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23% -- average conversion rate for top 10 converting ecommerce sites (November 2009)

November 2009  · Nielsen

The top 10 converting ecommerce websites had an average conversion rate of 23 percent over a six-month period ending in November 2009.

  • Websites needed to achieve a minimum of five million unique visitors per month to qualify.
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23%
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November 2009
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top 10 converting ecommerce sites
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Nielsen Primary Tier A
https://adtechdaily.com/2010/04/19/top-10-converting-websites-challenge-conventional-wisdom/ ↗
Confidence: 64/100 Vintage: November 2009 Channel: Cc Extraction
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Top 10 Converting Websites Challenge Conventional Wisdom - Ad Tech Daily
Research from Nielsen and SeeWhy Reveals a 23 Percent Average Conversion Rate for Top 10 vs. 2-3 Percent for Typical Ecommerce Sites ANDOVER, Mass. – SeeWhy, Inc., the company that boosts website conversion with real-time remarketing, announced the 10 top-converting ecommerce sites listed in “Lesson…
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Based on Nielsen data for six months, ending in November 2009.

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top 10 converting ecommerce sites: 23% average conversion rate. Source: Nielsen (November 2009). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/average-conversion-rate-top-10-ecommerce-sites
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