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Do you want to see the reverse side of the testers world? As you may know, we love to organize things (You betcha!). To Do Lists, schedules, graphics, classification, reports, boxes of things etc. Do you think it's boring? No way! Especially in the IT world! This desire made QA Madness team create fun and useful slang that we use with our co-workers. The other day, our testers created nicknames for each bug that they found during their work and use this classification daily. How's that happened and what they’ve made? See yourself: The story started on the moment when one of the developers couldn’t reproduce the issue reported by me. After investigations appeared that issue was reproduced only with my one test account and nowhere else. The developer called this issue “Unicorn” and I really liked this name. I shared it with my co...

Consumer trends show website visits via mobile devices are growing exponentially. It is estimated that nearly 50% of e-sales will be mobile, some markets may even reach 80% by 2021. However, the research Statista conducted in 2018 reveals that only 12% of users find shopping via smartphone convenient. Moreover, the area of mobile shopping demonstrates the highest cart abandonment rate - nearly 86%. Considering the data, we see a fast and convenient mobile store a moment that matters in the modern e-commerce industry. That is why our team shares some insights for the retailers to succeed in mobile sales, meet consumer trends and achieve the desired conversion. The tips we provide are supported by recent innovations of the Magento platform and our experience in testing e-stores, of course :)

Speed Matters

Another data by Magento exhibits the way we...

There are thousands of questions that need to be answered before starting your development process. Оne of them is a concern of the choice of the proper platform for the website.

Why choosing a platform is so difficult?

The answer may surprise you. The trick is that you can implement your project with any CMS, all of them will be suitable. For example, you can take Joomla  and  make the site of any type: online shop, content design, blog, portal, web services,  business card website etc. During this ... “mind battle”,  you’ll definitely run into people who insist that Joomla or Drupal - complete nonsense and your project would be better on another CMS.  In most cases, their devotion to the particular CMS is connected only to their personal preference. But this doesn’t mean that you need to take the first available CMS and make a website on it. Firstly, if you entrust your website development to the particular specialist, it is better to let...

Our previous article was devoted to the Magento advantages and why this platform is one of the best on the eCommerce market. This time, we decided to reveal the dark side of Magento. Here is a short list of the main disadvantages of Magento:

1. Complexity. Magento system has a very large and complex structure. So, to build online store, you will need  really strong and professional teams of developers and testers.
2. Cost  of development. Usually, Magento site development requires a large investment of time and knowledge, which justifies its high cost.
3. Time. Customisation of Magento store takes longer than customisation of other eCommerse platforms.
4. Hosting. You should know that Magento takes a great space so hosting on the shared servers could lead to slow speed of the website. As a solution, might be a robust dedicated hosting server which also will t...

Nowadays there is a large variety of eCommerce platforms to suit every taste and request. But such diversity brings confusion for web store owners as to which eCommerce platform will be good enough for their business. In order to simplify  your choice, we have compiled a short list of the most important advantages of Magento. Look it out...

• Feature-Rich.  Practically none of the existing platforms do not have such a plurality of functional features as Magento has.
• Phenomenally Scalable. The size of your store doesn’t matter,  Magento is able to accommodate everything.
• Safe And Secure. With Magento, you can be 100% confident in the security of your online store.
• One Common Backend System. You can run numerous websites on the same common backend system. Each of your websites can have a different design and even domains, but controlled by a single unifie...

Are you sure in mobile friendliness of your web store? Have you checked it for bugs before launch? Google launched a new algorithm designed to elevate the rankings of mobile friendly/responsive websites. Of course, in order to benefit from increased mobile search rankings, you need to check that your Magento site is actually mobile friendly. And the only way to do it is mobile app testing.

Why Is This Important?

QA Madness has seen a lot of websites without responsive design for smartphones and tablets, and we must say it doesn't look good. Nowadays, websites with mobile friendly design play a significant role in the eCommerce world, because every day more and more people choose to use mobile devices. Having a mobile friendly Magento site gives customers the opportunity to be more liberated in time and place to make a purchase.  And, as a result, this option may improve ...

Magento is still one of the most popular eCommerce platforms, even though there are dozens of other tools available to use in custom web design and development in the world. Magento is an open-source platform, it’s an affordable choice for a whole range of business websites, from small local stores all the way up to huge international chains. QA Madness constantly receives orders for the testing of Magento site, and attention to this platform just increasing. Have you even known how it's started?

Here's a brief Magento history:

Magento officially started development in early 2007 by company called Varien (Roy Rubin and Yoav Kutner). Seven months later, on August 31, 2007, the first public beta version was released. It was originally going to be called ‘Bento’ however, another company had already trademarked the name. Instead, they fused it with ‘Mage’ to form Magento, the name which the platform still ...

Here are some possible reasons:

1. Your Store Policies Are Not Clear or Are Too Restrictive

Buying online is convenient, but people look for brick and mortar style assurance, too. They want to know they can easily return products or contact someone about trouble with your service.

2. Not Flexible Shipping Options

Free shipping is big with shoppers, and is quickly becoming an industry standard. Maybe this isn’t within your budget, but you may be able to shift some numbers around to make it fly. Testing will reveal what works best for you. Just make sure customers are aware of your free shipping option if you offer it.

3. Not Mobile Friendly

If you haven’t overhauled your design in the past two years, here’s your likely problem. Studies show that mobile shoppers acco...

Magento, as one of the leading eCommerce platforms, is used to create the most successful and high-quality online stores. The great variety of eCommerce websites, make quite serious competition on the market and the main point that will help you to be on the Toplist is Quality. Without proper testing, "sketchy" websites may face a number of challenges after launch. Based on our experience, we have compiled a list of the most "popular" bugs that we faced during Magento testing. Here are the most common of them:

Bug #1: You can’t rate the product or write a review for it.

It’s not the most critical bug, but it still can bugs people. The lack of opportunities to share their experiences with others can bring customers to the idea that you don't want to have truthful reviews on the website, so this may push for the idea that something is wrong with your product. ...