Drift Chat Data Layer Examples
Learn more about how ListenLayer generates powerful data layers from activity on your website, specifically from Drift Chat activity.
Custom Data Layer Events
Generate automatic data layer events, like the ones shown here, when users interact with Drift Chats on your website. For example, collect data and or trigger conversions (using GTM) any time a user begins a chat, sends a message, enters their email, or a chat agent responds.
This Listener allows you to accurately and efficiently define and track conversions based on your Drift Chat tracking needs.
event: 'driftchatStarted',
event: 'driftchatMessagefromAgent',
event: 'driftchatMessagefromUser',
event: 'driftchatUserEnteredEmail,
Automatic Data Layer Values
ListenLayer pushes critical information from your Drift Chat activity into the data layer automatically. For example, this code to the right shows an example of data pushed into the data layer every time a user sends a message using Drift Chat. In addition, data is pushed when chats start, agents respond, and unknown users enter their email addresses.
Using Google Tag Manager, all data layer values can be captured inside marketing platforms or as variables. In addition, triggers can be used for conversion tracking, and you can even generate custom data layer values based on other activity and user characteristics.
chatAutomaticValues: {
driftLocation: {
href: 'https://demo.hostedstaging.com/drift/',
host: 'demo.hostedstaging.com',
hostname: 'demo.hostedstaging.com',
pathname: '/drift/',
protocol: 'https:',
originPathName: 'https://demo.hostedstaging.com/drift/'
},
messageFromUserText: 'I need help understanding your products',
messageFromUserCount: 1
}Custom Data Layer Values
Using data from your chats, website, and user activity, ListenLayer allows you to write bulk rules that generate powerful, custom data layer values. With this feature, data collection and marketing analytics become nearly limitless!
Some examples of popular custom data layer values for Drift Chat:
- Trigger conversions only when users send four or more messages
- Filter out test chats based on “test” email addresses entered
- Capture and categorize chats based on website pages and sections
Once you realize the power of customization with Listeners, you’ll never go back to old-school conversion tracking!
chatCustomValues: {
conversionCategory: 'Chat',
leadQuality: 'High',
system: 'Drift Chat',
websiteSection: 'solutions'
}Rate Chat Quality Based on Length
ListenLayer captures chat message counts from both the agent and the user. Write custom rules to label chat activity and segment by quality inside Google Analytics, Facebook Ads, Google Ads, or other platforms. Build this tracking framework once and watch it scale!
chatAutomaticValues: {
messageFromUserCount: 4,
}
chatCustomValues: {
chatQuality: 'High',
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