Start
Head-start progress bar
Effort: Low
What to notice
A new profile starts at "2 of 6 done" and the remaining steps fill in one by one.
How to build it
- Count steps already finished, such as creating the account and confirming email.
- Order the remaining steps from quickest to longest.
- Extend the bar and update the remaining count after each step.
Measure
- Main metric
- Onboarding completion rate
- Guardrail
- Retention seven days after completion
When it backfires
Never mark steps as done that the user has not completed.