Shopify has a built in free connector for Meta Ads as part of the Facebook Sales Channel. This was built in 2021 and is maintained by Shopify.
Popsixle fixes the data you're sending to Facebook and Instagram so it knows who your best customers are. Scale your revenue with better audiences and conversion tracking.
Feature | Facebook Sales Channel | Popsixle | Littledata |
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Customer data to marketing platforms | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
30 day free trial | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
Fully automatic, no code setup | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
Server-side tracking | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
Identity resolution to boost audiences | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
Founder owned and led | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
Works with platforms other than Shopify | ✔️ | ||
Automatic tracking of checkout steps | ✔️ | ||
No-code setup for Shopify Hydrogen | ✔️ |
Facebook Sales Channel offers a built-in connector for Meta Ads, enabling customer data transfer to marketing platforms with a no-code setup. However, it lacks server-side tracking and works exclusively with Shopify. Popsixle enhances audience targeting through identity resolution and server-side tracking, but is not limited to Shopify.
Littledata combines the strengths of both, offering server-side tracking, identity resolution, and automatic checkout tracking, along with a no-code setup and compatibility with multiple platforms. Its comprehensive features and ease of use position it as a superior choice for tracking and data collection.
Facebook Sales Channel | Popsixle | Littledata | |
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Example product review | "Tracking is inaccurate, ad spend wasted, and support is unhelpful...data doesn’t match up, making it impossible to optimize campaigns." | "I was having issues with Facebook claiming purchases from our existing customers...Popsixle comes in to show how many actual new customers were purchasing on our website and then feed that info back to Facebook." | "We were having difficulties with accurate and consistent revenue attribution...With Littledata implemented, we now get consistent and accurate revenue attribution." |
Example support review | "Cannot get anyone to follow through and help me... I get bounced around from tech support person to another." | "Popsixle's support is non-existent... I reached out multiple times with no response." | "Customer support is absolutely amazing... you can never go wrong when an app does what it says and tacks on great service!" |
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Store size | Facebook Sales Channel | Popsixle | Littledata |
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50 orders / month | $0 | $95 | $39 |
500 orders / month | $0 | $95 | $149 |
5,000 orders / month | $0 | $250 | $349 |
20,000 orders / month | $0 | $795 | $799 |
For an online store with 50 orders, Popsixle is 143% more expensive than Littledata. At 500 orders, Popsixle is 0% since both it and Facebook Sales Channel are free, while Littledata costs 100% more than Facebook. At 5000 orders, Popsixle is 43% cheaper than Littledata. Finally, at 20000 orders, Popsixle is only 0.5% cheaper than Littledata. Overall, Facebook Sales Channel remains free across all order volumes, while Popsixle and Littledata show varying price differences.
Destination | Facebook Sales Channel | Popsixle | Littledata |
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Meta Ads | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
Google Analytics | ✔️ | ||
TikTok | ✔️ | ||
✔️ | |||
Klaviyo | ✔️ | ||
Google Ads | ✔️ | ||
Segment | ✔️ | ||
Attentive | ✔️ |
The main difference lies in the breadth and integration of data destinations. Facebook Sales Channel's data destination for Meta Ads focuses primarily on optimizing Facebook advertising by directly linking Shopify data to Meta's advertising platform. In contrast, Popsixle's Meta Ads destination also targets Facebook but may offer additional insights or features specific to their platform. Littledata, however, provides a more comprehensive solution with multiple data destinations, including Google Analytics, TikTok, and Klaviyo, allowing for a holistic view of customer interactions across various platforms, enhancing cross-channel marketing strategies and analytics capabilities.
Feature | Facebook Sales Channel | Popsixle | Littledata |
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Key benefits | |||
Fully automatic setup | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
Boost to Event Match Quality Score | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
Pre-purchase audiences based on first-party data | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
100% accurate revenue in Meta | ✔️ | ||
Target subscriptions vs one-time purchases | ✔️ | ||
AddToCart | |||
Via Conversions API | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
InitiateCheckout | |||
Via Conversions API | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
Includes all checkout steps | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
Purchase | |||
Via Conversions API | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
Includes recurring orders | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
Filters to exclude orders from some channels | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
Includes post-purchase upsells | ✔️ | ||
New vs Returning customer conversions | ✔️ |