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