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Show HN: Loadmill – Run Load Tests with Real Crowdsourced Traffic
- Linde 9y agoWhere does the traffic come from?
- idoco 9y agoHi Linde, the traffic comes from our affiliate websites' visitors. They perform a set of limited http/s requests to the tested application. This way we can offer our affiliates an alternative monetization model. Website owners embed our script, and share the revenue generated from the tests they help to power, while keeping their website free from ads.
- hitzfeld 9y agoThis seems like a very good and cost effective solution to test my website, I'll be in touch :)
- Rivi 9y agoLiked the idea. Thinking out of the box.
- sumanjay 9y agoThis is an awesome service! Simple, easy and cost effective! Great job!
- simon_acca 9y agoGreat idea, the sample of random users will probably be a lot more representative of actual traffic than the usual load tests! Are the users of the affiliate websites aware of what is happening though? From an ethical point of view I think this is no different than ads, so it's fine. Ads however are self-evident, so if I don't approve of them I can avoid the website in question.
- idoco 9y agoThanks! Yeah, our affiliates get a visible iframe to embed in their website, and that is their responsibility to communicate this to their visitors (they can also do it in other ways). This should work really well blogs and websites who want to avoid ads and look for alternative monetization models.
- mipmap04 9y agoI have a few websites that I needed to monetize and this looks perfect. Can't wait to use it.
- idoco 9y agoThanks mipmap, ping me if you need any help with that.