Understanding initial source tracking with JavaScript

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Updated Aug 29, 2024, 7:17 PM EST
You will learn

You will learn

Learn where to find the Initial Source property on a profile (i.e., the How They Found You section of a profile) and understand how it tracks when a person first comes into contact with your brand.  

Accessing the initial source information

Accessing the initial source information

Initial Source is represented by the Source property in the information section of a profile, under How They Found You.

Note that the information in the How They Found You section cannot be exported.

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Possible values

Possible values

The designated value next to Source represents how a contact ended up on your website when Klaviyo's web tracking JavaScript first identified them. The possible values are:

  • (direct)
    The person either entered your site URL directly in their browser or we cannot tell where the person came from.
  • (referral)
    The person came from another website by clicking a link on that site.
  • (organic)
    The person either came to your site from a search engine or via a campaign send. You'll see a custom value here if there was a "utm_campaign" set in the URL the person landed on.
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