Electronic commerce management system and method

A method for electronic commerce management comprising:

• receiving a request from a client program for web page data featuring a product on sale at an electronic commerce server;
• sending a request to the test server to be assigned a session identifier, the session identifier being associated with an assigned content version that is one of a plurality of content versions associated with a variant testing model implemented by the test server;
• receiving the session identifier from the test server;
• sending a request for an assigned content version identifier to the test server,
• receiving the assigned content version identifier from the test server;
• generating web page data to send to the client program, the web page data including (1) computer code which upon execution will cause the client program to retrieve the assigned content version of the static content from the test server using the session identifier, and (2) dynamic web page content generated based on one or more dynamic content factors, the dynamic content factors including the assigned content version identifier;
• and
• sending the web page data to the client program;

A method for electronic commerce management comprising:

• receiving a request from a client program for web page data featuring a product on sale at an electronic commerce server;
• sending a request to the test server to be assigned a session identifier, the session identifier being associated with an assigned content version that is one of a plurality of content versions associated with a variant testing model implemented by the test server;
• receiving the session identifier from the test server;
• generating web page data to send to the client program, the web page data including (1) computer code which upon execution will cause the client program to retrieve the assigned content version of the static content from the test server using the session identifier, and (2) dynamic web page content based on one or more dynamic content factors;
• sending the web page data to the client program;
• receiving a request from the client program for a purchase transaction for the product at the electronic commerce server;
• and
• sending a message from the electronic commerce server to the test server reporting the session identifier and the completion of the purchase transaction.