Analytics for Shopify

Shopify stores rely on Google Analytics and Shopify's built-in reports — neither detects AI-referred shopping traffic. BetterMeter adds cookie-free analytics to your store via a single script tag in theme.liquid, showing you exactly which AI platforms are sending shoppers to your products.

Install via theme.liquid

In your Shopify admin, go to Online Store → Themes → Edit Code → theme.liquid. Paste the BetterMeter script tag just before the closing</head> tag.

<!-- BetterMeter Analytics — cookie-free, privacy-first -->
<script
  defer
  data-site="{{ shop.permanent_domain }}"
  src="https://bettermeter.com/api/script"
></script>

What you see that Shopify Analytics misses

• 01 AI shopping traffic — Shoppers who asked ChatGPT “best running shoes under $150” and clicked through to your store. Shopify shows this as “direct.”
• 02 Bot and crawler activity — See which bots crawl your product catalog, how often, and which pages they target. Detect scraping before it affects pricing.
• 03 No cookie consent required — BetterMeter uses no cookies and no persistent identifiers. GDPR and CCPA compliant out of the box — no consent banner needed.
• 04 Real-time product page views — See which products are trending right now, not in yesterday's Shopify report.

AI-referred e-commerce is growing fast

Consumers increasingly ask AI assistants for product recommendations. When ChatGPT or Perplexity recommends your product and a shopper clicks through, standard analytics tools classify that visit as “direct” or “unknown.” BetterMeter attributes it correctly, so you know which AI platforms drive revenue.