Online Sales Goal Conversion Funnel Setup

Posted by swilliams on 30th Jan 2015

For as much research has gone in to understanding buying habits and how online shoppers think, it is often difficult to understand why specifically potential buyers fail to complete a transaction on your store. Enter the science of cart abandonment.

While there are many fancy - read expensive - tools that work with some platforms, there is valuable information at your fingertips in Google Analytics.

While most stores are quick to set up the online sales goals in Google Analytics, many do not know that they can and should also set up a conversion funnel for that goal.

Conversion Funnel Benefits

A conversion funnel offers the following benefits:

  • See how customers progress through your checkout process
  • Discover where people abandon a sale
  • Get insight into why people leave

Why Set Up Conversion Funnel

How to Set Up a Conversion Funnel

How to Understand Conversion Funnel

Trust Pricing Details Other reasons people abandon that would be hard to decipher from a standard conversion funnel. Price shopping elsewhere Not ready to buy