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Setting up ecommerce tracking that actually tells you useful stuff

Original: Ultimate Guide to Setting Up Enhanced Ecommerce Tracking

May 26, 2025
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Ultimate Guide to Setting up Enhanced Ecommerce Tracking - Reflective Data

Summary

Code-heavy walkthrough of GA Enhanced Ecommerce via GTM dataLayer pushes.

Who This Is For

Analytics Engineers
Technical Marketers
Developers

Key Takeaways

  • Build a proper dataLayer structure for products, impressions, and transactions using GTM instead of plugins
  • Set up flexible Enhanced Ecommerce tracking that works with any platform and other tracking tools
  • Track comprehensive ecommerce actions including product views, cart interactions, checkout steps, and refunds
  • Create a version-independent setup that survives Google Analytics updates automatically
  • Structure your GTM implementation with proper variables, triggers, and tags for easy maintenance

Tools & Technologies

Google Tag Manager Google Analytics Enhanced Ecommerce JavaScript dataLayer analytics.js gtag.js

Topics Covered

tutorial google-tag-manager enhanced-ecommerce data-layer