Automated Testing for E-Commerce Websites

Your checkout is your cash register. If it breaks after an update, you lose sales until someone notices. We build automated tests that check your store is working — before your customers find out it isn't.

Checkout Testing

Every step from basket to payment confirmation, tested automatically after every change.

Payment Gateways

Verify Stripe, PayPal, SagePay, CyberSource and other gateways process correctly.

Mobile & Desktop

Tests run on real browser engines across mobile, tablet, and desktop viewports.

Instant Alerts

Get notified immediately when a test fails — fix problems before customers encounter them.

The Problem

E-commerce sites are complex. A PHP update, a module change, or a hosting migration can silently break your checkout, your search, or your product pages. Most store owners find out when a customer complains — or worse, when they check the order log and see a gap.

Manual testing after every change is tedious and unreliable. You check the homepage, maybe add something to the basket, and call it done. But did you test guest checkout? The coupon code field? Shipping to Scotland? The mobile menu?

Automated tests check all of it, every time, in minutes.

What We Test

  • Product browsing — categories, search, filtering, pagination
  • Product pages — images, prices, options, stock levels, add-to-basket
  • Shopping basket — quantities, removal, coupon codes, running totals
  • Checkout flow — guest and registered, every step to order confirmation
  • Payment processing — gateway integration, error handling, confirmation emails
  • Account functions — registration, login, order history, address book
  • Mobile experience — navigation, tap targets, responsive layout
  • Performance — page load times and Core Web Vitals thresholds

How It Works

We use Playwright, the same testing framework used by Microsoft, to write tests that drive a real browser through your site exactly like a customer would. No browser plugins, no flaky screenshots — real interactions with real assertions.

1. Audit

We review your site, identify the critical user journeys, and agree what needs testing. For most e-commerce sites, that's 15–30 test scenarios.

2. Build

We write the test suite, covering your checkout, payments, search, account functions, and any custom features specific to your store.

3. Run

Tests can run on demand before deployments, on a schedule (daily, hourly), or automatically when code changes. You get a pass/fail report with screenshots of any failures.

Platforms We Test

We build test suites for PHP e-commerce platforms including:

  • osCommerce — we maintain live osCommerce stores and know the platform inside out
  • Drupal Commerce — including Drupal 7, 10, and 11
  • WooCommerce — WordPress-based stores
  • Zen Cart — osCommerce derivatives
  • Custom PHP stores — bespoke e-commerce built on PHP/MySQL
  • Any web-based store — if it runs in a browser, Playwright can test it

When You Need This

Before a PHP Upgrade

Moving from PHP 7.4 to 8.3? Run the full test suite before and after to catch every breakage.

Before Going Live

Migrating hosting, launching a redesign, or switching payment gateways? Test the new environment against every critical journey.

Ongoing Monitoring

Schedule tests to run daily or hourly. Know immediately if your checkout stops working — not when a customer tells you.

Peak Trading Periods

Black Friday, Christmas, January sales — increase test frequency when the stakes are highest.

Pricing

Every store is different, so we quote based on the number of test scenarios and the complexity of your checkout. As a guide:

Starter

From £500

Core checkout flow — add to basket through to order confirmation. 10–15 test scenarios. One-off delivery.

Comprehensive

From £1,200

Full site coverage — checkout, search, accounts, mobile, and payment gateways. 25–40 test scenarios.

Ongoing

From £150/month

Scheduled test runs, maintained test suite, updated when your site changes. Includes failure alerts.

Protect Your Revenue

A broken checkout costs you money every minute it's down. Automated testing catches problems before your customers do.

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