30 October 2026
Klarna, Clearpay and PayPal referrals in GA4
Why GA4 credits purchases to Klarna, Clearpay, PayPal or a bank's 3-D Secure page, what it does to paid search and Google Ads, and the setting that fixes it.
Marc Alexander, GA4 and Google Tag Manager consultant in London
Your GA4 is probably telling you things that aren't true.
Marc finds out why your GA4 numbers don't match reality, and fixes them so they stay fixed.
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Experience includes Halfords Knight Frank Hertility Health The Super Prime
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Describe the problem in your own words, or answer three questions, or run the tracking checker.
Who you'd be working with.
Marc is a senior GA4 and Google Tag Manager consultant in London, trading as Metric Owl. You work with him directly throughout.
- 10 years in digital analytics
- Knight Frank, then lead consultant at Halfords
- Independent of any agency
Works with clients across the UK, Europe, the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. More about Marc
"It's been a real pleasure working with Marc. He's a talented and highly competent professional whose contributions across product development and analytics have been invaluable. I've appreciated his collaborative spirit and sharp insight. I would gladly recommend him to any team."
Sound familiar?
- Revenue doesn't match Shopify or Stripe. Usually event sequencing or checkout attribution, fixable at source. Read the guide on GA4 revenue not matching Shopify or Stripe.
- Purchases counted twice. Usually a reloaded confirmation page or a duplicate tag. Both are fixable. Read the guide on fixing duplicate conversions.
- Everything turns into Direct at checkout. An offsite payment step restarts the session and loses the campaign. Read the guide on Direct traffic in GA4.
- Events work in preview, never in GA4. Usually timing, consent or a trigger, sometimes a blocked tag.
- "Our banner is up, so we're compliant." Most banners that get tested still set marketing cookies before anyone clicks. Read the guide on testing Consent Mode v2.
- The team still doesn't trust GA4. Usually because GA4 disagrees with finance or the CRM. That's fixable.
Results
Numbers the business can trust again.
Knight Frank · Property27.4%more qualified leads in the first month after launch, after fixing an 80% drop-off on high-value enquiry forms.GA4 across more than 50 international property websitesRead the case study
Halfords · RetailOver 18%of checkout page views were double counted. Both causes found, and the fixes specified.Server-side tagging ready for cutover, with 25 testsRead the case study
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