Firmographic experience only shows up on the second page view, is that expected?
Following up on our 6sense rollout. QA filed this against me so I want to confirm whether it is a bug before I chase it.
Expected: visitor from a known account lands on the homepage, sees the industry hero immediately.
Actual: first page view shows the default hero, then the industry hero appears once the visitor navigates to any second page. Reproduced consistently across accounts and browsers, so it does not look random.
Is this documented behavior or did I wire something wrong
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This is documented behavior, not a wiring problem. Firmographic resolution takes a moment on the first page view: the ABM provider has to resolve the visitor's IP to an account before the firmographic signals are available for audience evaluation. Because of that, firmographic experiences typically activate on subsequent page views during the session.
Two points for your QA report:
- The default slot content serves on the first page view, so nothing breaks or flickers. The visitor sees a complete, correct page, just the non-personalized one.
- From the second page view onward, the audience matches and the industry experience serves for the rest of the session.
The consistent reproduction you observed is exactly what this looks like when everything is configured correctly. You can close the ticket as expected behavior and reference the 6sense integration guide.
Same finding on our Clearbit setup, and one framing that helped our QA team accept it: measure how many sessions are actually single-page. For our B2B traffic the accounts worth personalizing for almost always view multiple pages, so in practice the experience covers the sessions that matter. We also made sure the default hero stands on its own rather than treating it as a placeholder, which you should be doing anyway.