Google Analytics: Setup in Checkfront

To enable Google Analytics tracking in Checkfront, you first need to find your Google Analytics ID. This can be found by clicking on the Tracking Info link under the Property column in your Google Analytics dashboard.

Select Tracking Code and then look for the ID at the top of the page. It will look something like: UA-555555-1.  

All you have to do then is log in to your Checkfront account and activate the add-on at Manage > Add-ons > Google Analytics. Supply your Google Analytics ID, check the box to Enable Universal Analytics, click Activate and you are done!  

Note: You won't see any reporting when first enabling e-commerce tracking. It may take up to 24 hours after the first booking to appear in your analytics data. Reporting will show in the E-commerce section of Google Analytics. Your Checkfront inventory will be represented as products and your bookings as transactions.

Note: no personally identifiable information on your customers is sent to Google. Google Analytics reporting should be used as a guide, but should not be relied upon as accurate financial reporting or accounting. Only bookings made by your customers from your website will be included in these reports, not bookings made from within Checkfront.  

Cross domain tracking is a useful feature that can help you determine where your bookings are coming from, and helps yo uattribute your bookings to the correct source in your Google Analytics profile. To get cross domain tracking set up you will need to do it in two parts; one part in Checkfront, the other through Google Analytics.

To setup this feature in Checkfront, Log in to your Checkfront dashboard and navigate to Manage > Add-Ons. Scroll down and select the Google Analytics tile and in the Parent Page Domain field add your main website URL. Only add up to the “.com”, “.co.uk”, etc. For example https://www.YourWebsite.com is good,  https://www.YourWebsite.com/book_now is incorrect.

Now click Update and Cross Domain tracking will be set up in Checkfront!
From here you will have to activate cross domain tracking on your own website. Support for this is limited from Checkfront's technical team. You will need to visit Google's documentation to learn how to set this up. 

	Checkfront Tip: The Right Documentation for You! Google Analytics documentation has two pages. The page you need depends on the the way your Google Analytics code uses Analytics.js or Gtags.js. If you're not sure which one your website uses, please consult your web developer.  The links for each site are below.
Analytics.js | Gtags.js

 

 

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