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FullStory

FullStory

Partner
Integration
  • Technology Partner - Integration
Categories
  • Analytics
  • Session replay
Type of Integration
  • 1st party

Connect Convert experiments to FullStory session replays for deeper behavior insights

The Convert + FullStory integration is built to bring experiment and variation context directly into your session replays. Every user session in FullStory can be tied back to the specific A/B test and variation they experienced.

This lets CRO, marketing, and product teams go beyond win/loss metrics to actually see how different test groups navigate, struggle, and convert on-site. You can filter, segment, and compare replays by experiment and variation to understand the real behavior behind your results.

The integration passes experiment and variation details into FullStory as custom user variables, making them searchable and visible in session details. It also supports privacy-conscious setups by sending only IDs when data anonymization is enabled in Convert.

Together, Convert and FullStory create an end-to-end optimization workflow that blends quantitative test performance with qualitative behavior insights.

Key capabilities

  • Tag every FullStory session with the Convert experiment and variation a user saw
  • Pass “Experiment Name” and “Variation Name” into FullStory as custom user variables
  • Search, filter, and segment FullStory sessions by specific experiments and variations
  • Analyze both individual replays and aggregate behavior for each test group
  • Surface UX issues, frustration signals, and conversion blockers by variant
  • Support data anonymization by sending only experiment and variation IDs when enabled in Convert

Benefits

  • Understand not just which variation won, but why it performed the way it did
  • Quickly spot UX issues, broken elements, and confusing flows that hurt conversion
  • Tie behavioral patterns and frustration signals directly to specific experiments
  • Build more targeted segments and funnels in FullStory using experiment and variation data
  • Give CRO, product, and support teams shared, contextual replays to speed up decisions
  • Maintain privacy-conscious experimentation while still gaining rich behavioral insight

Convert and FullStory

FullStory is a digital experience analytics platform that captures rich session replays and behavioral signals to help teams understand how users interact with their websites and products. It provides tools for searching, segmenting, and analyzing sessions to uncover UX issues, friction points, and opportunities for improvement.

Together, Convert and FullStory connect experimentation outcomes with real user behavior. Convert supplies experiment and variation context for each visitor, while FullStory visualizes how those test groups actually experience your site. This combination helps teams diagnose why certain variants win or lose, refine hypotheses faster, and make more confident optimization decisions with both quantitative and qualitative data.

Use Cases

Diagnose Why a Winning Variant Still Underperforms Targets

Problem: A homepage test shows a statistically significant lift, but overall conversion is still below target. Stakeholders don’t understand what’s holding users back beyond the headline metrics. Solution: Convert sends experiment and variation context into FullStory, letting teams filter replays to only users in the winning variant. They can visually inspect how those visitors scroll, click, and move through the funnel. Outcome: Teams uncover specific UX friction—like overlooked CTAs or confusing form steps—behind the plateau. They ship targeted fixes and run follow‑up tests that move the winning variant closer to business goals.

Uncover UX Friction Behind a Losing Checkout Test

Problem: A new checkout design variant loses badly in Convert reports, but analytics alone can’t explain why. Product and design teams are unsure whether to abandon or iterate on the concept. Solution: Using FullStory segments enriched with Convert’s experiment and variation names, teams watch only sessions from users who saw the losing checkout. They spot rage clicks, dead zones, and confusing copy in context. Outcome: Clear behavioral evidence shows exactly where users get stuck, enabling a redesigned variant that keeps the strategic idea but fixes execution issues. Subsequent tests recover conversions and reduce cart abandonment.

Validate Personalization Ideas with Behavior, Not Just Metrics

Problem: Personalized landing pages show mixed results: some segments respond well, others don’t. Aggregate metrics obscure whether the experience is genuinely helpful or just different. Solution: Convert tags each personalized experiment and variation in FullStory. Marketers build FullStory funnels and segments by variation name to compare how each audience navigates, engages with content, and reaches key events. Outcome: Teams see which personalized experiences drive confident, linear journeys and which create hesitation or pogo‑sticking. They refine targeting and messaging, leading to more effective personalization and higher segment‑level lift.

Speed Up Debugging of Broken or Buggy Variants

Problem: A new test variant suddenly shows a sharp drop in conversions and abnormal bounce rates. Analytics suggests something is wrong, but the issue can’t be reproduced consistently in QA. Solution: With Convert data in FullStory, teams instantly pull sessions for the affected experiment and variation. They watch real users encounter JS errors, misaligned elements, or blocked interactions in the wild. Outcome: The root cause is identified in hours instead of days. The variant is hotfixed or paused quickly, minimizing revenue loss and preventing bad experiences from skewing test results or eroding user trust.

Align CRO, Product, and Support Around Shared Replays

Problem: CRO, product, and support teams work in silos. Test results live in Convert, while user complaints and behavior insights live elsewhere, making it hard to build a shared understanding of issues. Solution: Convert’s experiment and variation names appear directly in FullStory session details. Teams across functions search by experiment, review the same annotated replays, and connect tickets or feedback to specific test experiences. Outcome: Cross‑functional teams converge on a single source of behavioral truth. They prioritize fixes and new tests based on shared evidence, shortening feedback loops and improving the impact of each optimization cycle.

Run Privacy‑Conscious UX Research on Experiment Cohorts

Problem: Organizations with strict privacy rules can’t expose experiment names in third‑party tools, limiting their ability to analyze test cohorts qualitatively without risking compliance issues. Solution: With Convert’s anonymization enabled, only experiment and variation IDs are passed into FullStory. Teams still segment and search sessions by these IDs to study behavior for each test group. Outcome: Companies maintain rigorous privacy standards while retaining full visibility into how each cohort behaves. They continue to diagnose UX issues and optimize journeys without compromising compliance or user trust.

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