by using innovative technologies and solutions. Under the slogan, “Testing 4.0 – The Next Generation of Quality. Powered by Crowd and Cloud Technologies”, the company offers various testing methods to its clients looking to optimise the user-friendliness and functionality of their digital products. With over 250,000 registered testers located in 193 countries, Testbirds is one of the world’s leading crowdtesting providers. In addition, the IT service provider utilises cloud based technologies to support customers in the optimisation of their digital products. The combination of the two testing methods delivers a unique and extensive portfolio that takes the quality of software to the next level. Testbirds was founded in 2011 by Philipp Benkler, Georg Hansbauer and Markus Steinhauser. Today, the company has over 100 employees. Other than its headquarters in Munich, there are now offices in Amsterdam, London and Stockholm, franchises in Hungary and Russia and sales partners in Italy.
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