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What is Assisted Conversion?
An assisted conversion is a sale in which a channel or campaign played a role before the final interaction that drove the purchase. It measures supporting contributions in the conversion path.
Why Assisted Conversion matters?
Assisted conversions help you see the real value of channels that influence buyers early in the journey. In ecommerce, channels like social ads, influencers, or content marketing often play a major assist role, warming up customers for retargeting campaigns. Ignoring assists can lead to cutting budget from channels that quietly drive demand.
How Assisted Conversion works?
Analytics platforms count a conversion as “assisted” for a channel if that channel had at least one interaction in the path, but was not the final touch. You can view assisted conversion value, count, and ratio to last-click conversions.
Example in ecommerce
A DTC watch brand finds that Pinterest ads rarely close sales directly, but they have a high assisted conversion rate, often appearing 2-3 steps before the purchase. This insight keeps Pinterest in the media plan.
Common mix-ups
Assisted conversions are not “less important” than direct conversions, they indicate a channel’s role in multi-touch journeys.
Best practices
- Track both direct and assisted conversions for each channel.
- Use assist data to defend upper-funnel budgets.
- Compare assist-to-direct ratios to find true channel strengths.
- Incorporate assists into multi-touch attribution.
- Watch for seasonal shifts in assist patterns.
Industry benchmarks
- Many content-heavy channels have assist-to-direct ratios of 3:1 or higher.
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