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An introductory example

Imagine an ecommerce store that has the following minimal customer journey:
  1. PageView: User visits the storefront
  2. Added To Cart: User adds an item to cart
  3. Placed Order: User places an order
For the optimal setup, they will want to track PageView and Added To Cart on the browser, but Placed Order events on .

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Challenges with server-side tracking

There are three main challenges this store will need to deal with, all of which are important concepts in Converge.
  • Profile properties
    : to include browser-side information into the server-side order events.
  • Deduplication
    : to make sure that the same order does not get processed twice.
  • Aliases
    : to recognize which browser-side events and which server-side events come from the same user.