How do I go into finding paid beta testers for our platform?
Hello everyone, Where can I find some paid testers for my platform that can provide some feedback?
I use the platform and it works well for me, but before I try to market it I would like to have a group of people using it at the same time. I mainly want to see how the server reacts to the load and also a combination of devices, OS.
Hopefully, it will be cost-effective and provide some feedback that can be used to improve things.
Thank you!
I have virtual assistants, we can do this.
Do you have a clear document with what we should look for?
It would be an interesting project to work on.
Shoot me an email at bite@250bpo.com ( bite means hello:))
Hi Esteban,
Bill
Thanks for the reply Bill, we need to do some Quality assurance, find issues before other users find them.
https://www.simpletasking.com is a multi-project management platform. Is a small niche.
I get simpletasking but suspect it may be hard to build all integrations with Slack, Trello, Zoom, Outlook, etc. Do you want their APIs coming into Simpletasking or do you want to rebuild each tool into Simpletasking?
Rule of thumb I like to follow is if you don't make money from your product, don't spend money on paid ads, or user testing. It's not economical. The cold, unromantic truth is if people have a serious problem, they'll use a dirty MVP over a polished product that doesn't solve their problems.
What do you think? More importantly, what's the users feedback so far been?
1.-The core of these tools already works, I use it daily and much prefer it to have to use Slack and Trello.
2.-So very true, thus the key is finding those serious problems. I dont think my product solves a serious problem, people can just switch between teams, tools, and accounts (and waste time doing that), yet it really improved the way I work, one-click done.
I seriously can't imagine not having this tool now, so it already feels like a win to me. Few feedback yet.
Here's a 5 min read I wrote on how to solve problems for startups. It covers solve a problem you have, how to solve it well, and why niche. Maybe it can help
https://berlocks.com/blog/v/startups-solve-problems-5eee57698afda
If ya want to talk more ping me at bill@berlocks.com. We can chat about problem seriousness.
There are some solutions listed here: https://www.dreamhomebasedwork.com/paid-web-testing-jobs/
From these, I was only familiar with Mechanical Turk and Testerwork.com
If you want to load server, you should use specific load testing tools. Back when I dealt with QA, we used Jmeter, but I don't know if there is anything better nowadays.
In my opinion, however, is that you should make a clear distinction between quality testing and user testing. From your post, I thought you wanted the former, but if the feedback you're looking for is what features to build and whether your product delivers value, then need to test your product with real customers from your target market.
And if you can't find or reach real potential customers, you have a problem.
Thank you for the links, yes, the main objetive is quality assurance. Want to find issues bugs, before any potential clients do.
The project is already a big success! We solved the project for ourselves and we now use it daily and much prefer it to other tools available on the market. We do hope other users find it as useful, but it already feels like a big win for us.