Case study

# How RetailVerify transformed the Stine Home + Yard online store

Test automation gave Stine Home + Yard 90% fewer bugs, 33% fewer hotfixes, and releases every month instead of every few months.

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![Stine logo over the front garden of a home with a porch, lawn, and flower beds](/_astro/stine-case-study.DV7Codl3_1Q4nxM.webp)

**Fewer bugs**
: 90%

**Fewer hotfixes**
: 33%

**Faster release cycle**
: 125%

**Testing, down from 4 man-days**
: 2 hours

## The client

Stine Home + Yard is a long-standing local and regional retailer in the United States, specializing in home improvement. It set out to strengthen its digital presence.

## The challenge

Facing a surge in consumer demand, Stine Home + Yard set out to transform its online store. It wanted a better shopping experience for its customers, which meant new features, a much larger product catalog, and a complete visual refresh.

Before automation, the team relied on manual testing, which was slow and sometimes error-prone. Stine needed a more efficient and rigorous approach to:

- Minimize errors, and ideally eliminate them
- Improve how the website works
- Streamline manual quality assurance
- Keep up with a fast-growing product range

## What we did

We introduced the **Light package** of RetailVerify. We built a suite of automated tests that checks the website end to end, from product listings to checkout. Using Cypress, we automated testing for both web and mobile, so the store works across a wide range of devices and browsers.

## The results

- **90% fewer bugs.** Automated testing removed persistent bugs and greatly improved the shopping experience.
- **33% fewer hotfixes.** Far fewer urgent fixes were needed after releases.
- **125% faster release cycle.** Before RetailVerify, Stine released updates once every several months. With automation it moved to one or two releases a month. Automated smoke tests ran across development, staging, and production in less than 24 hours.
- **Time and cost savings.** Testing that took 4 man-days now takes 2 hours.

## What comes next

The partnership keeps evolving. Plans include more advanced test scenarios, continuous testing, and wider test coverage.

Stine started with the Light package. [Compare the packages](/packages) to see which one fits your store.

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## Keep reading

- Article Testing     2 min read

### [Minutes, not days: why online stores automate their testing](/blog/why-automate-ecommerce-testing)

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- Article Platforms · Testing     1 min read

### [Five platforms, one standard of testing](/blog/testing-across-platforms)

Whether your store runs on Salesforce Commerce Cloud, BigCommerce, Shopify, Adobe Commerce, or commercetools, the same careful testing applies.
- Article Packages · Testing     2 min read

### [Light, Advanced, or Ultra: choosing the right test coverage](/blog/choosing-a-test-coverage-package)

Three levels of automated test coverage, each building on the last. Here is how to decide which one fits your store today.

## Inspired by what you have seen?

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