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We already migrated for the June 30, 2026 Scripts deprecation. Does the separate August 26, 2026 pixel deadline still affect our reporting?
Yes. Scripts and script tags are different surfaces with different owners. Shopify Scripts stopped executing 30 June 2026; script tags on the Thank you and Order status pages were sunset 28 August 2025 for Plus stores and 26 August 2026 for non-Plus (Shopify, September 2026). A Functions migration touched neither.
Does moving to server-side tracking actually recover the ad-attribution accuracy lost to iOS App Tracking Transparency and third-party cookie blocking?
Server-side tracking recovers event delivery, not consent, and it does nothing about App Tracking Transparency, which governs app identifiers rather than web purchases. The one first-party figure we verified is TikTok's: 19% more events captured and 15% better cost per action for advertisers running Pixel and Events API together (per TikTok for Business, November 2022 to February 2023).
What does server-side tracking NOT fix, even after a full and correct implementation?
Server-side tracking does not fix consent, attribution windows, or the platform's own model. Google Ads no longer supports first click, linear, time decay or position-based attribution; data-driven is the default (per Google, September 2026). Deduplication windows stay fixed at 48 hours on both Meta and TikTok, and a declined consent signal still suppresses the event.
Is server-side tracking overkill for a mid-market Shopify brand doing $10M/year, or is it only worth it above a certain ad-spend threshold?
Server-side tracking is not overkill at $10M, and hosting cost is the wrong test. Hosting runs $0 to $167 per month on Stape's published annual plans, or about $45 per month per Google Cloud Run instance. The real threshold is paid spend: build when one channel's reported conversions and your Shopify order data disagree enough to change bids.
Should marketing pause paid-spend optimization decisions for a period after the Aug 26 migration until reporting numbers are re-validated?
Freeze structural changes, not spend. Google Ads records a conversion inside a click-through window that defaults to 30 days and reaches 90 (Google, September 2026), and GA4 data processing takes 24 to 48 hours during which reports change (Google, September 2026). A post-migration comparison is not readable until a full window closes.
How do I prioritize which Conversions API to implement first (Meta, Google, or TikTok) if I can only build one this quarter?
Meta and TikTok are the wrong builds: both ship server-side event delivery free inside their Shopify channel apps at the Enhanced or Maximum data-sharing level (per Shopify Help Center and TikTok for Business, September 2026). Spend the quarter on Google, where the Shopify channel app advertises no server-side conversion path and enhanced conversions needs hashed first-party data you supply.