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Conversion infrastructure: find the step where people leave

More ad spend sends more people into the same quote form, and the form loses most of them at the same step, every time. Conversion infrastructure measures every way a customer can say yes, step by step and by device, so the leakiest step is obvious, gets fixed first, and gets tested when the right fix isn't clear. We measure the steps first and fix the leakiest one before anything else.
Talk through your websiteSee three paths, step by step ↓
Quote form · SeptemberStartedServiceAddress and photoSubmittedDesktop40034085% →30088% →27090% →Mobile60045075% →19042% →16084% →mobile · 42% kept at this stepphoto moved after submit · testing

More traffic into a leaky form

When requests slow down, the instinct is to spend more on getting visitors. But if the form loses six in ten mobile visitors at one step, more visitors mostly means more people leaving at that step. The same goes for calls that ring out at lunchtime and booking pages that fail on the last screen.

Conversion infrastructure measures each path step by step, so the leak is visible before anyone spends more. The biggest leak gets fixed first; when the right fix isn't obvious, it's tested.

Today, and with conversion infrastructure

Today

  1. 01You know how many requests came in, not how many started.
  2. 02Calls are counted when answered; missed ones disappear.
  3. 03Changes to the site are made on opinion.
  4. 04The answer to fewer requests is more ad spend.

Money goes into bringing people to a path that loses them.

With conversion infrastructure

  1. 01Every path measured step by step: forms, calls, booking, chat.
  2. 02Results split by device, page and source.
  3. 03The biggest leak is fixed first.
  4. 04Changes that could go either way are tested.

More of the people you already pay to reach become requests.

Every way to say yes

Quote formStarted, each step, submitted, by deviceMarketing lead
Phone callsRang, answered, missed, called back, bookedOffice lead
Online bookingSlots viewed, chosen, confirmedOffice lead
ChatConversations, handed to a person, bookedOffice lead

Three paths, step by step

stepdesktopmobile
Started400600
Service chosen340450
Address and photo300190
Submitted270160

Where do mobile visitors leave?

At the photo upload. Most phones can't find a photo of the unit while standing at the form.

The parts it's built from

Each part is built and tested on its own, so you can start with one and add the rest.

  1. Instrument

    Analytics Instrumentation

    Each step of each path, as events.

  2. Find

    Conversion Optimization

    The step that loses the most people, by device and source.

  3. Change

    Conversion Optimization

    • the leaky step
    • what people do there
    • the options

    a clear fault → fix it; a judgement call → test it

  4. Test

    Experimentation

    One change, one metric, decided by the plan.

Underneath every stepAttributionResults split by the source that brought each visitor.

What changes from one business to the next

PathsWhich forms, numbers, booking pages and chats count
StepsHow each path is split into steps
SplitsDevice, page, source, location
OwnersWho fixes what, and who decides on tests

A common starting point is PostHog or your existing analytics for events and funnels, call tracking for calls, and your booking tool's events. These are starting candidates, not requirements.

Is conversion infrastructure the right system?

Good fit

  • You pay to bring visitors to your site or phone.
  • Requests arrive through more than one path.
  • Someone can act on what the funnel shows.

Avoid when

  • Traffic is very low. Fix obvious problems by hand first.
  • The site is about to be rebuilt. Build the measurement into the new one.

How we'd approach it

Most of the early work is mapping every path to a yes, its steps, how it's split by device, and who owns each fix.

  1. 01

    Understand

    As much as the problem needs

    We map how the work runs today: who does what, which systems hold the records, and where it breaks.

  2. 02

    Design

    Decided before it's built

    Ownership, rules, integrations and exceptions, agreed with you and written down with acceptance criteria.

  3. 03

    Build

    Connected to what you use

    We build the scoped system, connect it to the tools you already run, and test it on the cases that matter.

Related systems

The capabilities underneath

Questions about conversion infrastructure

Will this increase our conversion rate?

It shows where people leave and what changed after a fix. We don't promise a number before seeing your paths.

Do we need to test every change?

No. Broken things get fixed. Tests are for changes that could reasonably go either way, on pages with enough visitors.

What about calls?

Missed calls are often the biggest leak. Call tracking shows when they happen, and the fix is usually staffing or a callback system.

Does tracking slow the site?

Planned tracking is light. We remove old tags as we add the ones that matter.

Find the step where customers give up

Tell us how customers reach you today: forms, calls, bookings. We'll show you which step loses the most.

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