Fintech funnels break in a browser you did not choose

Your onboarding starts on the web — a calculator, a rate check, a lead form — and ends with Download. Inside an in-app browser both parts are at risk: the store handoff fails, and so do the things that need real cookies.

Web onboarding · paid social · comparison pages · referral programmes

Why it hits this category

Compliance keeps you on the web first

You cannot always send people straight to the store — disclosures, eligibility and KYC live on your pages. That makes the last-step handoff unavoidable.

In-app browsers break more than the store link

Payments, cookies and web analytics behave differently there. Sending the funnel into a real browser fixes several problems at once, not just one.

Cost per acquisition is high enough to notice

In this category a single lost install is expensive. The delivery rate is worth measuring rather than assuming.

Regulated flows cannot be redesigned on a whim

You do not get to rebuild onboarding to dodge a browser quirk — legal signed off on this flow. Changing one destination URL is a change you can actually ship this week.

What we measure

Delivery depends on which app the link opens in, and the spread is wide. These are our own numbers, not an industry estimate. Sample: 606 taps through our own links, 3–5 August 2026. Every link reports back when a tap fails to leave the in-app browser, so these are counted, not modelled.

SourceReached the storeDetail
Instagram99%3 taps stalled, 2 of them recovered by pressing the button
Facebook81%35 stalled, 17 recovered — this is where the system asks for confirmation
TikTok86%small sample, but the pattern matches Facebook
Plain browser100%nothing to escape from, the store opens directly

What the link actually does

It reads where the tap came from and takes the route that survives there: the external browser out of Instagram and Threads, the store's own scheme where that is what works, an immediate button where the system asks for confirmation. If everything is blocked, the tap still ends on a visible button instead of a blank screen.

Nothing to install

No SDK and no changes in the app. You swap one address for another.

Your tracker stays

An attribution link can be the destination. We hand the tap over and leave your parameters alone.

You see what arrived

Each link reports when a tap failed to leave the in-app browser, so the dashboard shows delivery, not just clicks.

Questions

Can the destination be our own page instead of the store?

Yes, once you verify the domain. Then the tap opens your funnel in the real browser, where payments, cookies and analytics work normally.

How is domain verification done?

You upload one static file to prove the domain is yours. Without that we only accept store and attribution links — otherwise the service would be an open redirector.

Does it affect our attribution setup?

No. If you run on an MMP link, it stays the destination and keeps its parameters.

Can we send people to our own onboarding instead of the store?

Yes, after verifying the domain. Here that is often the better route: in a real browser your payments, cookies and analytics all behave normally.

How is the domain verified?

One static file at a known path proves the domain is yours. Without it we accept only store and attribution links — otherwise the service would be an open redirector.

Fix it with one link

Free while you try it: up to three apps, unlimited links under each, full routing and per-source stats. The paid plan buys a shorter address.