One very important capability that’s needed in order to run any kind of eCommerce solution effectively is quality analytic capabilities. Satchmo does not have a set of its own analytical capabilities, but it does have support for using Google Analytics.
In order to use Google analytics, you must have an analytics id, which you can get for free for registering with Google. Once you get this tracking code, you must enable it in the store.
Note: After [758], you use the ShopOptions page to enter your Google information. Ignore the part below about your local_settings.py file.
make 2 changes to your local_settings.py file:
GOOGLE_ANALYTICS = True
# If google is enabled, enter the full google code here - Example "UA-abcd-1"
GOOGLE_ANALYTICS_CODE = "UA-xxxx-x"
Now, all of your pages will be tracked via google analytics. Satchmo also includes the additional ecommerce tracking codes so that purchases from your store can be tracked via analytics.
The google analytics code is implemented using 2 template tags. By default, they are included in the base.html and checkout/success.html pages. If you wish to alter your templates, use {% show_tracker is_secure %} to implement the tracking code and {% show_receipt %} to implement the purchase tracking capabilities. The show_tracker code must be within the <body> tags and must be before the show_receipt tags.
One final note on the google analytics capability. The actual code that is inserted in your web page is controlled by the two templates in the google-analytics templates directory. If you would like to host the google analytics javascript file on your own server (make sure you know what this means for keeping it updated), you can just modify these templates.