Industry Insights Report

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The Industry Insights report provides industry-level insights, allowing you to see the average program metrics for your vertical. These insights are grouped to give you an overview, key program metrics, and the top partners in your vertical.

Note: The Industry Insights report is currently only available for retail-based (excluding Arts and Entertainment), travel-based, and education-based programs located in North America, Europe, and Oceania.

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1. From the left navigation menu, select [Competitive Insights] → Industry Insights.

2. Below Industry Insights, filter for the data you want to view.

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   • View the Filter reference table below for more information.

Filter reference

Filter	Description
Vertical	Filter by the market segment for which you want to view industry insights data.
Region	Filter by the area for which you want to view industry insights data.
Quarter	Filter by the specific 3-month period for which you want to view industry insights data.

1. View a breakdown of your vertical insights according to 3 main sections:

Vertical Overview

Vertical Overview shows you:

• Total partners: The total number of partners joined to programs for the chosen industry segment.

• Active partners: The number of partners who drove at least one click or action during the quarter.

• Productive partners: The number of partners who drove at least one action during the quarter.

Average Vertical Program Metrics

Top Vertical Partners

Top vertical partners reference

Column	Description
Sector Rank	Where the partner ranks in revenue generated for the vertical market. E.g., A rank of 3 would indicate that two other partners drive more revenue for the vertical market.
Partner Name	The partner's name.
Partner ID	The partner's system-generated identifier.
Partner Business Model	The main way this partner promotes brands. If the partner does not specify a primary promotional method, their business model will be uncategorized.
Email	The partner's email address.

Program Efficiency

Program Efficiency shows a comparison of the number of partners in the vertical, how many are inactive, productive, active but not productive, active and productive, as well as the active and productive percentage rate of partners in a specific vertical.

• Inactive: Partners that have not driven a single click or action over the chosen quarter.

• Active but not productive: Partners that have driven at least one click but no actions over the chosen quarter.

• Active productive: Partners that have driven at least one action over the chosen quarter.

• Active rate: The number of active partners (this includes active but not productive and productive partners) divided by the total number of partners, shown as a percentage.

• Productive rate: The number of productive partners divided by the number of active, shown as a percentage.

Key Program KPIs

• # Partnership Programs: The number of partnership programs in the vertical.

• Average Order Value: The average order value generated from the vertical’s audience. This value is calculated as revenue generated divided by the number of conversions (also known as actions). Revenue divided by the number of Actions.

• Conversion Rate: Conversion rate represents the percentage of link clicks generated that result in conversions (aka actions). This rate is calculated as the number of conversions driven divided by the number of unique clicks. Number of Actions divided by the number of Clicks.

• ROAS (Return on ad spent): This is calculated as the credited revenue driven by the winner crediting model divided by the total action cost.

• Cost Per Action: Total Cost of Actions divided by number of actions.

• Cost Per Click: The total cost divided by the total number of clicks.

• Commission Rate: Commission rate is action cost divided by revenue.

• Commission Rate Flat: Commission rate flat is your flat fees divided by revenue.

Distribution of Key Metrics by Partner Type

View actions, revenue, and payout distribution percentage per business model.

Program Concentration

This section shows you what percentage of revenue top-performing partners drive in programs in the vertical. You can use this report to help determine how top partners in your program compare to top-performing partners in the vertical market.