All the info is in this thread (which isn’t a huge amount) but essentially:
- Have you written reviews for at least 10 products?
- Is your address stored you in shopping account? (ie when you place an order is your address there without having to type it in). Note: if you haven’t ordered since the website change over you may need to go and put your address back in.
If yes to both of those then you are eligible to be a tester. You don’t get any sort of notification that you are eligible or anything though.
All you need to do is:
- Put yourself forward for items you’d like to try when you see a tester post. Read Brenna’s post each time carefully as this will give you the instructions on what to do
- Keep writing reviews for products you’ve purchased
- If you do get selected to test something, write the review within the timeframe and if it is a secret tester, don’t discuss it until the product goes live.
If you are finding that you aren’t being selected or aren’t being selected very often:
- Patience. There will always be more people wanting to test than products available.
- Check you are following Brenna’s instructions in the tester request posts (for example: not just writing “I’m happy to test anything”)
- Have a look at your reviews. Reread the guide about writing good reviews, read reviews by people you know have received testers. A good review style is subjective and there isn’t one right way but there are lots of tips on the forum.
- Make sure your different reviews show a cross section of the types of things you are into. Some products needs more advanced users so if you’ve never reviewed anything like it, you are less likely to be chosen.
- Keep writing reviews.