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Campaign setup has been the slowest part of getting started on ZetPulse, and almost all of that slowness came from one step: getting conversion data out of the tools advertisers already use and into their campaign.

That step is now largely gone.

What Is Launching

Direct integrations mean your campaign can read conversion events straight from the tools you already use — no manual tagging, no CSV exports.

Previously, connecting a campaign to real conversion data meant one of two things: adding tracking parameters by hand across your funnel, or exporting results periodically and reconciling them against campaign reports. Both work. Both are tedious, error-prone, and easy to abandon halfway.

With a direct integration, the campaign reads the conversion event from the source. That changes three things in practice:

• Cost per verified action becomes accurate immediately, rather than after you have manually reconciled two datasets
• Segment-level reporting works properly, because every conversion carries the campaign context that produced it
• Attribution stops being a manual reconciliation exercise you do weekly and forget monthly

Why It Matters

Setup time was the single biggest drop-off point for new advertisers. Removing it means more campaigns get to their first real data point.

That drop-off is worth explaining, because it is not really about impatience. The problem is that manual tracking setup sits between an advertiser and any evidence about whether the channel works. You are asked to do fiddly integration work before you know whether it is worth doing.

The result was predictable: campaigns launched without proper conversion tracking, optimised against cost per click because that was the only number available, and drew the wrong conclusion. Cost per click is the most available metric and one of the least useful — chasing it reliably finds the traffic least likely to convert.

An integration that makes cost per verified action available on day one changes which number advertisers optimise, which changes the outcome. That is the actual benefit here, more than the time saved.

What This Does Not Change

Worth being clear about the boundaries.

Integrations report conversions; they do not change how verification works. Reviews and actions are still checked for genuine time on page, interaction depth and content accuracy, and work that fails verification is still not billed. The integration tells you what happened downstream of a verified action — it does not lower the bar for what counts as one.

It also does not remove the need for a working landing page. A campaign pointed at a slow or unfinished page will now report its poor conversion rate faster and more accurately, which is useful but not the same as fixing it.

Availability

Integrations are rolling out to all accounts over the coming weeks, starting with advertisers on annual plans.

If your account does not show integration options yet, it is in the rollout queue rather than excluded. Manual tracking continues to work unchanged in the meantime, and campaigns set up with manual tracking do not need to be rebuilt when integrations arrive.

Getting the Most From It

Three things worth doing once integrations reach your account:

Define the conversion event you actually care about. An integration that reports every pageview as a conversion is worse than no integration. Pick the event that represents real value — a completed signup, a qualified trial start, a purchase — and report only that.

Re-baseline before you compare. Accurate conversion data will usually show a different cost per verified action than your manual reconciliation did. That is the integration being right, not performance changing. Establish a new baseline before drawing conclusions.

Then start segmenting. The main benefit of accurate conversion data is that you can rank segments by cost per verified action and reallocate weekly — cutting the bottom performers and moving that budget rather than adding to it. That single discipline is what separates campaigns that improve from campaigns that just get more expensive.

If You Are Still on Manual Tracking

Manual tracking is not deprecated and campaigns using it do not need rebuilding. If you are waiting for the rollout to reach your account, two things are worth doing now.

Make sure you are measuring a real conversion, not a proxy. The most common manual-tracking mistake is counting pageviews on a thank-you page that is also reachable from elsewhere. Whatever you count should only be reachable by actually converting.

Record your current cost per verified action before switching. You will want a before-and-after comparison, and reconstructing the baseline afterwards is much harder than writing it down now.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do I need to rebuild campaigns to use an integration?

No. Existing campaigns continue running, and integrations attach to them rather than replacing them.

Will my reported numbers change when I connect an integration?

Usually yes, and that is the integration being more accurate rather than performance shifting. Manual reconciliation tends to under-count conversions that took an indirect path. Re-baseline before comparing.

Does this change what counts as a verified action?

No. Verification still checks genuine time on page, interaction depth and content accuracy, and work that fails is still not billed. Integrations report what happened after a verified action — they do not change the bar for one.

My account does not show integration options yet. Why?

The rollout began with advertisers on annual plans and is reaching all accounts over the coming weeks. Nothing is required from you to be included.

Can I use an integration and manual tracking together?

You can, but you will double-count unless the events are genuinely distinct. Pick one source of truth per conversion event.

Related Reading

Reading your analytics covers which metrics to trust and why cost per verified action is the one to optimise. Connecting your site to a new campaign covers the setup steps, and setting a budget that actually converts covers what to do once you have reliable numbers.