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Pretty much the title and super beginner here. I have no programming background, and the place I work (a small online store) is attempting to set up tracking properly. Unfortunately, we have already made several incomplete attempts before across multiple years, and find ourselves now in a state where we:
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already installed GA4 through Shopify (simply by pasting our Measurement ID)
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installed GTM directly in the <head> and <body> of our website
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also installed an app called Elevar (also through Shopify) and installed some of their pre-built tags in our tag manager. (We thought this would let us skip all the hard work and get all the essential data in a few clicks, but its not worth it for someone like us whos clueless)
We now realize that we need to start from scratch and properly learn from step one, but I am also concerned that removing anything will stop GA4 from collecting some data that we already have (such as purchases, adding items to the cart, etc. ) How shall i approach this?
I have a bit of a frankenstein situation with my shopify store. I integrated Google / GA4 into my shopify using the sales channel.
I also have several snippets of Google code I had to install on my checkout page and theme.liquid file for enhanced conversions, Google ads remarketing, and Google reviews. These snippets are causing some duplicate events as well as slowing down page speed.
To fix, I'm thinking that integrating all code into a GTM tag is the correct route. Is this correct? If anyone has any resources they could point me to, I'd really appreciate it!