Zero-party data banner
Use case description
Benefit from increased conversion rates by personalizing your campaigns with zero-party data. Our customers have seen a 3x increase in conversion rates using this approach. The Zero-party data banner enables you to gather valuable insights directly from your customers without any coding required. This banner offers extensive customization options, allowing you to set specific questions to collect data that enhances your ability to personalize customer experiences and boost conversions.
Note
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Key features
- Zero-Party Data Collection: Directly gather data from customers by asking tailored questions.
- No-Code Customization: Easily configure the banner without needing any coding skills.
- Flexible Design Options: Customize the look and content to align with your brand and campaign goals.
- Enhanced Personalization: Use collected data to create more relevant and engaging customer experiences.

Use case items
With this use case, you’ll get an:
- Zero-Party data banner: A fully customizable tool that helps you gather important customer insights directly through the banner.
- Questions Excel file: Spreadsheet for managing and updating survey questions.
- Report: Dashboard for monitoring and analyzing banner responses.
How to deploy the use case
After downloading the use case, follow these steps.
Meet the requirements
Check if the data in your project meets the requirements. The Use Case Center lists requirements for each use case during the deployment process.
Understand the use case logic
The zero-party banner provides comprehensive data capture and customer acquisition capabilities. This banner offers flexible data collection and consent management, allowing you to gather valuable customer insights through customizable surveys and forms.
Core capabilities:
- Customizable setup: Define your sign-up source and manage consent categories
- Customer attribute updates: Seamlessly update customer profiles with collected information
- Acquisition capture integration: Include acquisition capture as the final step, directing customers to a thank you page
- Visual control: Personalize background options and set triggering rules for optimal user experience
Step 1: Configure question parameters
Use the Excel spreadsheet template to structure your questions. The template includes essential columns like "order," "question," "required status," and "question type."

Excel template interface
Question setup process:
- Download the provided Excel spreadsheet template and fill it out with your desired questions and answers.
- Copy the content directly into the "Question order" input within the weblayer.
- The system dynamically generates your questions for a smooth setup.
- Test single questions by copying only a portion of your spreadsheet to preview before finalizing.
Available question types:
- Selection questions: Multiple-choice or dropdown options for structured data collection
- Free text input: Open-ended responses for qualitative insights
- Date input: Capture specific date information from customers
- Dynamic question flow: Set up conditional flows based on customer answers for personalized journeys
Step 2: Customize visual appearance
You have complete control over the visual presentation of your banner.

Answer button customization:
- Customize text color, background color, and border width for answer buttons
- Fine-tune answer button images with responsive design that adapts to text size
- Control spacing between answers and buttons for optimal user experience
Display options:
- Choose to display questions "one per page" for a focused experience or "all on one page" for a comprehensive overview
- Set whether answers are single-choice or multiple-choice
- Configure required answers to ensure essential data collection before customers can proceed
Step 3: Configure banner settings and audience
- Follow tooltips next to each parameter in the banner interface
- Adjust audience settings to target your specific use case
- Define frequency capping to control how many times visitors see the banner
- Choose display method: embedded page element or popup overlay
- Configure optional features: voucher code copy functionality, weblayer chaining, enhanced exit intent logic
Step 4: Launch and monitor performance
Tracking implementation:
The tracking follows best practices for collecting and storing zero-party data. One event with an action
of survey_response
is sent per question, meaning each answer generates a specific event for detailed analysis.
Event tracking examples:

Example of tracking open question and answer


Example of tracking scale question 1-5 and answer
Performance monitoring:
- Access aggregated event data through the integrated report
- Monitor different questions and corresponding answers
- Update customer attributes automatically based on survey responses
- Set up scenarios to transfer zero-party data from events to customer attributes for enhanced campaign personalization
Test and run the use case
Test a use case before deploying it. Testing ensures you don't send unfinished or imperfect campaigns to your customer base.
Once the testing is over, run the use case. Open the banner and click Start to launch the campaign.
Updated 9 days ago