A/B testing

Reach rate: score homepage tests on where visitors go next

Overview

Score your homepage and landing page A/B testing on where visitors go next: with reach rate, each version is judged on the share of its visitors who reach the page you choose. Test two homepage heroes and the winner is the one that sends more shoppers into your product pages, even in a week where few of them buy.

Results: reach rate Demo data
The Results tab of an Ordinary A/B test scored on reach rate. The verdict says to ship the 4-up product grid, each version had 1,200 visitors, and 30.9% of the 4-up grid's visitors reached a product page against 23.1% for the control. Demo data.

Reach rate

Score a test on where visitors go next

Pick a goal page and a time window

Choose where the test should send people, one page like your offer page or a whole section like every product page, and how soon after seeing the test they have to get there.

Scoring tests on profit instead: A/B test results in profit

Goals: reach goalDemo data
The Reach goal card in Ordinary: a goal page set to every product page, and a time window of 30 minutes for a visitor to get there after seeing the test. Demo data.

Running tests side by side

Run several tests at once, and see where they overlap

Overlap with your other live tests

Each test shows how many of its visitors are also in your other live tests, in total and test by test, so you know how much two results could be influencing each other.

More on reading overlapping tests together

Overlap with other testsDemo data
Ordinary's Overlap with other tests panel for a running test: how many of its visitors are also in another test, the share that represents, and a row for each other live test with the pages it runs on. Demo data.

A warning when two tests change the same element

If two live tests edit the same element on the same page, both tests show a warning naming the other test and the elements they share. You see it before the results get muddied, not after.

Uneven splits

Tests running together don't have to get equal traffic. Try a new idea on a small share of shoppers while your proven test keeps most of them.

Read the guide: running A/B tests in Ordinary

Also in this release

Notes on every test, and tests built in your theme

Notes on every test

Every test has a Notes tab, a dated, signed log your team can add to, so the story behind a result stays with the test.

Tests built in your theme code

When a change needs your theme, like a new section or a price read from the product, your developer builds both versions there and Ordinary scores it like any other test. When you press Start, Ordinary checks the test is live on the page.

Read the guide: building a test in your theme code

Available now

Reach rate, Notes and tests built in your theme code are live on every plan. The Free plan includes one A/B test; the Starter plan and above run as many tests as you like, side by side.

Test the page on the job it actually does.

Connect your Shopify store, pick a goal page, and see which version sends more shoppers where you want them.

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