A/B testing

Stop — it's losing: a clear call on A/B tests that won't recover

Overview

Ordinary's Shopify A/B testing now tells you when to stop an A/B test that's losing: the verdict reads Stop — it's losing, names the version, and gives the chance it still beats your original. When you run several tests at once, it also names the best version of each, weighed together.

Stop — it's losing Demo data
An A/B test in Ordinary comparing product photos with a lifestyle video first. The verdict reads Stop “Lifestyle video first” — it's losing, with under 1% chance it beats control, above each group's visitors, revenue per visitor, conversion rate and orders. Demo data.

Stop — it's losing

Stop sending shoppers to the weaker page

End a loser in days, not months

Every extra day a losing version runs sends real shoppers, and real revenue, to the weaker page. A clear stop call lets you end it, put your next idea live, and run more tests a quarter on the same traffic, even on a store without huge traffic.

Which verdict you'll see, and when

While a test runs, its verdict tells you to ship a clear winner, to stop a clear loser, or to keep running when it's too close. Once you've ended a test, a version that lost reads Keep control, so a finished test is never told to stop.

Read the guide: reading your test results

Overlapping tests

The best version of each test, weighed together

Best so far, when tests overlap

Running more than one test on the same pages? The overlap card on each test opens with Best so far: one chip per test naming the version that's ahead, marked Clear, Early sign, Too close or Too early.

More on running several tests side by side

Best so farDemo data
The overlap card on an Ordinary A/B test: a gallery test and a free-shipping bar test share every visitor. Best so far names Product photos (original) as Clear and No bar (original) as an Early sign, and the table shades the cell where both originals meet in green. Demo data.

The winning pairing, shaded green

Early sign means the results point clearly one way before they're certain. When every test has a call, the winning pairing is shaded green, so you know which to keep while the tests finish.

Each test's result inside the other's groups

If a change only works next to one version of another test, the table shows it, so you can decide the two together.

Also in this release

Find any product, order or customer as you type

Search right on top of your tables

Products, Orders and Customers now have a search box on top of the table, so you can find any product, order or customer as you type. Every column on the Products list sorts with a click.

Available now

The stop verdict is live on every plan, and so are search and sorting on your tables. Best so far appears on every plan whenever two or more of your tests overlap; building more than one test in Ordinary is on the Starter plan and above.

Stop paying for the page that's losing.

Connect your Shopify store and run A/B tests scored on your real revenue, with a clear call on when to ship and when to stop.

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