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The Live Shopping ROI Playbook: Automate Attribution & Maximize Sales

Are your BigCommerce live shopping events falling flat? You invest time and resources into creating an engaging experience, but struggle to drive a live audience. Your promotions feel like a scattergun approach across social media and email, and after the event, you have no idea which creator, post, or campaign actually led to a sale. Without clear attribution, you can't calculate ROI or make smarter marketing decisions for your next event.

This playbook provides a step-by-step guide to building an automated attribution system that directly connects your promotional efforts to sales. We'll show you how to use Linktree to generate unique, trackable links for every influencer, social channel, and email campaign. When a potential customer clicks and signs up for event reminders, their info is captured in ConvertKit and tagged with its source. After the event, Zapier acts as the bridge, automatically watching for new orders in BigCommerce and cross-referencing the buyer's information with your ConvertKit data. This closes the loop, giving you a crystal-clear view of which promotional channels are driving real revenue.

Expected Outcomes

  • Pinpoint exactly which creators, influencers, and social channels drive the most sales.
  • Calculate the precise ROI for every dollar spent on live event promotion.
  • Make data-backed decisions on where to invest your marketing budget for future events.
  • Increase live event viewership through more effective, targeted promotion strategies.
  • Eliminate guesswork and gain a clear understanding of your entire marketing funnel.

Core Tools in This Stack

Linktree

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A link-in-bio tool that allows users to create a single, customizable landing page to house all their important links, helping to drive traffic, collect leads, and monetize content from social media profiles.

Key Features
  • Customizable landing page for multiple links
  • Analytics on link clicks and audience engagement
  • Integrations with e-commerce, social media, and payment platforms
  • Lead collection forms for email and SMS
  • QR code generation for offline promotion
  • Embeddable video and music content
Ideal For

Company Size: Micro, Small, Medium, Large

Industries: Creative & Media, Retail & E-commerce, Business & Professional Services, Health & Wellness, Education & Non-Profit, Technology & Software, Other

Pricing

Model: Freemium, Subscription

Tier: Low-Cost

Ease of Use

Beginner-Friendly

Zapier

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Zapier is an online automation tool that connects your favorite apps, such as Gmail, Slack, and over 6,000 more. You can connect two or more apps to automate repetitive tasks without coding or relying on developers to build the integration.

Key Features
  • Zaps
  • Extensive App Integrations
  • Multi-Step Zaps
  • Filters and Formatters
  • Zapier Tables
  • Zapier Interfaces
Ideal For

Company Size: Micro, Small, Medium, Large

Industries: Technology & Software, Business & Professional Services, Retail & E-commerce, Creative & Media, Education & Non-Profit, Health & Wellness, Other

Pricing

Model: Freemium, Subscription

Tier: Mid-range

Ease of Use

Easy

ConvertKit

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The creator marketing platform that helps you grow your audience, foster community, and earn a living online by managing email lists, automations, and selling digital products.

Key Features
  • Visual Automation Builder
  • Landing Pages & Forms
  • Audience Segmentation and Tagging
  • Sell Digital Products & Paid Newsletters
  • Customizable Email Templates
  • Creator Network for Audience Growth
Ideal For

Company Size: Micro, Small

Industries: Creative & Media, Education & Non-Profit, Health & Wellness

Pricing

Model: Freemium, Subscription

Tier: Medium

Ease of Use

High

The Workflow

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Integration Logic

  • Zapier for BigCommerce

    This integration creates an automated workflow that captures leads from a social media bio. When a user submits a form on a Linktree page (the trigger), Zapier instantly captures the data. Zapier then forwards this information (typically name and email address) to ConvertKit, creating a new subscriber and assigning them a specific tag (the action). This allows for immediate entry into automated email sequences, perfect for welcoming new leads and promoting a BigCommerce store.

Unlock Your Live Shopping ROI

Learn to automatically attribute every sale to the right creator and campaign to prove the impact of your events.