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Conversion overview
In a campaign’s Conversion section, you’ll associate tracking pixels with your campaign to assign credit for a conversion. Choose a tracking pixel that you’re previously added in the Conversion app, and/or create a new pixel directly from the campaign. Depending on how you set up the conversion, this attribution may be view based (the ad that was last viewed), click based (the ad that was last clicked), or a combination of the two.
Pixel Conversions
Pixel conversion tracking is a cost-effective way to gain valuable insights into users’ actions. When you track conversions using a tracking pixel, you’ll place a small pixel on your website to allow IQM to measure user actions such as page visits, purchases, or signups. We attribute those conversions to specific ads or campaigns to provide insights into user behavior and preferences, as well as campaign performance.
Refer to Create a Pixel conversion for more information.
Postback Conversions
Mobile app conversion notice: Mobile app-based conversions use Postback conversions only. |
Postback conversions allow for server-to-server communication with measurement partners such as Kochava, Appsflyer, Singular, and Adjust. You’ll set up the postback on your preferred measurement partner’s platform and copy a impression URL, then return to the IQM platform to add the impression URL to a new postback conversion and assign it to your campaign.
Since postback conversion tracking involves real-time tracking and attribution, this method helps advertisers measure and optimize their mobile ad campaigns more effectively.
Refer to Create a Postback conversion for more information.
Eligibility requirements
All advertisers are eligible to create a Pixel or Postback conversion in the Conversion app. Note, however, that app-level permissions are managed by your Workspace admin.
A campaign must also meet each of these conditions before it becomes eligible for conversions.
Requirement type | Requirement details |
Campaign type | Advanced PG |
Campaign status* | Draft Pending Running - No ad impressions served |
Conversion type** | Pixel or Postback |
URL formatting | Begins with “http://www.” or “https://www.” Ends with the site’s top-level domain (e.g., “.com” or “.org”) |
*Campaign status: Conversions can be added, edited, or removed from a campaign only before the campaign begins serving ad impressions. Confirm that the intended conversion details are applied to the campaign prior to running it.
**Conversion type: One type of conversion–Pixel or Postback–is supported per campaign.
Key terms and concepts
Conversion metrics
The Conversion app surfaces a number of conversion reporting metrics. These metrics are critical in assessing whether an ad is performing as expected. They measure the effectiveness of a campaign by tracking the number of users who completed a desired action after interacting with the ad.
Refer to Conversion reporting metrics for a full list of these metrics and their definitions.
Impression URL and Click URL
The Postback conversion creation process includes adding a Tracking Pixel URL and a Click URL after you select the attribution measurement partner of your choice.
The impression URL will be automatically appended to all creatives to monitor ad impressions across users’ devices. You’ll obtain this URL directly from the measurement partner you chose, then paste it in the available field during conversion creation in the IQM platform.
The Click URL is the destination where users will be directed to when they click on your ad. While this URL is likely a particular page of your brand’s website, you’ll also obtain this URL from the measurement partner you chose.
Conversion attribution: Hybrid, View Based, Click Based
When you create a new Pixel conversion, you’ll choose how we should assign credit for a conversion. Your options include Hybrid, View Based, or Click Based attribution.
View Based attribution assigns credit for a conversion to an ad that was last viewed and never clicked, while Click Based attribution assigns credit to an ad that was last clicked. Hybrid attribution combines both the click-based and view-based methods to assign credit for a conversion either to an ad that was last clicked or an ad that was last viewed but not clicked.
Advanced pixel customization options
When you create a new Pixel conversion, you’ll have the option to add up to three advanced customization options to it, if desired.
Advanced pixel customization option | Description |
Piggyback Pixel URL | An additional URL that can be added to a conversion pixel to send conversion information to a third-party platform. Both Image Pixel and JavaScript Pixel Piggyback URLs are supported. |
Custom Field | A field used to pass additional data of your choice along with the conversion details, which can then be used in reporting for more detailed insights. |
Financial Metric | A field used to pass additional financial data along with conversion details, which you can use to calculate ROAS performance. |
Advanced settings
When you create a new Pixel conversion, you’ll have the option to add advanced settings that determine exactly how conversion events are attributed to your ad.
Advanced setting | Description |
Conversion Duration Settings | Determine the length of time after a user clicks or views an ad after which a conversion can be attributed to that ad.
The Post View Interval option is available when you select a View Based conversion attribution method, the Post Click Interval option is available when you select a Click Based conversion attribution method, and both are available when you select a Hybrid conversion attribution method. |
Repeat Conversions | Allow for multiple conversions from the same user to be tracked and attributed to the same ad or campaign. Choose whether to count all conversions per user, count only one conversion per user, or count one conversion per user at a time interval that you specify. For example, you might choose to count one conversion per user every day, or once every five hours.
Whole numbers between 1 and 6 are accepted for Days, and whole numbers between 1 and 23 are accepted for Hours. |
Conversion Modelling | Enable a machine learning technique to attribute conversions to ads that may not have received direct clicks or views from the same device, but from another device used by the same user. Also known as cross-device modelling, this feature is powered by the IQM Identity Graph. |
Locate additional conversion resources
Troubleshoot a conversion (link)