[support] Ubercart Google Analytics Integration

[Earnie Boyd]

On Tue, 4 Oct 2011 20:36:56 +0200, Fred Jones wrote:

> I have a D6 site where we just installed Ubercart Google Analytics
> Integration. In GA I see that 5 sales have been made. It says that two
> sales came from third party referrals, but I happen to know that those
> 5 people who purchased this week, did so from a link we sent them in
> an email. We know that because there are no published links (anywhere)
> to this product. The only way a person could find this URL is via our
> emails. Not to mention that we emailed these particular people the
> link and then they purchased.
> 
> My guess is that two of these people somehow got to the site via a
> referrer, and then contacted us and we sent the link and they clicked
> that and purchased. So GA feels that since they initially found the
> site via a referrer and then eventually bought, the referrer thus gets
> "credit" for that sale.
> 

That's the way I understand the business model to work.

> I suppose that's logical, but I wanted to ask if anyone has any other
> information or experiences to share on this subject. This data of
> which referrers send paying customers seems like it will be quite
> valuable.

I get a few dollars from the referral method, if you want to contact me
privately to ask go ahead.

Earnie