Intro

This section is a guide to use Analytics and create merchandising strategies based on this.

Where does Analytics data come from?

Shopify and Google Analytics.

Data that relates to user behaviour, clicks, and views, will come from Shopify. Sales and revenue data is sourced from Google Analytics.

Here's a breakdown:

Analytics data
Source

Zero search terms

Shopify

Top search terms

Shopify

Product clicks

Shopify

Product views

Shopify

Promotion banner views (callouts)

Shopify

Promotion banner clicks (callouts)

Shopify

Sales

Universal Analytics / GA4

Revenue

Universal Analytics / GA4

Pagination options

Shopify

Filter options

Shopify

Filter values

Shopify

I'm planning to switch to GA4. Can I use this sales data to configure my merchandising?

The short answer is yes. However, at the time of writing, none of the historical data would carry over due to GA4 structuring data differently than UA (Universal Analytics/Google Analytics).

Google has not officially announced plans to migrate data from the old GA to GA4 – so the best approach is to prepare for all historical data to be wiped and start tracking in GA4 asap.

We recommend implementing GA4 as soon as possible.

By doing so, you should have at least 6+ months of data by the time UA reaches end of life. Having sales and revenue data will allow you to optimise Reactify Search, and leverage this to configure boost rules.

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