In my example, consultantA@gmail.com is limited to 50 accounts under GA, which is why we never create the account in GA. The client creates the account and adds consultantA@gmail.com as admin.

I picture it with the client account on top, with 'Your account' added to each one as admin.

Thanks for your comment- we're saying exactly the same thing… set up a new GA account for every new client, and you silo the accounts from one another. You don't need to make the new client account tied to your personal accounts – just give admin access to the person generating the analysis or reports for your clients.

BTW – if you set up every new client as a new GA account, you won't get capped out at 50 new accounts, because you'll be creating them as separate accounts, and just tying them together with admin access in your one "reporting" account.

Paul – to "unhook" an account, simply remove their GA access as a "User" or an "Administrator". Now only you can access their account, and they can't. Or if you are handing the account to someone else, they simply remove you as a user – now you can't access their accounts – the account is "unhooked" from you.

In our experience, it is best to:

1.) Have the client create a generic gmail account for the company. This way, there is nothing tied to personal accounts. clientA@gmail.com

2.) Consultant/Agency should also have a generic account consultantA@gmail.com

3.) Provide the client with instructions on how to create a GA account and how to add consultantA@gmail.com admin access.

This set up has a number of benefits:

1.) Consultant will not run out of accounts in GA at 50 (happened to us) and can access set up and all admin features of clientA account

2.) Each client now has 50 accounts plus all the profiles under each account to work with.

3.) Client has control of GA access. Can stop consultant A from seeing data and add consultant B at any time.

4.) With no GA accounts tied to personal accounts, risk of losing access to data when someone leaves (happened to us) is mitigated.