Shopify Metric
E-commerce
Store Conversion Rate = (Purchasing Visitors / Total Unique Visitors) × 100
Store conversion rate is the percentage of unique visitors who complete at least one purchase. It is the broadest measure of how effectively your store converts browsing traffic into paying customers.
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Store conversion rate is the percentage of unique visitors who complete at least one purchase. It is the broadest measure of how effectively your store converts browsing traffic into paying customers.
How to calculate store conversion rate
Why store conversion rate matters for Shopify users
Conversion rate is the multiplier between traffic and revenue. Even small improvements create compounding gains, making it one of the highest-leverage metrics for e-commerce growth.
Shopify merchants can segment conversion by device, traffic source, and landing page to identify where the biggest improvement opportunities exist and prioritise testing accordingly.
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Checkout Conversion Rate
E-commerceMetric Definition
Checkout Conversion Rate = (Completed Orders / Checkout Starts) × 100
Checkout conversion rate is the percentage of visitors who begin the checkout process and successfully complete a purchase. It isolates conversion performance at the critical final stage of the buying journey.
Cart Abandonment Rate
E-commerceMetric Definition
Cart Abandonment Rate = ((Carts Created - Completed Orders) / Carts Created) × 100
Cart abandonment rate is the percentage of shopping carts created that are not converted into completed orders. It measures friction and hesitation between add-to-cart and purchase completion.
Revenue Per Visitor
E-commerceMetric Definition
RPV = Total Revenue / Unique Visitors
Revenue per visitor (RPV) divides total revenue by the number of unique site visitors. It combines conversion rate and average order value into a single efficiency metric that reflects overall store performance.
Traffic Source Performance
E-commerceMetric Definition
Traffic source performance evaluates each traffic source on volume, conversion rate, revenue contribution, and customer quality. It compares organic, paid, social, email, direct, and referral channels holistically.
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