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Why do my channels look effective but total growth isn’t increasing?

Each channel looks good on its own but overall growth isn’t improving.

Symptom

Every paid channel reports strong attributed conversions on the dashboard but total new customer acquisition is flat.

Cause

Platform attribution credits paid channels for conversions that would have closed organically, conflating baseline demand with incremental lift.

Impact

Budget keeps flowing to non-incremental channels, inflating reported ROAS while net growth stalls.

Full diagnostic context

Each channel looks good on its own but overall growth isn’t improving.

Every paid channel reports strong attributed conversions on the dashboard but total new customer acquisition is flat.

Platform attribution credits paid channels for conversions that would have closed organically, conflating baseline demand with incremental lift.

Budget keeps flowing to non-incremental channels, inflating reported ROAS while net growth stalls.