Are you wondering whether or not you should consider conducting remote automated usability testing? Are you not sure what it looks like, or what the benefits are? This article breaks down 10 different reasons why you should consider utilizing remote automated usability testing today.
Remote automated usability testing refers to a type of testing that can be done remote, and so long as a participant has internet access, are able to complete a study.
- Large sample size will give client statistical validity to decisions about what features/interactions with the site require attention.
- Unlimited geographic reach allows you to get information from users' regardless of their location.
- Users do these tasks at home in their own natural environment.
- While using your analytics tools you may get input as to how a user is navigating a site, you don't get feedback as to what specifically is frustrating them or what can be improved. Some travel sites originally had a sign-in process that was required before showing users the price for a cruise. One VP of Sales argued that this was helpful for getting the call center to follow-up as well as sending emails. However, that site experienced a large drop in conversion during the time they had that implemented. A competitive study revealed that removing this would boast their online conversion by over 60%. The sign-in process was removed and when a longitudinal study was ran, the lift on customer experience satisfaction was over 20% and sales was reported to have increase by a whopping 63% in online sales that month.
- For companies that are in their redesign process, then competitive research can help with reducing future development costs. One financial company I consulted had to scrap an application they built because they found a fundamental flaw during the UAT testing rather than early on during product development.
- Get answers to what it takes to acquire new users of the site. Some companies like to differentiate themselves by making customer experience a competence, not a function. Hence, optimizing the site reinforces the brand with every interaction. A large retailer achieved 67% more repeat customers the year they started to integrate usability testing into their development.
- Increase efficiency of users by streamlining processes. A study with one of the large online retailers showed that adding a "heavy footer" to their site helped users find what they needed more quickly and hence over 50% returned to make additional purchases during that season.
- Starts you down the course of building "experience-based differentiation" where besides making incremental changes to improve the customer experience, product groups create a road map to get the competitive advantage based on customer feedback rather than feature management.
- Develops an outside-in approach which can help many companies make key decisions based on the voice of the customer rather than a very limited (and sometimes inaccurate) view of small sample of customers or internal silos.
- And lastly ... If you pick KLI to conduct your research you will have a highly qualified team that have been cherry picked and will work hard to get you actionable results! Contact us today to learn more about how we can help you conduct remote automated usability testing.
READ MORE: Unmoderated Online vs. Moderated Onsite Studies, 5 Steps to Recruit and Onboard Participants for Remote Usability Studies, Methodology Spotlight: Online Diaries, Participant Recruitment: What Not to Do
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