Run your first marketing audit

A marketing audit scores a website on SEO, speed, content and ads, and lists the fixes that matter most. Most new customers start here, with their own website.

Start it

Either way works:

• On Home, type your website into the Marketing Audit card and click Run audit. The audit starts as soon as the page opens.
• Or open Marketing Audit in the sidebar, type your website into the box (Enter domain (e.g. brainito.com)) and click Generate Marketing Audit.

Enter the website address, such as yourshop.com. You don't need https://.

The page shows progress while it works and opens the report when it's done, typically in 2–3 minutes. You can leave the page and come back; the report is listed under Marketing Audit in the sidebar.

What it costs

A full audit costs 100 credits per website. A new account has 20 free credits, so your first audit needs more: the smallest monthly plan adds 600 credits a month.

If you don't have enough, a window opens saying Not enough credits for this audit, with your balance and See monthly plans. Nothing is charged. If the audit fails to start after you've been charged, the credits come back.

In a team workspace the audit is paid from the workspace owner's credits. If they have run short, the message says so and asks you to have the owner top up.

If it won't start

• "A report for yourshop.com is already being generated." An audit for the same site is still running. Wait for it to finish.
• "You have view-only access to this workspace." Viewers can't run audits. Ask an owner or admin to change your role.
• "Couldn't start the audit. Please try again." Check the address is a real, public website and try again.

After the audit

The report opens with your score and the actions that matter most, then the Audit Breakdown: Website Essentials, On Page SEO, Technical SEO and Marketing Channels. Work from the top. When the report is complete, Build Marketing Plan at the bottom turns the findings into a plan: channels, budget and what to do first.

See What the marketing audit checks and Working through your audit findings.

Next: type your website into the Marketing Audit card on Home and click Run audit.