Guides
Guides for Minecraft server owners
Practical steps for growing a Minecraft server, written to work with any tool, a spreadsheet included. Each guide ends with where MCAnalytics fits, as one option among several.
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How to track where your Minecraft players come from
Give every creator, ad and server list its own subdomain, read the hostname each player first joined with, and avoid the SRV and proxy traps that hide it.
How to measure server list and creator ROI
Work out what a server list slot or a creator deal actually brought: new players, 7-day returns, revenue per new player and cost per returning player.
Day 1, Day 7 and Day 30 retention for Minecraft servers
What Day 1, Day 7 and Day 30 return mean for a Minecraft server, how they differ from a within 7 days rate, why open windows read Pending, and what to fix.
Choosing a tool?
The comparisons set MCAnalytics next to Plan, Analyse and McStats, with sources for every fact, and the documentation covers setup in detail.