Simple Google Analytics - Support

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First, I'm guessing that part of the issue is that I'm using "Starter Edition" of AdWords and wonder if that's why I don't see an AdWords conversion Tracking number to enter into Simple GA for ZenCart.

That is exactly why you don't see it. The starter version does not include all the features as the "upgraded" version (still free.)

When I log in to my AdWords account, I see in the browser's address bar "campaignId=9591837" - is that my tracking number?

No. That is just the identification number Google has assigned to that particular campaign. You can run multiple campaigns under one account.

Secondly, when I configure my funnel following the section in "Uncovered", the screens I see are somewhat different than the screen shots in the book. Analytics now says to make sure you don't have a domain name as part of the step - That is, use /index.php?main_page=product_info instead of https://www.domainname.com/index.php...e=product_info

Yes, a few things have changed (not much) and it is best to use a different match type (briefly explained in the GA Uncovered book) that drops the actual domain name.

When I do a Funnel Visualization, everything is abandoned at the first step (Product Info) even on orders I've completed. I know there are issues with the new ga tracking and have followed all those messages, but I suspect that my problem is my two domains... I have http://www.remarkablepens.com and https://secure.remarkablepens.com. I saw the tech note "How do I install the tracking code if my site spans multiple domains? " and can find the spot in includes/templates/CUSTOM/google_analytics/google_analytics.php to slip in the first bit of prescribed code, but I'm not knowledgeable enough to finish the part about the _link and whether or not ZC uses forms to send information between domains.

I suspect that you either have set the funnel up incorrectly (not including any steps after it, or including pages that are named differently from what is in the book (such as in the case of SEO URLs mods which alter url naming conventions).

Unless you altered the code to try to track two domains, I doubt that is the issue only because a Goal and associated Funnel are setup using urls to the site you are tracking. This would remove the possibility of it trying to mis record data based on two sites (unless of course you entered two different site urls into your funnel which could cause it to look like users are bouncing at that first step.)