What is s2s tracking?
Server-side tracking (S2S) is a privacy-friendly and secure way to track your conversions.
This is a more viable alternative to pixel-tracking that ensures better quality of marketing data and compliance with privacy regulations.
Marketers turn to server-side tracking as a way to track marketing channels, have access to performance data, and analyze and optimize marketing activities towards better and more effective results.
Your unique ID generated during a server-side tracking will give you the data about the date & time of the conversion, as well as some other important variables like OS, browser, location, etc.
This data will allow you to optimize your marketing for better results.
Where server-side tracking is used?
This is a common ad tracking method for media-buyers, paid ads specialists, and digital marketers working in affiliate marketing, eCommerce, B2B, SaaS, and other niches.
Possibilities and limitations
Server-side tracking opens several possibilities for marketers:
- Getting accurate and real-time conversion data from ad channels (like Meta Ads, TikTok Ads, Google Ads, etc.)
- More security: you can ensure that the quality of the conversion data is high, as well as you comply with all the privacy regulations out there.
- More flexibility: you can set up custom conversion events and control which even data is sent back to advertising channels for optimization.
Limitations of s2s tracking:
Usually this is a more exquisite tracking method when it comes to integrating it for your business. You will need a vetted software team, or a solution like RedTrack that will make the integration process smooth and fast.
