Follow the steps that make you money
The test follows the same path as a real customer: log in, move through the steps, reach the page that counts. Multi-step flows like login and checkout are exactly what it's built for.
WatchControl · Website & checkout monitoring
Your site loads. But can customers actually buy?
A homepage that opens tells you almost nothing. The parts that make you money — login, booking, checkout — can be broken while everything looks fine. WatchControl keeps checking that your website, your emails and the services behind them really work, and it walks through your checkout like a real customer every 5 minutes. The moment a step breaks, it takes a screenshot and tells you.
Free during early access · No credit card · Part of the TrustCtrl platform
Is it up — and is it fast?
The basics, checked around the clock
Before anything else, your site has to be reachable and quick. WatchControl watches the foundations your website stands on — and tracks how they perform over time, not just whether they answer right now.
Is your site up, and is it fast?
WatchControl checks that your website answers, and how quickly. Because it tracks response time too, a site that is slowly getting sluggish shows up before it turns into a site that is fully down.
Can people reach you at all?
Every visit starts with your address being looked up on the internet (DNS). If that lookup breaks, customers can't reach you even though your server is fine — so WatchControl keeps an eye on it.
Is the secure padlock working?
WatchControl watches the encryption (TLS) that puts the padlock in the browser bar. If it breaks, visitors get a scary "not secure" warning — this catches it as an alert, alongside CertControl's deeper certificate checks.
Are the services behind your site answering?
Not everything is a web page. WatchControl can check that other parts of your setup — databases, booking systems, custom services (via their network ports) — are actually accepting connections.
The services behind the scenes
Your mail server can look "up" and still refuse to send
A service can be switched on and still not doing its job. WatchControl goes a step further than "is it there?" and checks that the important background services actually respond the way they should.
Your outgoing email (SMTP)
Order confirmations, invoices and password resets all depend on it. WatchControl checks that your mail server really behaves like a working mail server — not just that it's switched on.
Staff logins (LDAP)
Many companies' internal logins sit on a directory service. WatchControl checks it responds correctly, so a login problem surfaces before your team hits it on Monday morning.
Remote access (SSH)
The secure connection your developer or web agency uses to manage your systems. WatchControl confirms it's genuinely responding — not just that something is listening.
File transfers with partners (SFTP)
Automatic file exchanges with suppliers and integrations often run quietly in the background. WatchControl makes sure a broken transfer is noticed by you — not by your partner.
Is it the right page?
A page can "load fine" and still be the wrong page
Some of the worst failures look healthy from the outside: an error message shown on a page that technically loaded, an empty template, a product page missing its "Buy" button. WatchControl can check what the page actually shows.
Catch failures that pretend to be fine
Tell WatchControl what a page should contain — a price, a "Add to basket" button, a confirmation message — and it checks the real page for it. If what should be there isn't, the check fails, even if the page "loaded".
Watch what customers actually see
"The server answered" and "the customer got the page they came for" are two different things. This checks the second one — the experience, not just the connection.
The checkout test
We walk through your checkout like a real customer
Your homepage being up means little if nobody can log in or pay. WatchControl runs an automatic test that clicks through your most important flows — the way a real visitor would — and tells you the second a step stops working.
Every 5 minutes, day and night
It runs around the clock, every 5 minutes. An update that breaks your checkout at 23:40 is caught within minutes — not discovered from tomorrow's pile of customer complaints.
A screenshot when it breaks
When a step fails, WatchControl saves a picture of exactly what went wrong, so you see what your customer would have seen. A broken login or checkout emails you straight away.
Alerts & history
You hear about it when it matters — not every five minutes
WatchControl follows the platform's simple rule: your inbox is for things that need action now, and everything else stays neatly in the dashboard.
Down and back up, straight to you
When your site or a service goes down you get an email, and when it comes back you get another — so you always know whether it's still happening or over. A broken login or checkout emails you the same way.
Everything else stays calm
Every incident is kept with its full history in the dashboard, and smaller issues never email you — they wait, sorted by how serious they are, and appear in your regular summary.
How TrustCtrl decides when to email you
Frequently asked questions
WatchControl — questions answered
How is this different from a normal "is my site up?" check?
A basic uptime check only proves your server answered. WatchControl checks whether your site actually works: it can verify a page really shows what it should, it checks the services behind your site (like your mail server), and it walks through flows like login and checkout every 5 minutes — so a site that loads but no longer lets people buy is still caught.
How often do you test my checkout and login?
Every 5 minutes, day and night. When a step fails, WatchControl saves a screenshot of exactly what went wrong so you see what a customer would have seen, and a broken login or checkout emails you immediately.
What exactly can WatchControl keep an eye on?
Whether your website is up and how fast it responds, whether people can reach you (DNS) and whether the secure padlock (TLS) is working, the services behind your site (including your mail server, staff logins, remote access and file transfers), whether a page really shows what it should, and your key customer journeys like login and checkout.
Will it email me constantly?
No. Email is reserved for things that need action now: a service going down (and coming back up) and a broken login or checkout. Everything else is tracked in the dashboard and summarised in your regular digest.
Get started
Know your site works — not just that it loads
Add your website and WatchControl starts checking it automatically — alongside the other four parts of TrustCtrl. Free during early access, no credit card required.
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