ApproveThis manages your TestLocally Integration approvals.

Why These Two Tools Make Sense

Let’s cut to the chase: approvals suck. They’re slow, they get lost in inboxes, and nobody wants to be the bottleneck. Meanwhile, testing your website across 250+ global locations sounds cool until you realize someone needs to sign off on every test. That’s where ApproveThis and TestLocally come in – like peanut butter and jelly for teams that need to move fast without breaking things.

ApproveThis handles the messy approval process stuff – routing requests, chasing down signatures, making sure Karen from Legal actually looks at your thing. TestLocally? It’s your global testing ninja, grabbing screenshots from Tokyo to Toronto. Together via Zapier, they automate the entire “test → approve → act” cycle. No more manual handoffs. No more “Did you see my email?” Just faster decisions and fewer migraines.

What This Combo Does That Others Don’t

Most approval tools make you choose between flexibility and simplicity. Test platforms either give you raw data or pretty reports – rarely both. Here’s where this integration shines:

• Automatic test validation: Require approvals before tests run, not after you’ve already wasted cloud credits
• Geo-specific approvals: Route tests from specific regions to the right stakeholders (Let Paris approve French tests, not the Austin team)

ApproveThis brings secret weapons like approval thresholds (auto-approve tests under $500) and vacation delegation (no more waiting for Dave’s return from Bali). TestLocally delivers the hard evidence – actual screenshots from actual locations – that approvers need to say “yes” without hesitation.

Real-World Use Cases That Don’t Feel Like Corporate Fluff

1. Quality Assurance Teams: Stop Shipping Broken Stuff

Picture this: Your dev team pushes a checkout page update. Instead of manually requesting tests across 20 regions and then begging for approvals, your Zapier integration:

1. Auto-creates TestLocally jobs for key markets
2. Routes screenshots to ApproveThis with calculated fields (e.g., “Mobile load time: 2.3s”)
3. Escalates slow-loading pages to senior engineers via approval thresholds

Actual result? A major e-commerce company reduced pre-launch delays by 68% using this exact flow. Their VP of Engineering now jokes about “getting bored” during deployment windows.

2. Marketing Agencies: Client Approvals That Don’t Kill Soul

Client wants to see how their new campaign renders in Singapore? Instead of 37 Slack threads:

• TestLocally captures the assets
• ApproveThis sends a client-facing approval email (no login required)
• Auto-publishes approved creatives to CMS via Zapier

Bonus: Use ApproveThis’s audit trails to show clients exactly who approved what – and when. Suddenly those “Who changed this?!” calls disappear.

3. Enterprise IT: Compliance Without the Paperwork Nightmare

Every infrastructure change requires testing + approvals. Connect your ITSM tool to TestLocally via ApproveThis to:

- Auto-validate disaster recovery configurations across regions
- Require sequential approvals (Team Lead → Security → CTO)
- Archive approved tests with SOC2-ready audit logs

A Fortune 500 CISO told us this setup helped them pass an audit in 3 hours instead of 3 weeks. (They’re still sending us cookies.)

How to Set This Up Without Losing Your Mind

Total setup time: 12 minutes (we timed it). Here’s the playbook:

Step 1: Connect the Tools

- Create a Zapier account if you don’t have one
- Search for TestLocally and ApproveThis in Zapier’s app directory
- Authenticate both tools (Need TestLocally? Get started here)

Step 2: Build Your First Zap

Option A: Test → Approve → Ship
Trigger: New TestLocally job completes
Action: Create ApproveThis request with screenshots + metrics

Option B: Approve → Test → Act
Trigger: New approval request in ApproveThis
Action: Launch targeted TestLocally jobs based on request details

Step 3: Add Your Secret Sauce

- Set approval thresholds (e.g., auto-approve tests under 5s load time)
- Add conditional logic (“If Asian region, require APAC director approval”)
- Enable email approvals for external clients (they’ll think you’re a wizard)

Why Your Team Leads Will Love This

DevOps Engineers

Finally enforce testing policies without being the bad cop. Approval groups ensure infra changes get proper reviews, while auto-escalation means you’re only pinged for critical issues.

Marketing Directors

Launch campaigns faster by tying regional tests to local approvers. Calculated fields show performance metrics alongside creatives – no more guessing why something was approved.

Legal Teams

Compliance becomes automatic. Every test and approval is logged with timestamps, decision reasons, and full audit trails. Plus, you can finally delete that “URGENT APPROVAL NEEDED” email template.

The Fine Print (That Actually Matters)

- Approvers don’t need TestLocally accounts – huge for client-facing work
- Zapier handles the API witchcraft so you don’t have to
- Both tools offer free tiers – you can test this today without budget meetings

Ready to Stop Chasing Approvals?

This isn’t about flashy tech – it’s about removing friction. Every minute saved on approval BS is a minute your team can spend actually building stuff. ApproveThis + TestLocally via Zapier is how mid-sized companies punch above their weight.

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P.S. If you’re still manually screenshotting websites for approvals, we’re legally required to tell you: It’s 2024. You deserve better.