The “Invisible” Revenue Leak: Are You Tracking Missed Conversions?

What Is the “Invisible” Revenue Leak?

Many Shopify store owners focus on purchases as their only conversion metric. But what about the actions leading up to a sale?

💡 Missed conversions happen when:

✅ Customers add products to cart but don’t start checkout.

✅ Customers begin checkout but never complete payment.

✅ Visitors engage with the store (scroll, click, view products) but don’t take action.

✅ Shopify’s native analytics miss certain events that could help recover lost revenue.

How GTM Assistant Fixes This: Tracking Hidden Conversions

GTM Assistant already automates Google Tag Manager (GTM) & GA4 setup, so it can help merchants track conversions beyond just purchases.

1. Track Key Conversion Points with GTM & GA4

To capture hidden conversions, GTM Assistant should automatically track:

🔹 Product View (view_item)

🔹 Collection Page Views (view_item_list)

🔹 Begin Checkout (begin_checkout)

🔹 Add Shipping Info (add_shipping_info)

🔹 Add Payment Info (add_payment_info)

🔹 Purchase (purchase)

2. Capture Missed Conversions with Custom GTM Triggers

Example: A merchant sees 1,000 add-to-cart events but only 200 purchases. Where did the other 800 go?

GTM Assistant can help break it down step by step:

✅ Step 1: Track how many begin checkout → If a high % don’t, maybe shipping costs are too high.

✅ Step 2: Track how many add payment info → If a drop-off happens here, maybe payment options are confusing.

✅ Step 3: Track how many complete the purchase → If they abandon at the last step, maybe checkout is broken or trust issues exist.

3. Using GA4’s "Enhanced Conversions" to Capture Lost Revenue

GA4 offers Enhanced Conversions, which GTM Assistant can enable automatically.

🔹 What it does:

Captures user data even if cookies fail (email, phone, etc.).

Helps attribute conversions to the correct Google Ads or Meta campaigns.

Increases the accuracy of conversion tracking by up to 15-20%.

4. Retargeting Abandoners with Google & Meta Ads

Once GTM Assistant helps track missing conversions, merchants can:

✅ Create Google Ads audiences for cart abandoners.

✅ Show Facebook retargeting ads to users who viewed products but didn’t buy.

✅ Set up email sequences for checkout abandoners (via Klaviyo).

Example Use Case:

- A user adds a product to cart but doesn’t start checkout.

- GTM Assistant tracks this event & pushes the data to GA4 & Meta Ads.

- Shopify merchants runs a retargeting ad offering 10% off to cart abandoners.

- More customers come back & complete their purchase!

Final Thoughts: Why This Matters

🔹 Many Shopify stores miss out on revenue because they only track purchases.

🔹 GTM Assistant fills the gap by tracking missed conversions automatically.

🔹 Merchants can retarget lost visitors & recover revenue they didn’t know they were losing.