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What counts as a conversion

Choose which moments in a chat count as a win, so your dashboard, ad reports and Maya all show the same number.

Overview

A conversion is the moment a chat turns into business for you. For a clinic that is often a booking or a patient passed to your team. For a shop it is usually a paid order. Go to Settings → Conversions and tick everything that counts for you. Each chat counts once, even if several of these happen in it. Your dashboard, Ad Attribution, Conversion Insights, your weekly report and Maya then all use your choice.

Features

Pick what counts

You see a list of things your assistant can record: a booking made, an appointment requested, an order paid, a callback requested, a customer handed to your team, a form submitted, a lead saved, or contact details saved. Next to each one you see how many times it happened in the last 30 days, so you can tell what your assistant really does today.

Examples

A clinic usually counts Booking made and Handed to your team, because many patients want a doctor to see a photo before they book. A shop counts Order paid and Form submitted. A consultant who calls people back counts Callback requested. You can give it your own name, like "Patient requests" or "Consultations", and that name shows on your dashboard.

What does not count

A photo or message on its own, a chat your team takes over by hand, Meta's own "results" numbers, and a cancelled booking never count as a conversion. If a booking is cancelled later, that chat stops counting.

Saved leads have a start date

We started recording saved leads chat by chat on a set date. If you look at a period that starts before that date, you see a small note: "Saved leads counted from" and the date. Bookings, hand-offs, callbacks, forms and orders are counted for all of your history.

Monthly target and value

Add a monthly target to see your progress on the dashboard. Maya tells you if you fall behind. Add the average value of one conversion to see an estimate of the business your chats bring in. It is only an estimate and it is never mixed with other currencies.

Came in and Paid

In the inbox, open a chat and use Mark result to record that you contacted the customer by phone or WhatsApp, that they came in, or that they paid. These marks show as Customers on your dashboard. They don't count as conversions unless you tick them here. After Came in or Paid, the app asks if you also want to move the contact to the Customer stage.

Who can change it

The account owner, admins and team members with the Analytics privilege can open this page and change it. Everyone else still sees the number on the dashboard.

Common tasks

Choose your conversion

About 3 min
  1. Go to Settings → Conversions. You can also press Goal on the dashboard's Conversions card.
  2. Tick everything that means a chat became business for you.
  3. Check the preview on the right. It shows how many of your last 30 days of chats would count.
  4. Optional: give it a name, a monthly target and the value of one conversion.
  5. Press Save. Your dashboard and reports use it straight away.

Mark that a customer came in or paid

About 1 min
  1. Open the chat in the Inbox.
  2. Press Mark result at the top and choose Came in, Paid… or Contacted by phone/WhatsApp.
  3. Made a mistake? Press Undo in the message that appears, or tap the same mark again within 24 hours.

Tips

Not sure what to pick? Ask Maya "what should count as a conversion for me?". She suggests a choice based on your last 90 days.
Changing your choice changes your numbers for past dates too, because every chat is checked again with the new rule.
An item marked "Needs setup" can't happen yet. Turn on the matching feature first, or it will always show zero.

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