Conversion Rate Calculator

Enter conversions and visitors for your conversion rate. Add a goal to see the traffic it takes at today’s rate, or the rate it takes at today’s traffic.

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Orders, leads or sign-ups.

Sessions for a site rate, ad clicks for a campaign rate.

Optional. What you want next period.

Conversion rate = conversions ÷ visitors × 100. Count the same thing on both sides: sessions with sessions, ad clicks with ad clicks.
Conversion rate
2.40%
Conversions per 100 visitors
Visitors per conversion
42
Visitors the goal needs
5,000
Rate the goal needs
3.43%

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How to calculate conversion rate

Conversion rate = conversions ÷ visitors × 100. 84 orders from 3,500 sessions is a 2.4% conversion rate, one order for every 42 visits.

Count the same unit on both sides. Sessions against orders gives a site conversion rate. Ad clicks against conversions gives a campaign conversion rate. Mixing them, sessions against ad-attributed orders for example, produces a number that means nothing.

Turning a goal into a traffic or rate target

Once you know the rate, the goal math is direct. Visitors needed = goal ÷ conversion rate: 120 orders at 2.4% takes 5,000 visits. Rate needed = goal ÷ visitors: 120 orders from the same 3,500 visits needs a 3.43% rate.

Those are the two levers: buy more traffic or convert more of it. The calculator shows both so you can see which is the cheaper move.

Why conversion rate is a cost lever

Cost per acquisition is cost per click divided by conversion rate. Lift a landing page from 2% to 3% and every acquisition costs a third less, with the same bids and the same ads. On paid traffic, conversion rate work is often the cheapest way to lower CPA.

What drags it down

Slow mobile pages, a mismatch between the ad promise and the landing page, surprise costs at checkout, forms that ask for more than they need, and traffic that was never going to buy. Segment by source before you redesign anything: a site-wide rate can fall because one campaign started sending the wrong visitors.

Questions, answered

How do you calculate conversion rate?

Divide conversions by visitors and multiply by 100. 84 conversions from 3,500 visitors is a 2.4% conversion rate.

How many visitors do I need to hit a conversion goal?

Divide the goal by your conversion rate. At 2.4%, 120 conversions takes 120 ÷ 0.024 = 5,000 visitors.

What is a good conversion rate?

It varies widely by industry, price point, traffic source and what counts as a conversion. A free-trial signup converts far higher than a $2,000 purchase. Track your own rate per traffic source and improve it against itself.

How does conversion rate affect ad costs?

CPA = CPC ÷ conversion rate, so raising conversion rate lowers the cost of every acquisition without changing bids. Going from 2% to 3% cuts CPA by a third.

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