Trends & insights
Why should you avoid sending QR code traffic to your homepage?
Summary
Sending QR traffic to your homepage causes friction and high bounce rates; dedicated landing pages perform much better.
Sending QR code traffic to your homepage introduces unnecessary friction and hurts your conversion rates. When a prospect scans a code in a brochure, they expect to find information directly related to what they were reading. Forcing them to navigate your general homepage to find that content often leads to frustration and high bounce rates. A dedicated landing path maintains the context of their interest and guides them smoothly to the next step. It also ensures that your tracking data remains clean and associated with a specific campaign. By contrast, homepage traffic is difficult to segment and analyze effectively. Creating tailored landing pages shows respect for your audience’s time and attention. This simple alignment between physical content and digital destination significantly boosts overall campaign performance.