# Give Every Channel Fair Credit, From First Visit to Form

Customer journeys connects each lead's first visit to the visit that converted, shows the paths between channels, and gives every channel fair credit 3 ways: first touch, last touch and a 50/50 split. It answers “which channels find people, and which only close them?”

Published Oct 19, 2026. Updated Oct 20, 2026.

## Which channels find new people, and which only close them?

It depends on whether you care about the first visit or the last. To connect each lead's first visit to the one that converted, and give every channel fair credit 3 ways, Customer journeys is the report to run. Type /journey to get it. To follow store revenue, use Revenue by source. For leads from AI assistants, Leads from AI assistants fits better. To compare ad variants, pick Ad creative performance.

What it is: Customer journeys is a first-to-last-touch report from the free UTM Grabber Reports skill for marketers defending top-of-funnel spend that shows which channels open journeys and which close them.

- Page: https://utmgrabber.com/mcp/reports/journey/
- Report: Customer journeys (Paid media, revenue and journeys)
- Shortcut: `/journey`
- New in UTM Grabber Reports skill v2.0
- Plan note: Needs UTM Grabber Premium
- Sample data from Northwind Dental, a fictional dental practice. Sample headline: “Organic search opens 228 journeys but closes only 150.”

## What this report answers

- Which channel opens the most journeys?
- Which channel closes them?
- Which channel does last-click reporting undervalue most?
- What share of leads changed channel between their first visit and the form?

Built for: Marketers defending top-of-funnel spend such as social, content and AI search.

## What's in the report

1. A headline like “{Channel} opens N journeys but closes only M,” plus the share that changed channel and the top closer.
2. Numbers for leads traced, changed channel, top opener, top closer and revenue traced.
3. A flow from first visit to converting visit, for the 5 biggest channels plus Other.
4. Openers vs closers, side by side for every channel.
5. Fair credit tables for leads, and for revenue when deals or orders are connected, with Undervalued, Overcredited or Even badges.
6. Next steps on what last click would wrongly tell you to cut.

## Why You Can Trust What It Tells You

- **Credit shared across the journey.** The 50/50 split gives half of each lead's credit to each touch, and a lead that stayed on one channel gives it full credit.
- **Finds undervalued channels.** A channel is undervalued when the split gives it 10%+ more than last click does, and 1% of the total, and overcredited in reverse.
- **Missing data is counted openly.** Leads without first-touch data are left out and counted in the notes.

## Ask your AI

- `/journey`
- “Which channels start our customer journeys?”
- “What would last-click reporting wrongly tell us to cut?”
- “Compare first touch and last touch for this month's leads.”

## What it uses

- Your UTM Grabber leads with first-touch fields (first source, medium, referrer and landing page), which UTM Grabber Premium records.
- Last-touch UTMs and click IDs from the free plugin.
- Optional: won deals from HubSpot, Salesforce or Pipedrive, or WooCommerce orders, credited the same 3 ways.

### See the First Visit Behind Every Lead

Needs UTM Grabber Premium. Customer journeys compares each lead's first visit with the visit that converted. UTM Grabber Premium records that first visit: its source, medium, referrer and landing page. The free plugin keeps only the last click, so on free data you get a short version with today's last-touch mix.

Starter+ and Premium open your full history to your AI. First visits exist only for leads that Premium recorded.

### Which plan do you need?

What your AI can read from UTM Grabber:

- Free plugin: Your last 30 days, with a fair-use allowance
- Starter: Your last 30 days, with first touch and more click IDs (this report)
- Starter+ or Premium: Your full history, unmetered

Compare Plans: https://utmgrabber.com/mcp/plans/

The report designs need an AI app that supports skills: Claude, Codex or Cursor. ChatGPT gives the same plain-English answers from your leads, without the report designs.

## Sample in 4 looks

- Studio (Client-facing reports): [Web page](https://utmgrabber.com/skills/utm-grabber-reports/samples/html/journey-studio.html), [PDF](https://utmgrabber.com/skills/utm-grabber-reports/samples/pdf/journey-studio.pdf), [PowerPoint](https://utmgrabber.com/skills/utm-grabber-reports/samples/pptx/journey-studio.pptx), [full screen](https://utmgrabber.com/mcp/reports/#report=journey&look=studio)
- Boardroom (Presenting to leadership): [Web page](https://utmgrabber.com/skills/utm-grabber-reports/samples/html/journey-boardroom.html), [PDF](https://utmgrabber.com/skills/utm-grabber-reports/samples/pdf/journey-boardroom.pdf), [PowerPoint](https://utmgrabber.com/skills/utm-grabber-reports/samples/pptx/journey-boardroom.pptx), [full screen](https://utmgrabber.com/mcp/reports/#report=journey&look=boardroom)
- Ledger (Weekly ops reviews and analysts): [Web page](https://utmgrabber.com/skills/utm-grabber-reports/samples/html/journey-ledger.html), [PDF](https://utmgrabber.com/skills/utm-grabber-reports/samples/pdf/journey-ledger.pdf), [PowerPoint](https://utmgrabber.com/skills/utm-grabber-reports/samples/pptx/journey-ledger.pptx), [full screen](https://utmgrabber.com/mcp/reports/#report=journey&look=ledger)
- Classic (Printed reports and long reads): [Web page](https://utmgrabber.com/skills/utm-grabber-reports/samples/html/journey-classic.html), [PDF](https://utmgrabber.com/skills/utm-grabber-reports/samples/pdf/journey-classic.pdf), [PowerPoint](https://utmgrabber.com/skills/utm-grabber-reports/samples/pptx/journey-classic.pptx), [full screen](https://utmgrabber.com/mcp/reports/#report=journey&look=classic)

## Questions

### Why does it need UTM Grabber Premium?

Premium records each person's first visit: its source, medium, referrer and landing page. Without it there's no first touch to compare, so with fewer than 10 leads carrying first-touch data you get a short version showing today's last-touch mix.

### Is this an attribution model?

It's 3 plain views of the same leads: who opened the journey, who closed it, and a 50/50 split. Every rule is printed in the notes, so nothing is a black box.

### Can it credit revenue, not just leads?

Yes. Connect your CRM, or use WooCommerce orders, and it credits won revenue the same 3 ways. WooCommerce orders take priority, because they carry their own first touch.

## Related reports

- [Revenue by source](https://utmgrabber.com/mcp/reports/revenue/): WooCommerce revenue by channel, campaign and product, so you know where the next dollar goes.
- [Leads from AI assistants](https://utmgrabber.com/mcp/reports/ai-referrals/): Leads that found you through ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude or Copilot.
- [Ad creative performance](https://utmgrabber.com/mcp/reports/ad-creative/): Which ad variant wins and which is wearing out, matched by utm_content.

## Capture the Whole Journey, Starting Today

The free plugin remembers each lead's last click. Every UTM Grabber Premium plan, from Starter up, also records where they first found you, more ad click IDs and what kind of visit it was, from the day you upgrade.

- Last-click UTM tags: free plugin yes, UTM Grabber Premium yes
- Google Ads click ID (gclid): free plugin yes, UTM Grabber Premium yes
- First touch: free plugin no, UTM Grabber Premium yes
- Meta and Microsoft Ads click IDs (fbclid, msclkid): free plugin no, UTM Grabber Premium yes
- Traffic labels: free plugin no, UTM Grabber Premium yes
- AI assistant visits: free plugin no, UTM Grabber Premium yes
- WooCommerce orders: free plugin UTM tags saved, UTM Grabber Premium Full source on every order
- Cookie length: free plugin 30 days, UTM Grabber Premium You choose

Premium starts recording the day you upgrade. It can't fill in visits the free plugin never recorded, so every week on free is a week of first touches and click IDs you won't get back.

See UTM Grabber Premium Plans: https://utmgrabber.com/mcp/plans/

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## Get it on your own leads

1. Connect UTM Grabber to your AI with the AI Connector (MCP). Step-by-step guide: https://utmgrabber.com/mcp/connect/ (no plugin yet? Get the free plugin: https://utmgrabber.com/?signup=1&return_url=%2Fget-started)
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