Using Google Analytics with a Third-Party Checkout (Magento) - magento

We currently have a Drupal site that is content-focused and are using Google Analytics for metrics. We are partnered with a company that has a Magento site and cart and will be using them for eCommerce. How do I successfully add our GA tracking code to their domain and cart pages to ensure I am tracking conversions from acquisition to checkout success (or dropout)?
Is it just the simple cross-domain code outlined in the Google knowledgebase?
Thanks in advance

Yep, should be as simple as cross-domain tracking. Your best bet would be to setup a staging/dev environment to test things out and then push to production.
You can use tools to monitor the http requests getting sent to the server to make sure your tracking is working.
For Firefox, I use HTTPFox and for Chrome it's Google's homegrown Google Analytics Debugger.
Best of luck!

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Are there any HTTPS contact forms out there that I could use?
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