Following changes to tracking introduced in iOS14, promoters may find their purchase conversion figures have started to drop. This is due to Apple limiting the data that can be sent to Facebook, plus giving the opportunity to users to opt-out.
We realise that running ad campaigns is a vital part of any event’s success. As such Skiddle have taken steps to mitigate this recent change.
What’s new?
Promoters can already add their tracking pixel to Skiddle, to help track conversion events. This works well but is affected by ‘signal loss’ - ie when these events don’t fire properly they can reduce the number of conversions reported in your Ad Manager. This can be due to network issues, ad-blockers, or more recently, iOS14 privacy opt-outs.
Skiddle now also send purchase conversion events to Facebook via our server. This involves no pixels and therefore the signal quality is much higher. We still send the browser pixel, and Facebook will automatically de-duplicate the events based on the data we provide to them. This ensures there’s always two independent methods for tracking a purchase, should one fail.
How will this affect my Ad Campaigns?
Introduction of the Conversions API will ensure your ‘Purchase’ tracking within your ad campaigns is as accurate as possible, and should not be negatively affected by iOS14.
Please note, you can no longer optimise your ads for conversions (see update info here) due to the new Apple restrictions, however you can still view and report on purchase conversions.
If the data is being sent to Facebook twice, will this double my conversion stats?
No, we send a lot of metadata with both the pixel and server events to ensure they can be de-duplicated. This data includes a unique orderID which means Facebook will not track the same order twice.
What impact is this likely to have on statistics?
Our initial testing has shown that browser pixel conversion reporting may be between 10-30% lower than actual purchases. We expect this number to increase as more users install the iOS14 update. Once the Conversions API has been activated, this loss should reduce substantially.
To see how to activate Facebook Conversions see our article here.