{"id":37689,"date":"2023-10-20T14:51:45","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T14:51:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startupsmart.test\/2023\/10\/20\/startup-pays-people-to-find-out-whats-bugging-websites-startupsmart\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T14:51:45","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T14:51:45","slug":"startup-pays-people-to-find-out-whats-bugging-websites-startupsmart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/uncategorized\/startup-pays-people-to-find-out-whats-bugging-websites-startupsmart\/","title":{"rendered":"Startup pays people to find out what\u2019s bugging websites – StartupSmart"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Cameron Bradley loves finding bugs.<\/p>\n

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Not the creepy-crawly kind, but the sort that stop websites from functioning smoothly, and the 27-year-old is hoping other people enjoy hunting for them as much as he does, with the launch of his startup that pays internet users to report website glitches.<\/p>\n

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The Bug Exchange<\/a> invites people to report website malfunctions, each of which can be purchased by that website\u2019s owner for $10. The person who spots the bug takes $5.<\/p>\n

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Bradley, a Melbourne test automation engineer, came up with the idea for The Bug Exchange while searching for real estate online. He typed the name of Victorian suburb Red Hill into one site\u2019s map function, only to be shown a similarly named suburb in another state.<\/p>\n

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He says bugs can come in many forms.<\/p>\n

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\u201cYou might be trying to submit a form that doesn\u2019t work, or you might go to a website and the imaging is broken,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

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But Bradley says any bug, no matter how small, has serious repercussions for a company.<\/p>\n

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\u201cRegardless of what you work for, whether it\u2019s a bank, a hotel booking company or a startup, a bug can really, drastically injure your reputation, revenue and customer base,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

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Companies shouldn\u2019t just wait for users to stumble across online glitches, Bradley says, offering them the opportunity to register with The Bug Exchange, which will put their website under the magnifying glass of more than 30 testers already signed up to the site.<\/p>\n

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He says $10 per bug is a small investment for companies wanting to make their websites to operate more efficiently and should make it a viable option for startups who can\u2019t afford to hire testers.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019ll see on forums like Reddit people asking to have their site checked over. The Bug Exchange gives you that confidence that, when you release your site, it\u2019ll be in good stead,\u201d Bradley says.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAnd why have one guy testing your site, when you can put it up in front of 30?\u201d<\/p>\n

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He also assures companies that the bugs they buy are real. Before the owner is contacted, the bug is approved by a professional software engineer \u2013 Bradley himself, at this stage \u2013 to make sure it\u2019s legitimate.<\/p>\n

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Starting a website to clean up other people\u2019s errors, you\u2019d be forgiven for thinking Bradley was a driven by perfectionism. But that\u2019s not the case. He says customer satisfaction rates highest on his list of motivating factors.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI love finding a bug because it means a customer won\u2019t find a bug,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019m a rare breed.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Do you know more on this story or have a tip of your own? Raising capital or launching a startup? Let us know. Follow StartupSmart on <\/i>Facebook<\/i><\/a>, <\/i>Twitter<\/i><\/a>, and <\/i>LinkedIn<\/i><\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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