Are you interested in learning how to set up GA4 referral exclusion?
Navigating the e-commerce analytics can sometimes feel daunting, especially when you notice oddities in your traffic sources. Many of our WooCommerce or Easy Digital Downloads add-on users have raised concerns upon seeing payment gateway URLs like paypal.com overshadowing the real contributors to their traffic and sales. ‘
If you’re using PayPal to accept payments, you might find that Google Analytics 4 (GA4) attributes transactions to PayPal, missing out on the actual sources driving your e-commerce success. Whether those sources are your website, mobile apps, or specific product links, understanding and crediting them correctly is important for strategic growth.
In this article, we’ll explain the process of managing PayPal Google Analytics integration by setting up Google Analytics 4 referral exclusion for PayPal. By the end, you’ll have a clear roadmap on how to tweak your GA4 settings to prevent PayPal from hijacking your referral traffic, ensuring a clearer, more accurate view of your traffic sources and their contribution to your business’s growth.
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