Upload Your Product Feed to Google Shopping

You can sync your Google Shopping Ads with your store by linking Shop App to the Google Merchant Center. 

 

Store Requirements

Before you upload your product feed to Google Merchant Center, you need to make sure that your store meets the Google Merchant Center requirements.

• Accurate contact information - You need to display sufficient contact information on your store website, including a physical address, a phone number, and/or an email address. 
• Refund Policy and Terms of Service - Ensure that you have a clear and conspicuous Refund policy and the Terms of Service on your store website. 
• Secure checkout process - Make sure that your website is SSL-protected and operates through a secure connection (https://).
• Language and currency - When submitting your product data to Google Merchant Center, you need to use the language and currency that's supported for your target country. Check the list of currencies and languages by country, if you are not sure what language and currency you are supposed to use.
• Shipping and tax settings - Your Google Merchant Center account must have the same shipping and tax (US only) settings as you have in your Shop App settings so that users understand the exact price they’ll have to pay, including the shipping and tax fees, from your Google Shopping Ads. You can find out how to set up shipping and taxes in your Google Merchant Center in these guides: Set up shipping, Set up taxes (the US only).

 

Product Feed Requirements

There is a number of attributes that should be included in your product feed so that your products can appear on Google Shopping ads. Make sure your products have all of these settings filled out, otherwise, your products will be rejected by Google Merchant Center.

 

Brand

The attribute is required for each product with a clearly associated brand or manufacturer. If the product is custom-made (e.g., custom t-shirts, art, handmade) or doesn’t have a clearly associated brand, the attribute is optional.

To add the Brand attribute to your product:

1. Go to your Products page.
2. Open the product you want to edit.
3. Switch to the Attributes tab.
4. Fill out the Brand field.
5. Click Save to apply the changes.

 

GTIN or UPC

GTIN (Global Trade Item Number) attribute is required for all products with a GTIN assigned by the manufacturer. This is the numerical value of the bar code.

 

To add a GTIN (UPC) attribute to your product:

1. Navigate to your Products page.
2. Open the product you want to edit.
3. Switch to the Attributes tab.
4. Fill out the UPC field.
5. Click Save to apply the changes.

 

Please note: some products don’t have a GTIN assigned, e.g. store brand products, replacement parts, custom-made products, art, and handmade items. For these products, you can submit Brand and MPN attributes.

 

MPN

MPN (Manufacturer Part Number) is required for all products that do not have an assigned GTIN. The MPN can be an alphanumeric string, so if your products do not have the manufacturer-assigned MPN, you can use your product SKU number for this attribute.

To add an MPN attribute to your product, first, you’ll need to create a custom product attribute:

1. Click on Settings in the left-hand sidebar, then select Product Types from the dropdown menu.
2. Type MPN in the text field for a custom attribute:
3. Click Save to apply the changes.

 

Now, you can add an MPN value for the product:

1. Navigate to your Products page.
2. Open the product you want to edit.
3. Switch to the Attributes tab.
4. Fill out the MPN field.
5. Click Save to apply the changes.

 

Gender, color, age group

Attributes like gender, color, and age group are required for products submitted to the Apparel & Accessories category as they help customers filter by color, age, and gender on Google Shopping.

To assign these attributes to your products, first, you need to create an Apparel & Accessories product type:

1. Click on Settings on the left-hand sidebar and select Product Type from the dropdown menu.

2. Click Add New Product Type.

 

3. Expand the category tree or use the search box to find the product type suitable for your items:

 

4. Click Add. You will see a list of attributes required for the set product type:

 

To fill out the attribute values:

1. Navigate to your Products page.

2. Open the product you want to edit.

3. Switch to the Attributes tab.

4. Click Change type and select the new product type.

 

5. Fill out the attribute fields with the values of the new Product Types.

6. Click Save to apply the changes.

 

Uploading your Product Feed to Google Merchant Center

The Marketing 360 Shop App automatically generates data feed (in XML format) with your products that you can upload to your Google Merchant Center account and manually manage your ad campaigns in Google Ads.

To generate a product feed for Google Shopping:

1. On the left-hand sidebar, click on Other Channels and select Google Shopping from the dropdown menu.

2. Click Generate Feed.

3. Select the Marketplace category where you want to submit your items.

4. Choose the Product condition for your goods.

5. Click Save:

 

The feed is generated within 10 minutes. When the feed is complete, you will see the feed URL that you can copy to the clipboard. You’ll need the feed URL when adding it to Google Merchant Center.

To upload the feed to Google Merchant Center:

1. Sign in to your Google Merchant Center account.

2. Navigate to Products → Feeds.

3. Click the New feed (Plus) icon.

 

4. Select the Target Country and Language and click Continue.

 

5. Assign the Feed name and select Scheduled fetch upload. Click Continue.

6. Provide the Feed file name. Do not use the Feed URL for this field.
7. Set the Fetch frequency and the Fetch time. 
8. Set your Timezone.
9. Provide the Feed URL that you copied in your Shop dashboard. Click Continue.

 

Allow Google up to 10 minutes to fetch and process your feed. After that, you will be able to view the feed properties and check the errors if any.

If you have connected your Google Shopping Product Feed but it is not displaying after 5 hours, please submit an email to support@marketing360.com; our internal teams can troubleshoot your feed's connection.