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Originally Posted by epitome
It is very possible you have a bad traffic source coming in. Maybe an affiliate. That's why some affiliates can convert a site at 1:200 and others can send 7k hits without a single sale. I see it all of the time. Surfers are seeing the same thing and getting the same join options. Some traffic ends up at a site they don't want to be on while others are sent to make a sale. That can easily affect your overall form submission %. Doesn't mean you have a bad site, just means you may have a bad source of traffic in the mix, which skew the overall numbers.
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Good point Epitome, definitely something else to consider....of course there is one other way to eliminate all suspicion, all worry, all panic.....If there was a way to transform the **reporting** aspect of stats into a platform of ***REAL TIME STATS VERIFICATION***
the difference is in the language.....reports versus verification...2 different animals that are used interchangebly in error.
You see If I have a shopping cart for tangible goods...my current shopping cart allows me to track every movement of surfer whether he/she is browsing...how many dvds or t-shirts are in the shopping cart...the time of visit.....the date....even the ip address...
and its all in real time....it gives me total peace of mind and the ability to verify and follow all movements of the visitor/surfer on my server.
With that kind of oversight I will never have to suspect or wonder or wait for a ***REPORT*** reports can be ******INACCURATE****** The whole point of verifying is to achieve total 350% ACCURACY of the surfers behaviors or movements
I think at some point the industry will get fed up and start to mandate that these features be implemented for all merchants at some point during the coming overhaul or reconfiguration.
If customers and merchants are unhappy with current options...logic dictates at some point the options must and will change to a more favorable and transparent solution for customers and merchants.