How to configure Google Analytics E-Commerce tracking
Get to know your customers by using Google Analytics#
This article explains how you can set up Google Analytics goals and integrate Google Analytics Tracking codes into your booking process to gather data on your customer's behaviour.
Bókun has built-in integrations to:
- E-Commerce tracking, allows you to track the numbers of transactions and calculate conversions.
- Enhanced E-Commerce Tracking allows you to track the booking process, what products were added to the shopping cart, updated and deleted from the cart etc.
Integrating the Google Analytics Tracking Code allows the widgets to have access to the campaign parameters from the parent site, among others to Google Ads.
Also, it is possible to connect the booking widgets to Google E-commerce Tracking (Read more about it here).
How to connect Google Analytics to your widgets#
To connect your E-Commerce tracking to Bókun you need to add your Google Analytics tracker ID code to your booking channel and define your tracking type (E-Commerce tracking or enhanced E-Commerce tracking).
Where do I find my Google Analytics code?#
There are two types of Google Analytics properties: “Universal Analytics” and “Google Analytics 4” (you choose the type while creating the property) The steps below are for “Universal Analytics” type. Currently, Bokun does not support “Google Analytics 4”.
1. Sign in to your Analytics account.
2. Click All Web Site Data
3. There you can see your Google Analytics ID. It should be in the format of
UA-XXXXXXX-X.
How to connect Google Analytics to your widgets#
1. Click Settings> Booking channel
2. Select the booking channel you'd like to add Google Analytics to from the list of available channels.
3. Click Tracking on the left hand side panel. Then enter your Google Analytics tracker ID and select the type of e-commerce tracking. We recommend choosing Enhanced e-commerce tracking. Remember to click Save & Continue_**.
At the bottom of the page you have the option to add your Google tag manager id. Here are information on How to configure Google Tag Manager tracking
How to enable Ecommerce tracking in Google Analytics#
1. Sign in to your Analytics account
2. Click Settings icon at bottom-left corner
3. In “ADMIN” tab, “View” section, click “Ecommerce Settings”
4. Click “Enable Ecommerce”, click “Enable Enhanced Ecommerce Reporting”, click “Save”
How to configure goals in Google Analytic and where to find the exact link that I can add for the event calculation in Google Analytics?#
You can see available Bókun events in Google Analytics by going to Behaviour > Events > Overview > then click Event Label.
You can see available Bókun URLs in Google Analytics by going to Behaviour > Site Content > All Pages.
The typical GA Goals you can configure are:
- Add to cart: create Goal of type Event and use event label “add to cart”.
- Payment page reached: create Goal of type Destination, use destination type “Regular expression” enter expression “payment$”. The actual url is “/online-sales/...booking channel uuid.../checkout/payment”
- Booking receipt page reached - create Goal of type Destination, use destination type “Regular expression” enter expression “receipt$“. The actual url is “/online-sales/...booking channel uuid.../booking-receipt”
Please note that detection of “booking link” (product page opening?) or checkout is not streamlined for now and can be detectable/not detectable by GA Goals Editor depending on your website structure - please review available URLs in the mentioned Behaviour > Site Content > All Pages section.
How to use Google Analytics#
Below are three videos that show how you can use Google Analytics and Bókun. Google Analytics gives you the tools you need to better understand your customers. You can then use those business insights to take action in Bókun, increasing your distribution channels, connecting to vendors through the Marketplace and adding online booking engines to your website.
- Part 1: gives you an overview of where to look at your incoming data
- Part 2: shows you have to activate e-commerce tracking in your analytics account if you are not getting any data
- Part 3: shows you how to add URLs to your referral exclusion list, so you will be counting and tracking visits correctly
Use of Tracking Technologies#
Bokun widgets use the following cookies and tracking techniques:
| Cookie/tracking group | Cookie examples | Description | Essential | Can be turned off |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bokun session variables | bokunSessionId bokun_widgets_bc bokun_widgets_sign* onlineSales_displayLanguage onlineSalesdisplayCurrency stepIndex_* BokunSocketToken questionSpecificationValues Bokun.tracking | Bokun session variables store user preferences and active user data that the user fills out in Bokun website forms. The variables are essential for the Bokun website to function and provide functionality to the user. | yes | no |
| New Relic performance tracking | JSESSION _clsk _clck | New Relic performance and stats tracking allows Bokun developers to monitor live Bokun system performance, and to troubleshoot any live problems that occur. | yes | no |
| Google Analytics tracking | _ga _gid GoogleAnalytics_clientId | Google Analytics allows Bokun developers to track user behavior, and both optimize and troubleshoot the Bokun system according to statistically-collected data. Google Analytics tracking can also be initiated by a Bokun vendor, and the usage of the collected data depends on the vendor | no | yes |
| Facebook Pixel tracking | usida datr wd | Facebook Pixel is the tracking of user behavior using Facebook tools. This tracking is initiated by a Bokun vendor, not by Bokun, so the usage of this tracking depends on the vendor. | no | yes |
| Avo tracking | amplitude* amp ajs_ | Avo tracks user actions to analytical systems Amplitude, Active Campaign and Segment, that allows Bokun product managers to analyze statistical behavior of the Bokun users, and improve Bokun product accordingly. | no | yes |
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Troubleshooting#
To troubleshoot issues with Google Analytics not tracking all bookings, please check the following details in your Google Analytics integration:
- That you have entered the correct GA tracker ID in your Bókun account.
- That you have selected Enhanced e-commerce tracking in your Bókun account.
- That E-Commerce and Enhanced E-Commerce Reporting is enabled in your Google Analytics account.
- That you have added the URLs you want to the Referral Exclusion List in your Google Analytics account.
- If you have specified both GA Tracker ID and Google Tag Manager ID, please be sure not to add the same GA Tracker ID inside Google Tag Manager. In such case both Bokun and Google Tag Manager will add GA Tracker ID to your pages and they will become duplicates.
Please keep in mind that Ad blockers is the most common reason why some bookings are not tracked. Users enable Ad blockers in their own computers so Bókun can’t troubleshoot this.