Skip to main content

How to create a marketing report in Shopify and identify Blend orders

This guide shows you how to create Shopify marketing reports and identify orders generated through Blend.

Bailey Anson avatar
Written by Bailey Anson
Updated this week

Create a marketing report

  1. In Shopify admin, go to Analytics → Reports.

  2. Open a Marketing or Orders report, or click Create custom report.

  3. Select the report type you need (Orders, Sales, or Marketing).

Tip: See Shopify’s guide on creating custom reports for more details.

Identify Blend orders

Once the report is open, use filters to separate Blend orders:

  • Order tags: Filter by the tag used for Blend orders (e.g., blend).

  • Referrer or source: Filter by referrer, landing page, or source linked to Blend.

The conversion summary of each order should include a source, you can filter by this as we use 'Blend' in the naming convention.

  • Sales channel: Filter by the sales or marketing channel associated with Blend (e.g., google or meta), this will give you a clear understanding of the results populating for that specific channel.

Shopify attribution

Note: sometimes, Shopify doesn't record or associate the correct order with marketing channels (and vice versa). This can be caused by:

  • View vs. click – Shopify usually only counts clicks.

  • Multi-device/multi-touch – buyer clicks on phone, buys on desktop.

  • UTM issues – missing or wrong campaign tags.

  • Checkout/apps – custom scripts can strip tracking.

  • Timing – Shopify reports can lag behind ad platforms.

Blend fixes tracking gaps by:

  • Cross-Device & Multi-Touch Linking – server-side events connect clicks across devices and sessions to improve accuracy of attribution.

  • Auto UTM & Event Standardization – server records consistently pass campaign data to Shopify and ad platforms.

  • AI Gap Detection – identifies orders that may be missed and triggers server-side fixes.

Did this answer your question?