How do you report a creator campaign to a client who wants sales, not likes?
Our client nods at the reach slide and then asks what sold. Half the time we don't have a clean answer because the creator traffic hits the homepage and gets mixed with everything else. How are you reporting this without inventing a story?
12 answers
- Maya R.Sep 18, 2026
One code or one link per creator. If you can't do that, don't promise sales reporting. Say you'll report attention, and let the client decide if that's enough.
- Sofia M.Sep 19, 2026
We show three numbers and stop: visits from that link, orders with that code, and what we paid including product. The view count goes in an appendix for the people who ask. It is not the headline.
- Arjun K.Sep 20, 2026
A creator can do everything right and still not 'sell' if the page is slow or the size is out of stock. We had a reel send 4,000 visits to a product that was waitlisted. That is not the creator's failure. Put the stock status in the report or you'll fire the wrong person.
- Arjun K.Sep 21, 2026
Compare creators with each other, not with a performance ad. Different job. The client who wants Meta-level CPA from a human recommendation is going to be disappointed, and you should say that before the campaign, not after.
- Omar A.Sep 21, 2026
Time window. Codes used in 14 days. After that the creator's friends are still sharing it and your report is lying if you cut off at 48 hours, or lying the other way if you leave it open for a quarter.
- Maya R.Sep 22, 2026
Qualitative, but specific. Five comments that show the objection ('is this for oily hair?') are more useful than a word cloud. We paste them. The client finally believes the audience is real.
- Lina P.Sep 24, 2026
Don't average everything into one ROI. The creator who flopped teaches you the next brief. Burying them in a blended number is how you rebook them.
- Theo J.Sep 24, 2026
If there was no code, say the sales number is unknown. Inventing a fraction of total sales 'attributed' to creators is how this industry got a reputation. I won't put a made-up percentage in a deck.
- Leo B.Sep 25, 2026
Show the fee next to the outcome on the same row. Hiding the money on another slide is a tell. Clients can add.
- Maya R.Sep 26, 2026
For brand work where there is no checkout, pick a proxy you agreed up front: branded search, store visits, email signups. Changing the goal in the readout is the fastest way to lose the next brief.
- Leo B.Sep 27, 2026
Keep the creator's handle visible in the report. Anonymised rows make it impossible to learn, and they make the client suspect you're protecting a favourite.
- Theo J.Sep 27, 2026
We send the report in a week, not a month. A month later nobody remembers the post and the only question left is 'was it worth it', which you can no longer show.
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