How to track sales by traffic source

marios521 · 28th Nov 2016, 03:34 AM

I will try to explain my concerns as simple as I can with an example.

Lets say we have 3 main traffic sources to our website. Facebook, Organic and AdWords. We make only 1 sale and we go to our affiliate platform to check the stats.

We know the page that sent the visitor to the offer, but we don't know where did this visitor come to our site from, in the first place!

How can we know if that sale came from a Facebook fun, a typical visitor from free organic SERPs or from our paid AdWords campain?

Is there a WP plugin (or something), to add a string at the end of our site's url showing where did he come from before he leave our page?

I mean for example...

Our initial article URL is http://www.example.com/myarticle/

A visitor clicks on our Facebook post and comes to a page with a URL like:
http://www.example.com/myarticle/?facebook

Another one comes from a Google ad and the URL of the same article is now:
http://www.example.com/myarticle/?adwords

So...

When we check our affiliate stats, we know how many sales come from each traffic sourse!

I hope you understand what I am looking for...

Thanks.

NetNinja91 · 28th Nov 2016, 04:21 AM

If it's an app, then "mixpanel" would be good. However I'm not quite sure exactly what you want to track.

javrsmith · 28th Nov 2016, 05:47 PM

You could use Pretty Link plug-in. You could then set up links for FB, YT, and all other sources, each of which point to the same MyArticle. You can then go to the Pretty Link statistics and see the hits on each link. The links can be obscure or specific like "MyArticle_FB".

Don Mann · 28th Nov 2016, 09:54 PM

I do believe their is a set up, through a site service called " Improvely " they track your traffic and you will just need. To add a link, at the end of your link. Before you start it, to know which one is making money and which one isn't working. To cut advertising cost and improve sales.

marios521 · 29th Nov 2016, 12:04 AM

Originally Posted by Don Mann

I do believe their is a set up, through a site service called " Improvely ".

I think this is what I need. Seems complicated platform for me, but it is the tool I need. Maybe I can find some alternatives. Now I know what I am looking for..!

shim333 · 29th Nov 2016, 02:53 AM

I think google analytics can do it - its something that called google tag maneger

marios521 · 3rd Dec 2016, 12:35 AM

Originally Posted by shim333

I think google analytics can do it - its something that called google tag maneger

I am not sure if it is what I am looking for... I am trying to track where my sales are coming from. Which source is driving my visitor to buy, on the site I am affiliated with...

shinryu · 3rd Dec 2016, 07:37 AM

Originally Posted by Don Mann

I do believe their is a set up, through a site service called " Improvely " they track your traffic and you will just need. To add a link, at the end of your link. Before you start it, to know which one is making money and which one isn't working. To cut advertising cost and improve sales.

Can you show it on the picture or more details, plz. Because I have the same question too.

shim333 · 3rd Dec 2016, 11:23 AM

I myslef use prosper202 and every source i give another link - and put the pixel in thank you page, so i can know which source give me the sale
See this video
(its explain about 3rd party conversion tracking, but you can use it for you site also

Prosper202 Tutorial: Step 8 Get Pixels/Postback...

dburk · 4th Dec 2016, 03:46 PM

Originally Posted by marios521

I am not sure if it is what I am looking for... I am trying to track where my sales are coming from. Which source is driving my visitor to buy, on the site I am affiliated with...

Hi marios521,

That is precisely what Google Analytics is designed to do. It is a marketing analytics application.

It can tell you as much or more about where your traffic is coming from than any other app available. It also tracks behavior after users arrive, and can even be used to track users across multiple channels and websites.

Google tags every visitor with a unique cookie so they can keep track of where the user goes and what they do. You can enhance this data further by implementing user id tracking in Google Analytics.

Your Google Analytics web property can be link to your AdWords account, and to Google Search Console to automatically include details fro organic search and AdWords campaigns. Use the GA Custom Campaign URL builder to track campaigns from 3rd party (non-Google) platforms like Facebook Ads, linkedIn ads, Twitter Ads, etc.

Ideally you will want to have your affiliate platform place you GA code snippet on their confirmation page, or setup a postback URL pointing to your Thank You page with your GA code snippet in place. You can then setup Goals in GA to track conversions, source, medium, behavior, and virtually anything else you want to know about your traffic will be possible.

hrishivardhan · 16th Dec 2016, 04:21 AM

Mix panel will do the work for you. if you wants some advance tracking than appannie will work for you

28th Nov 2016, 03:34 AM	#1
marios521 HyperActive Warrior Join Date: 2011 Location: Europe Posts: 106 Thanks: 48 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	How to track sales by traffic source Share on: I will try to explain my concerns as simple as I can with an example. Lets say we have 3 main traffic sources to our website. Facebook, Organic and AdWords. We make only 1 sale and we go to our affiliate platform to check the stats. We know the page that sent the visitor to the offer, but we don't know where did this visitor come to our site from, in the first place! How can we know if that sale came from a Facebook fun, a typical visitor from free organic SERPs or from our paid AdWords campain? Is there a WP plugin (or something), to add a string at the end of our site's url showing where did he come from before he leave our page? I mean for example... Our initial article URL is http://www.example.com/myarticle/ A visitor clicks on our Facebook post and comes to a page with a URL like: http://www.example.com/myarticle/?facebook Another one comes from a Google ad and the URL of the same article is now: http://www.example.com/myarticle/?adwords So... When we check our affiliate stats, we know how many sales come from each traffic sourse! I hope you understand what I am looking for... Thanks.

28th Nov 2016, 04:21 AM	#2
NetNinja91 Warrior Member Join Date: 2016 Posts: 14 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	RE: How to track sales by traffic source Share on: If it's an app, then "mixpanel" would be good. However I'm not quite sure exactly what you want to track.

28th Nov 2016, 05:47 PM	#3
javrsmith HyperActive Warrior Join Date: 2011 Location: British Columbia, Canada Posts: 132 Thanks: 181 Thanked 45 Times in 40 Posts	Re: How to track sales by traffic source Share on: You could use Pretty Link plug-in. You could then set up links for FB, YT, and all other sources, each of which point to the same MyArticle. You can then go to the Pretty Link statistics and see the hits on each link. The links can be obscure or specific like "MyArticle_FB".

28th Nov 2016, 09:54 PM	#4
Don Mann Unleash Your Inner Dragon Join Date: 2016 Location: Tyler,TX Posts: 45 Thanks: 0 Thanked 17 Times in 16 Posts	Re: How to track sales by traffic source Share on: I do believe their is a set up, through a site service called " Improvely " they track your traffic and you will just need. To add a link, at the end of your link. Before you start it, to know which one is making money and which one isn't working. To cut advertising cost and improve sales.
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hrishivardhan HyperActive Warrior Join Date: 2015 Location: India Posts: 283 Thanks: 29 Thanked 53 Times in 48 Posts	Re: How to track sales by traffic source Share on: Mix panel will do the work for you. if you wants some advance tracking than appannie will work for you
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