How a billion-dollar e-commerce business built a performance testing framework from scratch with Gatling Enterprise

This e-commerce company had experienced steady sales growth, but in 2020, online shopping demand surged dramatically. The company saw exponential traffic increases, especially during holiday seasons.

Since then, BOT traffic and web scrapers have become increasingly sophisticated, creating challenges in managing real user experience. Filtering all BOT traffic wasn’t an option, as it could impact legitimate customers. To combat this, the company must ensure it can handle multiples of its standard traffic to avoid performance issues even if it faces heavy BOT traffic.

Additionally, the company needed to build a performance testing framework from scratch to manage site traffic effectively and maintain its commitment to high-quality service.

With Gatling Enterprise, the company started load testing daily, with several simulations to replicate traffic spikes and production traffic. Based on the simulations, they changed the architecture of certain pages, making them more resilient and protecting them from large amounts of traffic.

Currently, the performance team is continuously doing CI/CD testing, including soak and stress tests, to maintain the website's stability and uninterpreted customer service.

• Millions of active customers with an average session duration of 08:19 minutes 
• 450+ developers actively using Gatling Enterprise
• 500+ load tests and 100+ distinct simulations per month
• During peak seasons, up to 1,300+ load tests per month

By using Gatling Enterprise, this e-commerce leader has successfully scaled performance testing, mitigated risks associated with BOT traffic, and optimized website stability to handle massive spikes in traffic and sales.