I work in the usability lab at eBay in San Jose, and we're looking for participants for usability studies. We need users of all backgrounds, whether you're a high-volume seller, someone who's never heard of eBay, or anywhere in between. Typically, we offer a $50 gift certificate (at giftcertificates.com) for a 2 hour session, but sometimes for larger studies, we offer more. Our testing times our usually during the work day, but sometimes we go into the early evening. If you're interested, fill out this survey and you'll be put on our list of potential participants. Thanks!

John

 

bump...

Feel free to send this link to friends and family who might be interested.

John

 

done

 

so what's the chance of getting a check for this?

 

pretty decent chances once you're entered into our database... we're running a crapload of studies and desperately need users of all types...

John

 

usability...i did QA testing (black & whitebox) for awhile. need me to break something?

 

he he... we want people to USE the site, not ABUSE it.

If you want to speed up the process of making your way into our database, answer these questions and email it to me at jocheng@ebay.com.

----------------------- Questionnaire -------------------------------

Name: ______________________________

Address: ___________________________________
City: ______________________
State/Zip Code: ______ ___________

Work phone: (___) _________ Home phone: (____) _________
Mobile: (___) _________ or Fax: (____) _________
Your EMAIL Address: __________________________

Your YEAR of birth: _____________
Current employer: ______________________________

Please put an "X" next to the answer you would like to indicate

1. What is your gender?
___ Male
___ Female

2. What is your primary occupation?
___ Clerical/Administrative
___ Craftsman/Craftswoman
___ Educator/Full time student
___ Executive/Manager
___ Factory operator/Laborer
___ Homemaker
___ Market research/UI/Usability
___ Military
___ Professional/Technical
___ Retired/Not working
___ Sales
___ Self-employed
___ Service worker
___ Software/Web development
___ Other

3. Hours online per week for any purpose:
___ None
___ less than 1
___ 1 - 5
___ 6 - 10
___ 11 - 15
___ 16 - 20
___ 21 +

4. What have you used to browse the web? (select all applicable)
___ Internet Explorer
___ Netscape
___ AOL
___ Web TV
___ Hand-held wireless device (e.g. Palm)
___ Other

5. What is your web page development experience?
___ None
___ Beginner
___ Intermediate
___ Advanced
___ Expert

6. How many items have you bought online in the last 12 months?
___ 0
___ 1 - 5
___ 6 - 10
___ 11 - 50
___ Over 50

7. If you have made online purchases, how did you pay for the online
purchases? (select all applicable)
___ Credit card
___ Check/money order
___ PayPal
___ eBay Payments/Billpoint
___ Cash on delivery

8. If you purchased online, please specify which sites:

__________________________________________________ ____

9. Are you currently registered on eBay?
___ Yes
___ No, but used to be
___ No, never
___ I am not sure

10. How many items have you bought on eBay in the last 12 months?
___ 0
___ 1 - 5
___ 6 - 20
___ 21 - 100
___ 101 - 200
___ 201 - 500
___ 501 - 1000
___ Over 1000
___ I never bought anything on eBay

11. How many items have you sold on eBay in the last 12 months?
___ 0
___ 1 - 5
___ 6 - 20
___ 21 - 100
___ 101 - 200
___ 201 - 500
___ 501 - 1000
___ Over 1000
___ I never sold anything on eBay

12. Which eBay specialty site/tool have you used?
___ None
___ eBay Motors
___ eBay Premier
___ eBay Live Auction
___ Professional services
___ Half.com
___ Turbo Lister/Mister Lister
___ Selling Manager
___ Seller Assistant Basic
___ Seller Assistant Pro
___ eBay Store

13. Which eBay International site have you used?
___ None
___ eBay Australia
___ eBay Austria
___ eBay Canada
___ eBay France
___ eBay Germany
___ eBay Ireland
___ eBay Italy
___ eBay Japan
___ eBay Korea
___ eBay Switzerland
___ eBay United Kingdom

14. Which three categories offered on eBay are you most interested in?
___ Antiques & Art
___ Books
___ Business (Office & Industrial)
___ Cars, Trucks & Parts
___ Clothing & Accessories
___ Coins
___ Collectibles
___ Computers
___ Consumer Electronics
___ Dolls & Bears
___ Hobbies & Crafts
___ Home & Garden
___ Jewelry, Gems, Watches
___ Motorcycles
___ Movies
___ Music
___ Networking & I.T.
___ Photo
___ Pottery & Glass
___ Real Estate
___ Sporting Goods
___ Sports Memorabilia
___ Stamps
___ Toys
___ Tickets
___ Travel
___ Everything Else

 

Hey John, sent you a pm.

 

QA helps mgmt leverage their risk by limiting their exposure to it. if something's not coded right or the business requirements did not foresee something critical, it's better that the bug be found in the Dev/QA cycle rather than have it get into the production version.

in either case, i like to click buttons.

db