The Attribution Fix: How Amazon India Stopped Undercounting Its Creators
Amazon India argued that last-click attribution was quietly killing creator commerce by giving all credit to the final touchpoint and none to the weeks of scrolling that shaped the decision. So they measured creators at cohort level across the full funnel instead. The result: a creator ecosystem that has influenced 2 crore shoppers. This is one of the patterns in jugnu's Kosh.
The tension it resolves
Brands want creator commerce to perform but use last-click measurement that makes awareness-building creators look expensive and ineffective, so they cut the top of the funnel that feeds everything below it.
The challenge it solved for Amazon India: How do you build and defend a creator commerce channel when the measurement system in use says creators do not drive sales?
The mechanism
Attribution is shifted from individual last-click events to cohort-level full-funnel tracking, so creator value is counted across inspiration, discovery and purchase rather than only the final touchpoint.
Nidhi Thakkar, Head of Social Commerce for Emerging Marketplaces at Amazon India, publicly argued that last-click attribution undervalues creators who build awareness before purchase. Amazon measures its creator programme at cohort level rather than by individual post, runs strategic campaigns with selected creator cohorts around events like Prime Day, integrates creator content into the Amazon app, and is exploring AI tools for multilingual creator content.
The proof
Amazon's creator ecosystem has influenced 2 crore shoppers and grown to 1.65 lakh creators, according to Storyboard18 reporting quoting Nidhi Thakkar directly.
Where this applies in India
This principle is available right now for any Indian D2C brand running influencer campaigns where the affiliate dashboard only counts last-click conversions. It applies equally to edtech platforms that run long YouTube series before a course purchase but only measure the final sign-up form. And it matters for fintech apps in India where a creator explains a product across multiple reels weeks before a user finally downloads and applies. In each case, the measurement system is punishing the awareness work that made the close possible.
FAQ
What is the Cohort Attribution Over Last-Click pattern?
Attribution is shifted from individual last-click events to cohort-level full-funnel tracking, so creator value is counted across inspiration, discovery and purchase rather than only the final touchpoint.
Which brand proved it works?
Amazon India, in e-commerce / creator economy (India). Amazon's creator ecosystem has influenced 2 crore shoppers and grown to 1.65 lakh creators, according to Storyboard18 reporting quoting Nidhi Thakkar directly. jugnu's Kosh tracks 344 such patterns across Indian and global brands.
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