Conversion Rate Is Not a Website Metric
Your conversion rate has almost nothing to do with your website. It's shaped by pricing, brand, competitors, promotions, and market conditions, which is exactly why treating it as a website KPI leads to unnecessary redesigns and gets experimentation programs killed for "not moving the needle." This post breaks down why conversion rate is the metric everyone watches and nobody owns, and what to track instead: test velocity, decision quality, and strategy fit.