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Enable your e-commerce transaction tracking
With some simple additions to your receipt page, Google Analytics can automatically detect and record transaction and product information. The required information is placed into an invisible form which is parsed for transaction and product information.
Most template driven e-commerce systems can be modified to include this information in the receipt.
You will also need, to enable e-commerce reporting for your website's profile:
1. From the Analytics Settings page, click Edit next to the profile you would like to enable.
2. Click Edit from the Main Website Profile Information box
3. Change the E-commerce Website radio button from No to Yes.
Filling the required information
Somewhere in the receipt, below the tracking code, the following lines need to be written by your engine. Everything in brackets should be replaced by actual values.
Check this out for more information.
How Do I Track E-Commerce Transactions?
With some simple additions to your receipt page, Google Analytics can automatically detect and record transaction and product information. The required information is placed into an invisible form which is parsed for transaction and product information.
Most template driven e-commerce systems can be modified to include this information in the receipt.
You will also need, to enable e-commerce reporting for your website's profile:
1. From the Analytics Settings page, click Edit next to the profile you would like to enable.
2. Click Edit from the Main Website Profile Information box
3. Change the E-commerce Website radio button from No to Yes.
Filling the required information
Somewhere in the receipt, below the tracking code, the following lines need to be written by your engine. Everything in brackets should be replaced by actual values.
Check this out for more information.
How Do I Track E-Commerce Transactions?
Refer to How Do I Track E-Commerce Transactions? for further instructions on writing transaction information to your receipt pages.
More Important Information
Tracking transactions across domains and subdomains;
If you are tracking transactions that occur on a different domain or subdomain than your main site,
Follow This Link >>
How Do I Use Google Analytics To Track A 3rd-Party Shopping Cart?
In there you can find the instructions for updating your tracking code.
3rd party shopping cart compatibility
Google Analytics uses 1st party cookie technology to track visitors and generate reports. 1st party cookies require that the JavaScript code be called from each web page to avoid breaching the security settings in your visitors' web browsers. If you can edit the source code of your shopping cart site and add the Google Analytics tracking code, you'll be able to use it with Google Analytics.
More Important Information
Tracking transactions across domains and subdomains;
If you are tracking transactions that occur on a different domain or subdomain than your main site,
Follow This Link >>
How Do I Use Google Analytics To Track A 3rd-Party Shopping Cart?
In there you can find the instructions for updating your tracking code.
3rd party shopping cart compatibility
Google Analytics uses 1st party cookie technology to track visitors and generate reports. 1st party cookies require that the JavaScript code be called from each web page to avoid breaching the security settings in your visitors' web browsers. If you can edit the source code of your shopping cart site and add the Google Analytics tracking code, you'll be able to use it with Google Analytics.
