Channel Groups

"Channel groups" are rule-based definitions of the various sources that drive traffic to your website. They allow you to effectively monitor the performance of all the traffic-bearing avenues leading to your site.

Channel groups reported in Shoplift

Channel groups within Shoplift are constructed with the same rulesets as Google Analytics (GA4). The full list of channel groups and their logic as reported within Shoplift is as follows:

Channel groupDefinition

Direct

Source exactly matches "(direct)"

AND

Medium is one of ("(not set)", "(none)")

Paid Shopping

Source matches a list of shopping sites

OR

Campaign Name matches regex ^(.(([^a-df-z]|^)shop|shopping).)$)

AND

Medium matches regex ^(.cp.|ppc|retargeting|paid.*)$

Paid Search

Source matches a list of search sites

AND

Medium matches regex ^(.cp.|ppc|retargeting|paid.*)$

Paid Social

Source matches a list of social sites

AND

Medium matches regex ^(.cp.|ppc|retargeting|paid.*)$

Paid Video

Source matches a list of video sites

AND

Medium matches regex ^(.cp.|ppc|retargeting|paid.*)$

Display

Medium is one of (“display”, “banner”, “expandable”, “interstitial”, “cpm”)

Paid Other

Medium matches regex ^(.cp.|ppc|retargeting|paid.*)$

Organic Shopping

Source matches a list of shopping sites

OR

Campaign name matches regex ^(.(([^a-df-z]|^)shop|shopping).)$

Organic Social

Source matches a regex list of social sites

OR

Medium is one of (“social”, “social-network”, “social-media”, “sm”, “social network”, “social media”)

Organic Video

Source matches a list of video sites

OR

Medium matches regex ^(.video.)$

Organic Search

Source matches a list of search sites

OR

Medium exactly matches organic

Referral

Medium is one of ("referral", "app", or "link")

Email

Source = email|e-mail|e_mail|e mail

OR

Medium = email|e-mail|e_mail|e mail

Affiliates

Medium = affiliate

Audio

Medium exactly matches audio

SMS

Source exactly matches sms

OR

Medium exactly matches sms

Mobile Push Notifications

"Medium ends with ""push""

OR

Medium contains ""mobile"" or ""notification""

OR

Source exactly matches ""firebase"""

Cross-network

Campaign Name contains "cross-network"

Unassigned

Includes any traffic not categorized into the above

For a list of websites included in each channel group, refer to Google Analytics documentation on source sites.

If you would like to learn more about the underlying logic that provides the filters for various channel groups, refer to the official Google Analytics documentation on Channel groups.

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