In this post, you will learn about NestAds Pixel performance report – How to understand and gain insights from it. Let’s get started now!
What is NestAds Pixel performance report?
NestAds Pixel performance report gives you a clear view of how your ads perform and the comparison between ad platforms through some key metrics.
To access the performance report on NestAds app, you can navigate to the NestAds Pixel category, this category provides a dashboard of key data collected from your ads across various platforms. Performance report offers an overview of the performance of your advertising channels and non-paid sources, which you can compare to each other.
P/s: You can view the NestAds data report (columns with logo) after adding UTM parameters tracking to your ads.
>> Read more:
- How to add NestAds tracking parameter in your Facebook Ads
- How to add NestAds tracking parameter in your Tiktok Ads
- How to add NestAds tracking parameter in your Google Ads
Ads Platform Metrics Use Cases
Ads Platform report displays the performance of a specific Ads platform (TikTok, Facebook, and Google). This is useful for tracking and evaluating campaigns from the same source.
Paid sources report
Paid sources reports include all paid ad channels (Tiktok Ads, Facebook Ads, Google Ads)
For example, if you click on TikTok Ads platform, you can see the report of all your TikTok ad campaigns.
Here is how the TikTok report displays all the campaigns:
*Note: Only conversion campaigns are displayed by default.
From the first row, you can quickly check all the metrics of each campaign:
- Total ad spend: Total amount of money you get from your ad campaigns
- Revenue: Total amount of money you get from ads
- Conversions: the number of purchases completed by users after interacting
- ROAS: Return on ad spend. Calculated as Revenue/Total ad spend.
- Impressions: The number of times ads are displayed
- Visitors: The number of users visiting your site after interacting with ads
- CVR: The ratio of conversions to clicks
Non-paid sources report
- Organic report
Organic reports offer a detailed breakdown of website traffic originating from non-paid channels. This includes metrics driven by non-ad links in organic search results (Google, Bing, Yahoo…) or on social sites (Facebook, Instagram and Tiktok)
- Direct report
Direct report shows all the orders made by customers who visited your website by either clicking on a saved link or by directly typing your website’s URL into their browser.
How to filter NestAds performance report?
Let’s take a closer look at all settings, columns, and metrics in NestAds Pixel performance report.
On top of the performance report, you will see some filters, including:
- Date range
There are some predefined date ranges for you to select from: Yesterday, Last 7 days, Last 14 days, Last 30 days, Last 60 days, Last 90 days. You can set a custom date range as you want.
Tips: Select a date range that is reasonable for your customer buying journey.
- Model date (Report by)
Select the date of which action you want to track. There are 2 options for you:
- Event date: The day the customer makes a purchase
- Click date: The day the customer clicks on an ad
- Attribution window
An attribution window is a defined period of time during which events are tracked and attributed to an ad.
At NestAds, you can select an attribution window that is reasonable for your customer journey. There are 6 options: 1 day, 7 days, 14 days, 30 days, 60 days, and 90 days.
- Attribution model
Attribution models determine how order values are attributed across touchpoints. There are 4 options you can choose: Last platform click, First click, Last click and Linear.
In NestAds Pixel performance report, you can view the table column following the Campaign Status or Metrics by clicking the icon Filter beside the Search box:
When the slidebar appears on the left side, as illustrated below, simply tick the boxes to select the filter you wish to apply to your report:
- By Status
- By Metrics
- Choose the condition you want and type the value:
- Is equal
- Is greater than
- Is less than
- Click on Apply filters to complete choosing the filter for your report table
How to customize NestAds displayed columns?
You can customize the table column including your desired metrics by clicking on the custom symbol on the top right corner.
When the pop-up window appears, as illustrated below, simply tick the boxes to select the metrics you wish to showcase on your report.
*Note: Total ad spend metric is a default metric and cannot be hidden on your report.
To organize those metrics displays, you can click on the drag-and-drop icon under the Column display section. After that, click on Apply button to complete.
Details of NestAds Pixel performance report
In case you may want to view the detailed sales performance of a specific campaign, simply click on its name.
For example, if you click on Campaign A from TikTok Ads platforms, you can see the list of orders generated from campaign A. To be specific, it shows Order number, Created date, Customer name, and Order value.
If you click on a specific order, you can view the list of purchased items and the timeline of all customer interactions before they make that purchase.
Metrics Details
By NestAds
Metrics by NestAds (metrics with logo) are collected by NestAds pixel and are outlined in the table below.
Metrics name | Descriptions |
Revenue | NestAds pixel’s reported Revenue |
ROAS | NestAds pixel’s reported Return on ad spend. Calculated as Revenue/Total ad spend. |
CPA | NestAds pixel’s reported Cost Per Acquisition. Calculated as: Total Ad spend/Conversions or Install. |
Visitors | NestAds pixel’s reported Visitors |
Conversions | NestAds pixel’s reported Conversions |
CVR | NestAds pixel’s reported Conversions Rate. Calculated as NestAds pixel’s reported conversions/channel’s reported impressions. |
AOV | NestAds pixel’s reported Average Order Value |
Overlap Orders | NestAds pixel’s reported Overlap Orders (The number of orders generated from a specific platform/campaign) |
%overlap | NestAds pixel’s reported %overlap (The percentage of an order overlaps between channels) |
By channels
Metrics by channels are collected by ad platforms and are outlined in the table below.
Metrics | Descriptions |
Total ad spend | Channel’s reported Total ad Spend |
Revenue | Channel’s reported Revenue |
ROAS | Channel’s reported Return on ad spend. Calculated as Revenue/Total ad spend. |
CPA | Channel’s reported Cost Per Acquisition. Calculated as: Total Ad spend/Conversions or Install. |
Impressions | Channel’s reported Impressions |
Clicks | Channel’s reported Clicks |
Conversions | Channel’s reported Conversions |
CVR | Channel’s reported Conversions Rate. Calculated as Conversions/Impressions. |
CTR | Channel’s reported Click Through Rate (All Clicks) |
CPC | Channel’s reported Cost per Click |
CPM | Channel’s reported Cost Per Mille (cost per 1000 impressions) |
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