Product testing is a great way to get to try out new footwear long before it’s made available for sale to the general population. Shoe manufacturers have been known to mail out shoes for customers to evaluate and report back their findings. As a shoe tester, you’ll typically be sent a pair of shoes under development in your size to test out hands on, errr. . . feet on! Shoe designers are trying to find out how well the shoes perform and are perceived by the future consumer; expect to wear your test shoes during your daily sports and leisure activities and complete online surveys about your experience and impressions.
If you are into athletics or just having your feet look good, a coveted product tester spot to have is for Nike. This leader in the athletic apparel industry works with people like you to insure that their shoes perform better, wear longer and fit more comfortably that the competition. Nike prides itself on innovation and meeting or exceeding the consumer’s expectations and this is where product testing becomes vital to their success. With insights from everyday athletes, Nike continues to make the right shoe for every sport and inspire people to “Just Do It”.
If you are interested in Nike Product Testing, check out their site and complete the online registration. Even your children can participate as there are categories for “under 13 years” in addition to “adults”. Nike does have strict rules about confidentiality and asks that you do not wear the shoes to places like fun runs, sports games and other visibly public areas. Despite this requirement, you are required to wear the shoes as much as possible during your testing period and complete a usage log (like a paid survey) that records your activity, terrain, comments and more. Upon completion, you send the shoes back in the same box for wear and tear evaluation at the Nike testing facility.
Nike isn’t the only company that has shoe testing programs, however, other brands are usually found on a word-of-mouth basis. For example, I am a regular runner and one day walked into my local specialty running shoe store and the owner asked me if I wanted to test out a brand new pair of racing flats (to keep!) and fill out a short survey about how they worked for me. So, if you like taking surveys, testing out new products and enjoy a particular sport, you definitely have what it takes to be a shoe tester
