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Online Conversion Rates and How to Calculate Them

You may be wondering to yourself, how do I figure out my conversion rate? This article will answer that question. Lots of people are talking about conversion rates these days. Specifically how to improve them….Which is why you are on our site. The reasons are easy to understand… increasing your conversion rate will result in high sales, and we all love higher sales, cause they equal profit (insert a big smile and dollar sign eyes), without spending any additional money on marketing!

So, what are conversion rates?

Your conversion rate is a ratio of prospects to completed transactions (conversions.) How you define a completed transaction will be specific to your offer. Many companies use the internet to generate leads. In this case, the transaction of interest is a completed lead form.

A plain example would be: You are running a newsletter sign up form. In this case, a conversion would be when an individual signed up for said newsletter. Most businesses will actually be interested in measuring, calculating, and improving several different conversion rates.

How do I measure my conversion rate?

To measure your conversion rate, you will need to use a tracking application. There are many different ones available on the market, and you can also use a standard log analysis package.

In addition to helping you improve your conversion rate through testing, the Vertster tool includes a powerful conversion rate tracking system.

How do I calculate my conversion rate?

Once you have set up your tracking system, and assembled the data, you will need to calculate your rate. This is a simple formula:

Total Conversions/Total Views X 100 = Conversion Rate

Here are some examples, of how you could compute conversion rates for different scenarios and transaction types:

Lead Generation Conversion Rate:

Number of Lead forms filled out/Traffic on Landing Page X 100 = Conversion Rate

Website Lead Conversion Rate:

Number of lead forms filled out/Total Traffic on Home Page X 100 = Conversion Rate

Website Sales Conversion Rate:

Number of Sales/Number of Visitors X 100 = Conversion Rate

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