Google Ads Conversion Tracking - Subtask 5 (Bonus)

Description

Bonus Shopify has a piece of code that only allows a script to fire the first time a page is accessed, can you add that as well?

5. Add code to ensure script only fires the first time a page is accessed.

Solution

Encapsulate the event snippet with the following Liquid first_time_accessed property: {% if first_time_accessed %} and {% endif %}.

{% if first_time_accessed %}
    <!-- Event snippet for Test conversion page --> 
    <script>
    gtag('event', 'conversion', {  
        'send_to': 'AW-123456789/AbC-D_efG-h12_34-567',  
        'value': {{ subtotal_price | money_without_currency }},  
        'currency': '{{ currency }}',  
        'transaction_id': '{{ transaction_id }}'  
        });  
    </script>
{% endif %}

Explanation

Actually, we already addressed this in Subtask 4 where a more detailed explanation is provided. To reiterate, surrounding the conversion event code snippet, or any code for that matter, with {% if first_time_accessed %} and {% endif %} ensures the code only runs once and prevents capture of duplicate conversions.