Define Tracking Tag properties: Questions to ask

Define Tracking Tag properties: Questions to ask

A Step-by-Step Decision Guide

Before generating and implementing tracking tags, it is essential to address some fundamental questions. Understanding what needs to be tracked and what should be remunerated or reported is crucial for effective tracking implementation. This documentation will guide you through the decision-making process, ensuring that you define the appropriate events, commercial categories, and implementation methods tailored to your business needs. By answering these basic questions upfront, you can streamline the tracking setup and ensure accurate and meaningful data collection.

 

1. Basket Tracking: Yes or no?

Industry?

Industry?

Retail

other Industry (Finance, Travel, Telco, …)

  1. Basket Tracking Tag
  1. only one product per sale:
    Apply non-basket tracking tag
  1. multiple products per sale:
    Consider basket tracking tag

 

2. Define Events and Commercial Categories

Event Type

Event Type

  1. Sale
  1. Lead
  1. other
  1. Conversion Target sale
  1. Conversion Target lead
  1. define and create Conversion Target.

    Example: appinstall, registration etc.

 

Tracking category (Commercial grouping)

Tracking category (Commercial grouping)

  1. same commission for all products
  1. different commissions for products
  1. no to do:
    tracking category default will be used
  1. - group commissions
    - create a tracking category for each group

 

3. Additional data?

Fo analytical purposes: Do you need any additional data?

Here the list of the most frequently used additional datapoints

  • voucher code

  • discount value

  • payment method

  • new customer

4. Implementation: What kind of tag?

Implementation

Implementation

  1. browser side
  1. server side
  1. GTM
  1. other
  1. sGTM
  1. other
  1. send tracking tags
  1. send sGTM tags (link to documentation)
  1. send callback URL