How long will your A/B test take?

In short

Enter your baseline conversion rate, the smallest lift worth detecting and weekly traffic to the page. The calculator returns the visitors needed per version and the test duration, and tells you whether the page has enough traffic for a clean test or whether to fix funnel structure first.

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A 20% relative lift moves a 3% rate to 3.6%.

Versions including control
Confidence
Statistical power
Weeks needed by lift size

Bolder changes need far less traffic. The dashed line marks a 6-week practical limit.

6 wk30++5%26.6+10%12.1+15%7+20%4.6+25%3.2+30%1.9+40%1.3+50%
Test duration
7 weeks
Long test: test a bolder change or raise the lift threshold
Visitors per version
13,914
Total visitors needed
27,828
Baseline conversion rate
3.0%
Variant conversion rate
3.60%

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The method

How it works

  1. Baseline and target

    Your current conversion rate and the variant rate you want to detect, from the relative lift.

  2. Sample size per version

    A two-proportion test at your chosen confidence and power, the standard used by VWO and Optimizely.

  3. Duration

    Visitors per version times the number of versions, divided by weekly traffic to the page.

  4. The decision

    Under five weeks fits one cycle. Longer means testing a bolder change or a higher-traffic page.

FAQ

Questions about this tool

Related: CRO services, A/B testing program.

How much traffic do you need for A/B testing in B2B?

A few thousand visitors per month on the tested page is usually the floor. Below that, tests take months to reach significance, so we fix funnel structure, forms and demo flow first.

What minimum detectable effect should I use?

Use the smallest lift that would change a business decision. Most B2B pages should test bold changes worth 15% to 30% relative lift, because small tweaks need traffic most B2B sites do not have.

Should I stop a test as soon as it looks significant?

No. Peeking and stopping early inflates false positives. Decide the sample size up front, run full weeks to cover weekday patterns, and then read the result.

Which metric should a B2B test optimize?

Qualified demos or sales-accepted leads, not raw form fills. We check every winner against sales acceptance in the CRM before rolling it out.

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