Test Your Funnel Before Launch
A launch test should follow a real visitor from entry to the next business action. A page can look correct while submitting incomplete data or enrolling the wrong workflow.
A launch test should follow a real visitor from entry to the next business action.
A page can look correct while submitting incomplete data, enrolling the wrong workflow, or sending an outdated booking link.
Write the Expected Journey
Example:
Visitor opens quote page. Visitor submits request. Confirmation appears. Contact fields update. Opportunity is created or updated. Owner receives notification. Customer receives acknowledgement. Follow-up begins. Customer reply stops follow-up.
This sequence becomes your test plan.
Test the Page Experience
Check:
- Narrow mobile screen
- Tablet
- Desktop
- Heading hierarchy
- Readable text
- Button visibility
- Menu behavior
- Image loading
- No horizontal overflow
- Keyboard navigation
- Visible focus
- Form labels
Test long business names and realistic text lengths. A layout that only works with short sample content is fragile.
Test Every Important Link
Verify:
- Primary CTA
- Secondary CTA
- Phone link
- Email link
- Booking link
- Privacy link
- Terms link
- Download link
- Navigation
- Confirmation-page links
Check the actual destination, not just whether something opens.
Test Forms with Good and Bad Inputs
Try:
- Valid submission
- Missing required value
- Invalid email
- Long request description
- Repeated submission
- Submission failure
- Existing contact
Confirm valid data is preserved when errors occur.
Verify Records and Automation
Inspect:
- Field mapping
- Contact matching
- Opportunity pipeline and stage
- Assigned owner
- Tags or other state
- Workflow enrollment
- Customer messages
- Internal notifications
Confirm that editorial placeholders have been replaced with supported account fields.
Test Exit Conditions
Reply before the next follow-up.
Book the relevant appointment.
Close or pause the opportunity.
Opt out of a channel.
Verify that later actions respond correctly to each state change.
Test Payments When Applicable
Use the payment provider's supported testing process.
Check:
- Correct product and amount
- Successful payment
- Failed payment
- Confirmation
- Access fulfillment
- Duplicate event handling
- Refund or cancellation behavior where relevant
Do not infer successful fulfillment from a thank-you-page visit.
Test Measurement
Confirm important events are recorded once where possible.
Avoid placing customer-sensitive information in analytics URLs or event labels.
Distinguish a CTA click, form submission, trial signup, and qualifying payment. They are different events.
Keep a Launch Log
For each test:
- Scenario
- Expected result
- Actual result
- Evidence
- Pass or fail
- Fix required
- Retest result
Resolve material failures before sending traffic.
Completion Checklist
Tick each item as you go. Progress is saved in your browser.
Testing starts with a plan. Map your website before you build so the test has something to measure against.
