Attention Shopify Sellers:
On average you are looking for about 2% (obviously the higher the better!) Do you know what your conversion rate is? Do you know what one is even? So now you know what is a good conversion rate you can read on for a simple formula to work yours out. You can also find out why it is a really helpful thing to know for your online store.
WHAT IS A CONVERSION RATE?
A conversion rate is the percentage of website visitors that complete whatever goal you have for them, be it buying a product or contact you about a service you offer. The higher the conversion rate obviously THE BETTER!
WHAT IS A CONVERSION RATE?
This straight forward formula will help you!
- Conversions ÷ total visitors
- x 100
- Round up to 2 decimal points
- Add a % sign!
There you have the simple version. You can go deeper and find conversion rates from ads/facebook/instagram etc but this simple one is a good place to start.
WHY DO YOU NEED TO KNOW YOUR CONVERSION RATE?
A conversion rate gives you a baseline from which to judge your websites performance. How do you know if you are improving if you haven’t got something to compare to?