GetCookies for Shopify

What it does on a Shopify store

• Banner and blocking on storefront pages

  The banner shows on every page rendered by your theme and holds back known trackers until the shopper consents.

• Customer Privacy API

  Each choice is passed to Shopify with setTrackingConsent: analytics to analytics, marketing to marketing and sale_of_data, preferences to preferences. On later pages it is written again only if Shopify holds a different value.

• Ad platforms

  Google Consent Mode v2 signals are sent on every plan, and the Meta, TikTok, Pinterest, Snapchat, X and Microsoft Ads consent APIs are updated if those tags are on the page.

• Shoppers in several regions

  Geo-targeting (Pro and above) shows opt-in consent to EU and UK shoppers and an opt-out notice to Californian shoppers.

Who it is for

Shopify merchants who advertise on Google and Meta and want consent that also reaches Shopify's own tracking, managed from a dashboard outside Shopify. If you prefer an app installed from the Shopify App Store and managed inside Shopify admin, a Shopify-native app such as Pandectes may suit you better; see GetCookies vs Pandectes.

Set it up

1. Add your store's domain in GetCookies and copy the script from Widget Configuration.

2. In Shopify admin, go to Online Store, Themes, Edit code and open Layout/theme.liquid.

3. Paste the script directly after the opening <head> tag, before other scripts, and save.

4. Under Settings, Customer events, set each custom pixel's customer privacy setting to require Analytics or Marketing permission.

5. Open the store in a private window and check that pixels wait for consent. The full guide is the Shopify setup guide.

Limits

• No App Store app

  Installation is a theme code edit. Re-add the script if you switch themes.

• Checkout

  The banner does not run on the Shopify-hosted checkout. Consent given on the storefront still reaches Shopify through the Customer Privacy API.

• Headless and Hydrogen

  Shopify needs extra parameters for headless storefronts (storefront and checkout domains and a Storefront API token) that the banner does not send. Follow Shopify's Hydrogen consent guide there.

• Custom pixels set to Not required

  A custom pixel whose customer privacy setting is Not required runs regardless of consent. GetCookies does not change Shopify's settings.

Troubleshooting

• Banner does not appear

  Check that the domain in GetCookies matches the storefront domain, including a custom domain, and that the script sits inside <head>.

• Two banners

  Turn off Shopify's own cookie banner and any other consent app, so only one asks.

• An app's pixel fires before consent

  If the app injects a script into the theme, mark it with type="text/plain" and data-cookieconsent="marketing", or move it into Google Tag Manager.

Frequently asked questions