GTM - Google Tag Manager
What is Google Tag Manager?
Google Tag Manager (GTM) is a free tag management platform that lets you add and manage tracking codes (tags) on your website via a web-based interface, without having to edit the code directly. This makes it easy to manage Google Analytics, Meta Pixel, conversion tracking, and other scripts all in one place. Tags are triggered by events and retrieve their data from the page’s dataLayer.
GTM for Online Stores
For online stores, GTM is particularly useful for:
- E-commerce tracking with GA4 (product views, add-to-cart, purchases)
- Conversion tracking for Google Ads and Meta
- Remarketing tags for advertising
- A/B testing and personalization tools
GTM is also available in a server-side version, where the container runs on a server instead of in the browser. Learn more under server-side GTM.
GTM and Shoporama
If you want to use your own GTM container, insert the GTM code from Google as an HTML field under Webshop → HTML Fields, placed at the end of <head>. You can then manage all tags, triggers, and variables in your container yourself. See the guide to HTML fields.
However, you don’t need a GTM account at all to track your online store. Shoporama’s built-in tracking automatically sets up all e-commerce events: Simply enter your IDs for GA4, Meta, and Google Ads, for example, under Webshop → Tracking, and Shoporama will automatically send the events, including server-side. Read more in the guide to tracking in your Shoporama online store.
The two solutions should not run simultaneously, as the same events may otherwise be counted twice.
How to Use Shoporama
Guides that demonstrate the concept in practice
Server-side tracking in Shoporama
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