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> In A/B tests, we tried delaying the page in increments of 100 milliseconds and found that even very small delays would result in substantial and costly drops
by kchr 7y ago
> In A/B tests, we tried delaying the page in increments of 100 milliseconds and found that even very small delays would result in substantial and costly drops in revenue. - Greg Linden, Amazon.com
Just curious, do vendors on Amazon get reimbursed for the drops in revenue during tests like this?
- dymk 7y agoThey'll imperceptible to individual vendors, as it's distributed across thousands. "Substantial" is extrapolated from a small (but just large enough to draw strong statistical conclusions from) A/B rollout. Should Amazon charge vendors more when they identify where to invest more engineering effort, as a result of these A/B tests, which eventually lead to far higher increased revenue?
- Groxx 7y agoI'm going with "yes, it's part of the cost of using Amazon as a service to sell your goods"