For any football club, unveiling a new kit marks a significant milestone in the calendar. In this guide we share our top tactics to ensure your online store will handle the increase in traffic to deliver a seamless customer checkout experience during this critical time.

Check out the age of perma-peak in our latest report. With the ever-changing landscape of eCommerce we look into how consumers are dictating the pace of the retail calendar and the steps retailers must take to keep up online.

In this report, Validify interviewed retailers to find out what contingencies they are putting into place and highlighting some of the best solutions available to be deployed rapidly to ensure retailers end a uniquely challenging year on a positive note.

The holiday season and cyber weekend are approaching fast. You’ve been preparing for several months and code lockdown isn’t far off but what practical steps can you take in last few months and weeks running up to Black Friday?

The business risks of replacing or upgrading your platform are vast – from the short term impact of reduced conversions and lost revenue to the longer term damage to customer loyalty and adverse PR. Optimising customer experience and performance of your new platform should be a top priority.

In this guide we share the top 5 Load Testing mistakes to avoid – to ensure your site will deliver seamless customer experience and maximise conversions at when it matters most - at peak and following new releases.

Avoid the pitfalls and ensure your platform’s ready for a bumper peak season. Read our 10-point checklist to help prepare your website and ensure optimum digital CX and performance for flash sales and seasonal peaks.

By incorporating realistic load testing as part of an ongoing programme – rather than a reaction to peak traffic periods – you’ll find problems and fix them before it’s too late and benefit from improved customer experience all year round. We outline a step-by-step load testing plan to guarantee optimum performance for peak seasons.