Poor Website and App Performance Results in Digital Desertion
Poor Website and App Performance Results in Digital Desertion
  • By Sven Hammar, CSO, Apica System
  • 승인 2017.11.02 00:09
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Internet users are growing more demanding and less forgiving, according to the results of a new consumer survey. In a clear call to action for organizations around the world, the survey found that three quarters of respondents expect websites and apps to perform faster than they did three years ago.

The objective of the survey, which was conducted by web performance experts Apica among internet users in the UK, US and Sweden, was to investigate changing attitudes towards a brand’s digital performance. The survey of 2,250 consumers reveals that nearly 40 percent won’t wait more than ten seconds for a website to respond before navigating away. One in nine users (11 percent) won’t even give a site five seconds before moving onto another website.

The survey also found that digital disappointment affects brand loyalty, with 60 percent of consumers likely to be less loyal towards a brand if they experience poor website or app performance. Ten percent of participants said they would never return to an offending brand for goods or services. Swedes are least loyal towards a brand that lets them down online, with 73 percent likely to turn to competitors.

These results demonstrate that digital consumers have limited patience for slow performance or delays. There is clearly a general expectation that sites and apps will perform faster and better, particularly with the advent of born digital organizations. The onus is now on businesses, whether they’re a leading financial company or an online retailer, to ensure peak performance at all times.

The survey also revealed that users also have limited patience for organizations that schedule maintenance on websites and apps. Less than half (46 percent) of users said that several hours of downtime was acceptable, and even then, reasons for the downtime had to be properly communicated. 54 percent respondents had an "upper limit" of one hour, and more than 1/10 (13 percent) actually expect 100 percent uptime.

Negative digital experiences are also likely to impact brand reputation with 83 percent of global respondents reporting they would consider telling colleagues about a poor website or app experience, and almost 4 in 10 would definitely share this.

If companies wish to retain both customers and revenue, they must focus on proactive performance testing and monitoring of their digital services to ensure that, even at peak times, downtime does not occur.

by Sven Hammar, CSO, Apica

Sven Hammar is co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Apica (https://www.apicasystems.com/), a provider of powerful, best-in-class technology for testing, monitoring, and optimizing the performance of cloud and mobile applications. Mr. Hammar he has decade-long experience and expertise in web performance and web optimization, e-commerce, cloud services, IT entrepreneurship and the Internet. He is also a serial entrepreneur who has founded several successful IT companies over the years.


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