<h2>Benefits</h2>
<ul class="wccom-tick-list-primary">
<li><strong>Learn which channels drive the most traffic</strong> (including search, social, email, and ads) so you know which channels to spend more time on.</li>
<li><strong>Figure out where your site leaks money</strong> by tracking users’ flow from product page to cart to checkout.</li>
<li><strong>Understand which products customers are interested in</strong> by comparing traffic, transactions, and revenue across products.</li>
<li><strong>Determine what your customers look for</strong> by seeing which pages they land on from search engines.</li>
</ul>
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<h2>Get basic ecommerce analytics for free</h2>
<ul class="wccom-tick-list-secondary">
<li>Track basic data — including sessions, users, and events — with Universal Analytics.</li>
<li>Integrate <strong>enhanced ecommerce analytics</strong> to get basic ecommerce data, including cart actions and product views.</li>
<li>Exclude visits from administrators to get a more accurate picture of customer data.</li>
<li>Support for Display Advertising.</li>
</ul>
<p>A <a href="https://www.google.com/analytics/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">free Google Analytics account</a> is required to use this extension.</p>
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<p>Need more advanced ecommerce tracking? <a href="https://woocommerce.com/products/woocommerce-google-analytics-pro/">Try Google Analytics Pro</a>.</p>

Google Analytics for WooCommerce

<p>Understand your customers and increase revenue with the world’s leading analytics platform — integrated with WooCommerce for free.</p>

<h2>Track customer behavior in real time</h2>
<p>Organize, optimize, and scale your campaigns with accurate, reliable data.<br />
<strong style="letter-spacing: -0.011em">Datalayer for WooCommerce </strong><span style="letter-spacing: -0.011em">extension automatically sends your store’s events to the leading marketing and analytics platforms.</span></p>
<h2>Built for all user types</h2>
<p><b>For those who value simplicity</b><br />
No need to understand complex tools or deal with technical configurations.<br />
After your purchase, just open a support ticket and our team will handle the entire setup for you. Quickly, easily, and at no extra cost.</p>
<p><b>For developers and marketing professionals</b><br />
Compatible with Google Tag Manager, GA4, Google Ads, Meta Ads, TikTok Ads, Microsoft Ads and Pinterest Ads.<br />
All events are sent automatically using the GA4 standard, ready to power strategies like server-side tracking, dynamic remarketing, and funnel analysis.</p>
<h2>Compatibility and integration</h2>
<p>Connected to the right channels from the very first click.<br />
The extension works seamlessly with top marketing platforms, organizing your store’s data and sending it automatically to:</p>
<ul>
<li>Google Tag Manager (GTM)</li>
<li>Google Analytics (GA4)</li>
<li>Google Ads</li>
<li>Meta (Facebook and Instagram)</li>
<li>TikTok Ads</li>
<li>Microsoft Ads</li>
<li>Pinterest Ads</li>
</ul>
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<p>No need to worry about manual setups or technical implementations.<br />
The right data goes to the right place. With precision, stability, and high performance.</p>
<p>Everything is integrated and centralized to ensure your campaigns have the solid foundation they need to deliver better results.</p>
<h2>See it in action</h2>
<p>Watch the video to see how your store data is organized and sent automatically to the platforms you use, all without writing a single line of code.</p>
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<h2>Effortlessly captured events</h2>
<p>Once activated, the extension automatically begins tracking the most important events in your store’s sales funnel.<br />
Everything is captured and delivered in the right format, ready for use in your marketing platforms.</p>
<p><strong>Events tracked automatically:</strong></p>
<ul class="wccom-tick-list-secondary">
<li>Product impressions and product clicks</li>
<li>Product detail views</li>
<li>Products added or removed from carts</li>
<li>Checkout steps (start checkout, shipping, payment selection)</li>
<li>Purchases, coupon usage, and effectiveness</li>
<li>Refunds</li>
<li>Internal promotion impressions and clicks</li>
<li>Products added from the wishlist</li>
<li>User logins</li>
<li>Consent mode</li>
<li>Post Data</li>
<li>Server to Server event</li>
</ul>
<h2>Automatically structured in Google Tag Manager</h2>
<p>All captured events are structured and sent directly to Google Tag Manager. No manual configuration required. Your data is ready to use in your campaigns and reports as soon as it appears.</p>
<div style="width: 980px" class="wp-video"><video class="wp-video-shortcode" id="video-0-1" width="980" height="411" loop preload="metadata" controls="controls"><a href="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/datalayer-events.mp4">https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/datalayer-events.mp4</a></video></div>
<p> </p>
<h2>Know what’s happening in your store, without opening another tool</h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Beyond sending data to your marketing platforms, the plugin allows you to track your conversion funnel and sales journey directly within the WordPress dashboard. You can identify exactly where customers drop off, access simple human-readable insights that explain your performance, and customize your report settings to focus only on the metrics that truly matter to your store’s growth. All insights are generated locally and securely using your own AI service key.</span></p>
<h2>Features</h2>
<ul class="wccom-tick-list-secondary">
<li>Capture detailed customer data to build effective, data-driven marketing strategies</li>
<li>Quick installation and activation directly from your store’s WP Admin dashboard</li>
<li>Connect to Google Tag Manager</li>
<li>Real-time user behavior tracking</li>
<li>Generate product catalog feeds in XML for marketing tools</li>
<li>Popup consent mode with cookie blocking<span style="font-size: 10px;position: relative;top: -2px;border: 2px solid;padding: 3px;border-radius: 3px;font-weight: bold;left: 5px">NEW</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400">Complete documentation to guide setup and usage</span>. <a href="https://woocommerce.com/document/datalayer-for-woocommerce/">Access official documentation</a></li>
<li>Video tutorials on how to configure and use Datalayer and Google Tag Manager. <a href="https://woocommerce.com/document/datalayer-for-woocommerce/video-tutorials/">Watch the tutorials here</a></li>
<li>Automatically receive the latest improvements and new features, keeping your store always up to date with the best market practices</li>
<li>Track your store’s conversion funnel directly in the WordPress dashboard, no GA4 required<span style="font-size: 10px;position: relative;top: -2px;border: 2px solid;padding: 3px;border-radius: 3px;font-weight: bold;left: 5px">NEW</span></li>
<li>Get insights of your store data, generated from your own events and your own API key<span style="font-size: 10px;position: relative;top: -2px;border: 2px solid;padding: 3px;border-radius: 3px;font-weight: bold;left: 5px">NEW</span></li>
</ul>
<h2>Benefits</h2>
<ul class="wccom-tick-list-secondary">
<li>Receive a complete GTM import file with ready-to-use tags, triggers, and variables (client-side and server-side)</li>
<li>Your data is delivered in the ideal format to fuel your marketing tools with accuracy</li>
<li>Built following standards validated by Google Tag Manager itself, ensuring compatibility and performance</li>
<li>No need to worry about platform complexity. We provide expert technical support to configure everything safely and reliably</li>
</ul>

Datalayer

<p>Make the most of your data layer — get real-time information on the actions users take while browsing your store.</p>

Google Analytics for WooCommerce vs Datalayer