How to Install Google Analytics 4 on Shopify - Easy Step by Step Tutorial

In this video, I'll show you how to install Google Analytics 4 on Shopify. It's super easy and all you need to do is copy a piece of code that you will paste in your Shopify store.

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This video is for everyone who wants to learn how to install the latest version of Google Analytics unto their Shopify website, to take advantage of new features, real-time reporting, and a much simpler interface. For new users, don't worry because I'll show you the steps from creating your account up until adding the code to your store.

Here are the steps on how to install Google Analytics 4 to Shopify:

Step 1: Go to this link to create your Google Analytics account: https://analytics.google.com/analytics/web/provision/#/provision
Step 2: Fill out the set up form with the required details.
Step 3: Set up Data Stream. Just click Data Stream on the left panel, then select "Web."
Step 4: On the next page, key in the URL of your Shopify store and your store's name.
Step 5: Click "Create stream."
Step 6: On the Web stream details window, click on "Global site tag (gtag.js)" to copy the code.
Step 7: Go to your Shopify dashboard, Online Store, then Themes.
Step 8: Click Actions from your live theme, then select Edit code from the drop-down menu.
Step 9: Click on theme.liquid
Step 10: Make sure to create a backup of your existing code before changing anything.
Step 11: Directly below the head tag, paste the Google Analytics tag you've just copied.
Step 12: Click Save.

To confirm if the Google analytics code is working, just go to your Shopify website and browse through random pages to send the information back to your Google Analytics dashboard.

To see the report, just go to your Google Analytics 4 dashboard and from the left side panel, click on Real-time. This page will show you, in REAL TIME, the number of people that are currently using your website as well as the pages they have been to.

It might take up to 2 to 3 minutes for the data to show up, but you can continue to go through the pages in your website so you can see if the new Google Analytics 4 property is getting the information. If you're not seeing anything in the real-time report page, you can refresh Google Analytics, browse again in your Shopify website, view the page source of your store, or re-check if you've clicked "SAVE" in the theme.liquid page of your Shopify backend.

And that's it! That's how to add Google Analytics 4 to Shopify.

For users of the old version or the "Universal Analytics" version, you don't need to remove the version you're using right now because it can still work well alongside GA4. Google even recommends that you keep both versions running in your website. This may change in the future, but for now having both the Universal Analytics and Google Analytics 4 is the way to go.

🔴 Watch this video to learn how to how to upgrade Shopify to Google Analytics 4 if you have already installed the Universal Analytics property: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EStm5f3X9pQ

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🕘 Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:15 Create GA4 Account
0:37 Setup GA4 account
1:42 Set up Data Streams
2:16 Install Tracking Code
3:03 Check Tracking Code
3:45 Troubleshooting
4:38 Shopify Preferences

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