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Overview

Targeting Spotlights allows you to control where and to whom your Spotlight appears, ensuring it reaches the right audience at the right time. With flexible targeting options, you can display your Spotlight based on environments, domains, pages, user segments, and more. This helps to maximize relevance and engagement without overwhelming users.

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Use Cases

  • Environment Testing: Display spotlights only in Staging for testing purposes.
  • Domain-Specific Targeting: Show spotlights on specific subdomains for campaigns or promotions.
  • Page-Level Targeting: Trigger spotlights only on certain pages, like your homepage or product pages.
  • Audience Segmentation: Target specific user segments, such as new users or users who have completed certain actions.
  • Frequency Control: Set how often the spotlight appears to avoid annoying frequent repetitions.

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Environment Targeting

Choose between Staging or Production environments to control when and where your Spotlight appears. This is ideal for testing changes in a safe environment before pushing them to live users.

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Domain Targeting

Target your Spotlight based on the domain or sub-domain where it should appear. Options include:
  • All domains (default): The Spotlight appears on all domains where Userpilot is installed.
  • Specific domain: Display the Spotlight only on specific domains or subdomains. Perfect for testing or targeting specific markets.

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Page Targeting

Control the appearance of your Spotlight on different pages within your application:
  • Any page (default): The Spotlight shows across all pages with the Userpilot snippet.
  • Only on a Specific Page: Target a pre-defined page.
  • Only on Specific Paths: Show the Spotlight only on specific URLs or paths. You can specify multiple URL conditions for precise targeting.

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Audience Targeting

You can define the audience who will see the Spotlight, narrowing it down based on specific criteria:
  • All Users (default): Show the Spotlight to everyone who visits the targeted page(s).
  • Only Me: Display the Spotlight only for you and teammates who have the Userpilot Chrome extension installed.
  • Specific Segment: Target a pre-defined user segment.
  • Custom Conditions Use filters such as User Properties, Segments, Form Responses, or Tracked Events to reach specific user groups.

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FAQs