Set Up Google Ads to Track Student Course Purchases

How to create a conversion tracking code

  • Sign in to your Google Ads account at ads.google.com.
  • Navigate to Goals > Conversions.
  • Click on New Conversion Action.

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  • Select Website as the conversion source.

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  • Under Category, choose a description for your conversion action (e.g., "Purchase").
  • In the Conversion Name field, enter a descriptive name for the conversion you want to track. (Eg. JEE Mains Course Purchase) 
  • For Value, select option 3 to track the value of each conversion.

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  • Under Count, choose Every to track all course purchases, or One to track only unique purchases.

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  • Set the Click-through Conversion Window to the desired length of time (e.g., 30 days) to track conversions after someone clicks your ad.

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  • Optionally, set the View-through Conversion Window to track conversions after someone views your ad.

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  • Check the Include in Conversions box to include this conversion action in your reporting.
  • Click on Create and Continue.

Implementing the Conversion Tracking Code on your Website:

  • Select the Install the Tag Yourself option
  • Copy the provided Global Site Tag code.
  • In your website's admin dashboard, go to Marketing > Integrations > Code Snippets.

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  • Go to Site Body Code and paste the Global Site Tag code that we had previously copied.

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  • Copy the Event Snippet code from the Google Ads manager
  • In the Code Snippet section, select Order Tracking Code and paste the Event Snippet code (for tracking course purchases).
  • Click Save Changes.