Okay, so this video is now going to take a further look at the Configuration section within Magento. Specifically, the settings you require for Google, for setting up Google analytics, Google base, and also Google checkout.
So firstly we’re going to go into our configuration menu under System on the Magento Admin panel there. Now when the page loads, make sure at the top left hand corner, you’ve got current configuration scope selected there. And then if you scroll down, under the Sales tab on the left, you should see Google API.
If you just click this, and then once the page loads, on the right hand side, you’ll see areas to enter all your Google settings. For analytics, Google base, and also Google checkout, etc., Now for Google Analytics, you need to sign up for a Google account. Now you’ve done this earlier. So what you need to do is just to sign in, like I’m doing so now.
Once you’re logged in, just search for Analytics, and then click the top link there. There we go. Google Analytics. Now Google Analytics will basically enable you to get lots of stats about your users and what they do on your website. So if you just click the sign up now link here, and then just type in your password again, and then click Sign in.
You’ll come to the sign up page for Google Analytics. So again, click the Sign In button. And then you’ll need to type in details about your website. So type in your URL. And also the account name that you wish to attribute to it. Make sure you put in your correct time zone or territory there. So we’re going to pop in ours here. United Kingdom. And then click Continue.
On the following screen, you can enter your first name and last name, and once again, you’ve just got to confirm your territory there. So click Continue once you’ve done that. And then agree to the terms of service. Click the tick box there and then click the Create New Account button.
Now, once you’ve done this, you’ll have created your Google Analytics code. Now this is a code that’s placed on your website, but Magento makes it easy for you. If you have a look in the code here, there’s a bit that says UA-and then a number-and then another number. You need to grab that number. So you need to copy it to your clipboard if you can.
Now, once you’ve done that within Magento under the Google Analytics, make sure the Enable box is set to yes. And then just paste in your account number here. As soon as you click Save Config, your website’s going to begin collecting data about your users, what search terms they’re using to find you, a whole wealth of information.
Next is Google Base. Now Google Base is frequently used, and it’s a great way to advertise your products on Google. Here’s an example. If I type in Pool Table here, you’ll see that you’ve got the standard Google listing, but in among it, you’ve also got three other listings. Now, these are direct links to products that people sell. And they can see the price as well.
So if they like the look and the price, chances are they’re going to click it, and it’s a great way to get your products listed on Google straightaway. Now, we’re going to link up Google Base with our website, so that whenever we add a new product, Google Base is going to know about it.
So we need to sign up for a Google Base account now. And I’m just going to type in here, Google Base. And there we go, the Google Product Search. Google.com/Base. You just need to sign in to the Merchant Center by clicking the blue button there, and just confirm your password once again, and click Sign In.
Now once you’ve done that, you just have to enter a few settings, once again, confirm whereabouts you live, and then read the terms and conditions and click Continue. Now what we do have to do is pop in a few bits of information about our website. So we’re going to include Net Sales Demo. And put a description in too.
Your website URL. NetSalesDemo.com. And then some information about your company too. So fill this in here, address, country, state and province, postal code, etc. Okay, so once you filled in all that information, just click the Save Updates at the bottom of the page there. So great, you’ve now set up your Google Base Account, or Google Merchant Center as it’s called now. So that means it’s fully activated. So if you then just go back into Magento, what you’ll need to do is to enter your Google Account login. So I’m going to do that right now. And then confirm your password too.
Now the account type we’re going to set to Google, and the target country, as we’re in the United Kingdom, United Kingdom, and then for the select box, Update Google Base item when product is updated, we’re going to select Yes. So that’s all sorted for you.
Now the next is Google Checkout. You may wish to use this as another option for when people decide to pay on your website. At the moment it’s set to No. If it was set to Yes, when people are going through the checkout, at the point of being offered the options of how they want to pay, either credit card or debit card or paypal, this will be another option, Google checkout.
So for the meantime, we’re going to just enable this. And I’m going to show you how to create your Google Checkout account. I’m just going to search for Google Checkout here. And there we go. Checkout.Google.com. If you click that, okay, so once you arrive at Google checkout, you’ll see a page that looks very much like this.
And on the right hand side, you’ll see a column there that says Sell with Google Checkout. That’s what you want to do. So you just need to click the sign up now button here. And here it says, does your business have a Google account for services like Adwords or Google Mail. So what we’re going to put is yes for this, and then Yes again, and then just type in your password, and then click the Sign in and Continue button.
Now, once it loads, you just need to confirm a few details with Google, including your location, your name and address, etc. So just type in your details. You’ll also need to type in your public contact information as well including your business name and your website URL.
Your primary product type as well. It’s very difficult for what we sell, but we can select any category here that’s vaguely related. Here we go.
Now, also under credit card statement name, this is what is going to be what appears on your Buyer’s credit card statement. So we’re just going to call it NetSales Demo. Obviously, it’s best to have something related to your store so if anyone does check their statement and see a payment that they’re not too sure of, at least they know what it’s for.
You just need to pop your current sales volume. At the moment, we’re just going to keep it to the default, which is under 100,000 pounds. And then you need to provide your Credit information to Google. You can do this a number of ways. Your Companies House Registration Number, Registered Charity, Credit card and date of birth. We’re going to select the top option there and fill in all the details for them. Once you’ve completed this information, make sure you select the tick box at the bottom of the page, and then click the Complete Sign Up Button.
So there you go. It says that our sign up is now complete. So that’s Google Checkout already to go. So now we just need to go back to Magento, and we’re going to select Enable to Yes. We’re also going to select the Secure Callback URL to yes as well. And also the Debug we’re going to set to yes. If there are any errors, it’s going to create a log file so you can instantly check to see what’s happening there.
Now it’s asking for a Merchant ID and a Merchant Key. So we need to get that from Google now. Under the settings tab, here you can see our Merchant ID here. So just select it all there, and copy it and then go back to Magento and then paste it in. After that we need our merchant Key as well. So on Google checkout, on the Integration tab here on the left hand side, you can see there is our merchant key there. So make sure you select all of it, and just right click and copy it. And then you just need to paste it into the merchant key field.
There we go. Now make sure the location tallies up with where you are. The new order status, we’re going to set to pending. And there we go. Now that is now complete. So if you click the Save Config button, you’ve now successfully set up Google Analytics, Google Base, and Google Checkout within Magento.
