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How To View Revenue By Character

April 23, 2025
5 min read

Discover how to analyze revenue by character length in Google Analytics 4 with a step-by-step guide to creating a custom report that uncovers valuable insights for optimizing product names and improving sales performance.

Understanding Revenue by Character Length in Google Analytics 4

Analyzing revenue by character length is crucial for e-commerce businesses to understand how product name lengths affect sales performance. This insight can help optimize product naming conventions, improve user experience, and potentially increase conversion rates. We’ll show you how to create this custom report in Google Analytics 4 to uncover these valuable insights.

Basic Report Structure

  • Report Type: Free Form Exploration
  • Primary Dimension: Item Name
  • Custom Dimension: Character Length (via Regular Expression)
  • Metrics: Revenue and Transaction Count
  • Visualization: Table format with optional bar chart

Steps to Create the Report

  1. Open GA4 and navigate to the Explore section.
  2. Click the Blank template to start a new exploration.
  3. Under the Dimensions, click the + button and search for Item Name, check the checkbox beside it, and click Confirm.
  4. Under the Metrics, click the + button and search for Total Revenue and Item Purchase Quantity, check the checkboxes, and click Confirm.
  5. Create a new calculated metric by clicking the + button next to Metrics.
  6. Name it “Name Length” and use the following formula: length(Item Name).
  7. Drag Name Length to the Rows section.
  8. Drag Total Revenue and Item Purchase Quantity to the Values section.
  9. Add a filter to exclude any blank or null Item Names.
  10. Set your desired date range in the report settings.

Required Dimensions and Metrics

  • Item Name: Base dimension for calculating character length
  • Name Length: Custom calculated metric showing character count
  • Total Revenue: Shows monetary value per character length group
  • Item Purchase Quantity: Indicates volume of sales per character length

Actionable Insights

  1. Identify the optimal product name length that generates the most revenue.
  2. Standardize product naming conventions based on best-performing character lengths.
  3. Analyze if shorter or longer product names perform better in different categories.
  4. Use findings to optimize product titles for better conversion rates.
  5. Compare character length performance across different marketing channels.

Answers Similar Questions

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