Rewardful → BigQuery · Conversion tracking
Connecting Rewardful to BigQuery
Rewardful reads directly from Stripe, which makes it unusually accurate about revenue and unusually blind to everything that happened before the customer reached checkout. BigQuery has no attribution model, no deduplication rules and no opinion about your data — which makes it the only destination on this site where every number is exactly as good as the query that produced it. The join between them succeeds or fails on one thing: whether whatever join key you decide on reaches the Rewardful referral before the conversion happens, because BigQuery can only match a conversion it can tie back to a click it recognizes.
✓ 30-minute call · No commitment · You leave with a written remediation plan even if we’re not the right fit.
Written guarantee
95%+ conversion accuracy on Rewardful → BigQuery
Measured against your own order records at handover. Miss it and we keep working at no cost until it’s met.
Built on — and certified for — the platforms that matter
Stape
Pro Partner
Meta
Tech Provider
Tag Manager
TikTok
Events API
Microsoft
UET Partner
CAPI Partner
CAPI Partner
Built on the same partner stack used by enterprise DTC brands.
By the numbers
No fake testimonials.Just the math.
70+
Platforms supported
Shopify · Woo · Magento · BigCommerce · 65 more
8+ / 10
Meta EMQ guaranteed
in writing — keep working free until hit
2–4d
Build to live
accurate data flowing within 7 days
$0
Monthly fees, ever
one-time fixed price · you own the stack
400d
Cookie lifetime
max RFC 6265bis allows · 57× Safari ITP
9
Ad channels covered
Meta · Google · TikTok · MS · LI · Pin · Snap · Reddit · X
95%+
Tracking accuracy
verified vs Stripe · GA4 · ad-platform reports
30 min
Free founder call
no SDR · no pitch deck · written remediation plan
Every figure above is either a commitment we put in writing or a countable fact. What your own setup is losing is not on this list, because we haven’t measured it yet — that happens on the call, against your own order records.
Real clients · real videos · real outcomes
Don’t take our word for it. Watch the receipts.
Founders, marketers, and agency owners describing the before-and-after of their Rewardful → BigQuery tracking rebuild — in their own words, on camera.
Why this join usually fails
Whatever join key you decide on never reaches Rewardful
The single most common cause. The referral cookie is set on click and read at checkout; a paid identifier stored earlier is invisible to Rewardful entirely.
Accurate revenue, invisible overlap
Rewardful will tell you exactly what an affiliate earned and nothing about whether you also paid Google for the same customer. Putting both identifiers in Stripe metadata is the cheapest fix available and almost nobody does it.
The warehouse quietly disagreeing with every platform
This is not a bug — it is the point. Your warehouse counts orders; Google counts click-attributed conversions in its window; Meta counts differently again. When the four numbers differ, the warehouse is usually right about revenue and wrong about attribution, and knowing which question you are answering is the whole skill.
Nothing reconciles afterwards
An upload that succeeds is not an upload that matched. BigQuery will not tell you anything is wrong. Verify by querying the table directly against your source system's own totals, and check for duplicate rows on the join key before trusting any aggregate.
Architecture
How Rewardful and BigQuery actually connect
Two systems that know nothing about each other. Everything below exists to give them one shared reference.
Step 1
Rewardful holds the truth
Because it reads Stripe, the revenue figure is right. What it cannot see is the paid click that preceded the referral link, which is exactly the overlap you need to measure.
Step 2
BigQuery needs a click to match
BigQuery needs a schema and consistent types. The failure mode is not rejection, it is silent divergence: a column that arrives as a string in one load and an integer in the next, or a timestamp in the wrong zone, which produces answers that look plausible and are not.
Step 3
The identifier is the bridge
Whatever join key you decide on, captured at the visit and carried into the Rewardful referral. Without it there is nothing to join on and no tool fixes that.
Step 4
The event source decides reliability
Send new subscriptions net of commission, with the referral flag from Stripe metadata.
Step 5
Deduplication at the destination
Nothing deduplicates for you. Streaming inserts are at-least-once, so a retried load can create duplicate rows, and the only protection is a deduplication step you write and actually run.
Diagnose it honestly
Working vs. broken, side by side
Both states look identical from the BigQuery dashboard, which is why this runs for months before anyone notices.
Normal — not a fault
Whatever join key you decide on present on the referral
Visible on the record itself in Rewardful, not merely captured somewhere on the site.
Sent from the Stripe subscription with Rewardful attribution
Server-side, so it does not depend on the customer's browser still being there.
Deduplicated correctly
Nothing deduplicates for you. Streaming inserts are at-least-once, so a retried load can create duplicate rows, and the only protection is a deduplication step you write and actually run.
Reconciles with the source
BigQuery's count and Rewardful's records agree within a few percent over a closed window.
Actually broken
Whatever join key you decide on missing on most records
The referral cookie is set on click and read at checkout; a paid identifier stored earlier is invisible to Rewardful entirely.
Sent from the browser
Anyone who closes the tab, blocks the script or converts without a page load is invisible. Rewardful will tell you exactly what an affiliate earned and nothing about whether you also paid Google for the same customer. Putting both identifiers in Stripe metadata is the cheapest fix available and almost nobody does it.
Counted twice, or not at all
This is not a bug — it is the point. Your warehouse counts orders; Google counts click-attributed conversions in its window; Meta counts differently again. When the four numbers differ, the warehouse is usually right about revenue and wrong about attribution, and knowing which question you are answering is the whole skill.
Nobody has reconciled it
The dashboard shows a number and no one has compared it to Rewardful. A wrong number that nobody checks is indistinguishable from a right one.
Diagnostic sequence
Diagnostic order
Each step rules out a class of cause. Run them in order and the last one usually has a single explanation standing.
- 1
Count referrals carrying whatever join key you decide on
The ceiling on everything else. Do this before debugging anything downstream.
- 2
Follow one real conversion end to end
From the ad click through Rewardful and into BigQuery.
- 3
Check whether Stripe customer metadata holds both identifiers
If it holds only one, the overlap between affiliate and paid is unmeasurable after the fact.
- 4
Reconcile warehouse order counts against each platform for one closed window
The gaps localize the problem: a gap against all platforms is a collection issue, a gap against one is that platform's window or matching.
- 5
Read the match rate, not the success message
BigQuery will not tell you anything is wrong. Verify by querying the table directly against your source system's own totals, and check for duplicate rows on the join key before trusting any aggregate.
Source-of-truth validation
How it gets proven
Against Rewardful's own records, not against either platform's dashboard.
- Whatever join key you decide on confirmed present on a live referral.
- A real conversion followed from click through Rewardful to BigQuery.
- Warehouse order counts and revenue reconciled against the source system for a fully closed window, with duplicates checked on the join key.
- New subscriptions reconciled in Stripe with both referral and paid identifiers present, and the overlap stated.
- Reconciled over a fully closed window, matched per record rather than on totals.
- Re-checked 30 days later.
Straight talk
When you don't need this
Worth reading before paying anyone, including us.
- If BigQuery already reports conversions that reconcile against Rewardful's records within a few percent, this join is working and there is nothing to buy.
- Measure identifier coverage yourself first — pull your last hundred referrals and count how many carry whatever join key you decide on. Ten minutes, free, and it tells you whether any of this is worth doing.
- If you run no paid media alongside the affiliate programme, there is no overlap to measure.
- If you have one store and one ad platform, a warehouse is infrastructure you will maintain for a reconciliation you could do in a spreadsheet.
Who this is for
Honest about who we’re a fit for.
We don’t take every project. Here’s how to tell if we’re right for you.
You’re a great fit if…
- You run Rewardful → BigQuery (or are migrating to it)
- You spend $5K+/month on paid ads (Meta, Google, TikTok, Microsoft, LinkedIn)
- Your reported ROAS doesn’t match what your bank account is saying
- You want to own your tracking stack — no monthly SaaS fees forever
- You have 2–4 days to do this once and never think about it again
Skip us if…
- You spend less than $500/month on paid ads (browser pixel is fine)
- You want a SaaS dashboard with monthly fees forever (Triple Whale, Hyros)
- You need attribution modeling — we fix the data foundation, not multi-touch reports
- You want a 6-month enterprise consulting engagement (we ship in 4 days)
- You expect us to manage your ad accounts (we don’t — that’s a different service)
If you’re still unsure,book the call anyway— we’ll tell you straight whether we can help.
What working looks like
Whatever join key you decide on on every referral
Server-sideCaptured before the conversion and stored where it survives.
Conversions arriving in BigQuery
8+ EMQThe row lands in a table you own, joinable to every other table you own, with no window and no expiry.
Reconciled against the source
DedupedRewardful's own records are the reference, not either dashboard.
What gets built
Identifier capture into Rewardful
Store the paid identifier in Stripe customer metadata alongside the referral, so the overlap is visible in one place.
Event source: the Stripe subscription with Rewardful attribution
Send new subscriptions net of commission, with the referral flag from Stripe metadata.
Dispatch to BigQuery
Streaming inserts or scheduled batch loads from your order system, with the raw event retained alongside whatever you derive from it.
Reversals where they exist
Cancellations and refunds reverse in both systems.
Pick the package that fits your ad spend
Fixed-fee, no surprises. If your ad spend is meaningful,server-side tracking is what we recommend— it’s the only setup that survives iOS, Safari ITP and ad blockers.
Browser-side starter
Wires the join and verifies it on a live conversion. Honest about its ceiling where the source can only be read from the browser.
- The join built and tested end to end
- Verified on a real conversion
- Reconciled against the source's own records
- Written handover
1st-party server-side
Save $18K–$120K over 5 years vs Triple Whale / Hyros
The join built server-side from the source's own records, so it does not depend on a browser being present when the conversion happens.
- Events sourced from the system of record, not the browser
- Identifier captured and persisted end to end
- Deduplicated at the destination
- Reversals wired where the source supports them
- 95%+ accuracy guaranteed in writing
Full 1st-party stack
Every destination fed from one place, plus monitoring so a broken join surfaces in days rather than at quarter end.
- Everything in 1st-party server-side
- All paid destinations from one container
- CRM and offline loop
- Refunds and cancellations reversed everywhere
- Monitoring per destination
Not sure which tier fits?Book a 30-min scoping call— we’ll tell you straight, no upsell pressure.
How it works
Built in 2–4 days. Accurate data within 7.
We deliver the entire 1st-party server-side stack in 2–4 business days. You start collecting accurate, deduped conversion data the moment it goes live — and within 7 days every signal is flowing cleanly to Meta, Google, TikTok and the rest.
Kickoff + audit
30-min call. We map your current pixels, GTM, dataLayer, consent setup, and ad-platform integrations. You get a written report of every leak.
Build the stack
Server-side GTM container deployed on your subdomain. Meta CAPI · Google EC · TikTok Events API · Microsoft UET wired. Identity match + dedup configured.
QA + go-live
Live-fire test purchases across every funnel step. Meta EMQ verified at 8+. Tag Assistant + Pixel Helper passes. Side-by-side report delivered.
Verify accuracy
Your data flows clean. Within 7 days every signal — Meta, Google, TikTok, Microsoft — is fully accurate. Notion runbook + Loom walkthrough handoff.
Got questions?
The honestanswers.
No buzzwords, no upsell. If we don’t know, we say so.
01Why aren't my Rewardful conversions showing in BigQuery?
Almost always because whatever join key you decide on never reached the Rewardful referral. The referral cookie is set on click and read at checkout; a paid identifier stored earlier is invisible to Rewardful entirely. Measure coverage before debugging the dispatch.
02What identifier does BigQuery need?
There is no vendor identifier here. You choose the key — order ID, user ID, click identifier, hashed email — and you live with the consequences. That is the whole appeal and the whole risk: nothing is standardised for you and nothing is silently wrong in a vendor's favour either.
03Where should the event come from?
The Stripe subscription with Rewardful attribution. Send new subscriptions net of commission, with the referral flag from Stripe metadata.
04How do I know it worked?
BigQuery will not tell you anything is wrong. Verify by querying the table directly against your source system's own totals, and check for duplicate rows on the join key before trusting any aggregate.
Still have questions?Book a 30-min call— bring them all.
The call
What happens on your free 30-min call
No pitch deck, no SDR, no upsell pressure. Founder-led. Bring your ad-platform screens and yourRewardful → BigQuery setup — we’ll work through it together.
Min 1–5
We get the lay of your store
What you sell, what you spend on ads, who handles dev. Quick context-gathering — no questionnaire upfront.
Min 5–15
We audit your tracking live
Screen-share. We open your Meta Events Manager, GTM, and ad reports. You see exactly which conversions are leaking.
Min 15–25
We map a fix
What needs rebuilding, what stays. The exact Rewardful → BigQuery setup we'd ship and what it would recover for you.
Min 25–30
Decide. Or don’t.
If we're a fit, we send a 1-page proposal in writing. If not, you walk away with a free remediation plan you can hand to anyone.
Get Rewardful and BigQuery joined properly
Book a free 30-minute call. We measure your identifier coverage live on your own account, and you leave with a written plan — including the option that you don't need us.
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