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In this presentation, I will give a broad overview of my experience running voice identity perception studies online. I will give examples of the kinds of perceptual studies I have run online using testing platforms, such as Qualtrics and Gorilla, paired with the online recruitment service Prolific. As part of this overview, I will discuss some ways to ensure and improve data quality, such as adding vigilance trials, limiting the duration of the online experiments, and including other checks that enable researchers to assess whether a participant's data is useable. Finally, I will highlight some of the advantages and considerations that are specific to online testing. For example, it is possible to test hundreds of participants in one afternoon using online testing, thus dramatically speeding up data collection. However, it is very difficult to tightly control the participant's listening environment and the use of hardware (e.g., type of speakers or headphones used).