Credit: Getty Images by nazarkru Every year, Cyber Monday becomes bigger and bigger, with last year’s sales overshadowing even that of Black Friday by $1.56 billion . With so much potential for Cyber Monday, risking website, application, and API availability and performance is simply not an option anymore. Anyone with an interest in revenue, brand exposure or even service-level agreements (SLAs) on Cyber Monday should have a vested interest in how your company is preparing to handle the influx of visitors to your website. However, we know that trying to predict all possible failure points can seem like a daunting task. That’s why we’ve crafted an important list of dos and don’ts for optimal performance on Cyber Monday. 4 Must Dos Functional Testing: Validate essential functionality like login processes, filter functionalities, sort capabilities, form fields, drop-downs, and cart functionalities. Ensuring that users can browse your site and interact with features in a predictable manner is key for success. Browser and Mobile Testing: Identify your customers most commonly used browsers and devices, then run tests for usability and performance across the various combinations of devices and browsers so you know that the digital experience you provide is incredible regardless of how each visitor gets there. Load Testing: Maybe one of the most important tasks for any business looking to introduce a flash sale on Cyber Monday — load testing . Understanding what the breaking point is for your website, web application or API that supports user transitions is key in ensuring 24×7 availability on the biggest sale day of the year. API Transaction Monitoring: One of the most overlooked, yet imperative, tactics is to ensure that you set up API transaction monitors in your synthetic monitoring tool . These monitors work to ensure that the APIs that support key functionalities […]