Google Merchant Center is a tool that helps you upload your store and product data to Google and make it available to Google Shopping and other Google services. Learn more about getting started with Google Merchant Center here.

Google Shopping allows shoppers to quickly and easily find your products on Google. As a seller, Google Shopping offers you the following advantages:

• Attract more potential buyers. Google Shopping helps you to reach shoppers while they are searching for items to buy on Google.
• Control your product information. With Google Shopping, you can maintain the accuracy and freshness of your product information, so your customers find the relevant, current items they're looking for.

Google Shopping is currently available in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Norway, Poland, the Netherlands, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, the UK, and the US.

What are Shopping ads?

By linking your Google AdWords and Merchant Center accounts, you will be able to surface your products directly to users through Shopping ads.

Shopping ads are currently available in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Norway, Poland, the Netherlands, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, the UK, and the US. Learn more.

Shopping ads are in beta for Ireland, New Zealand, Singapore, and South Africa. If you sell products to one or more of these countries, you're invited to submit products and participate in the beta. Learn more. 

 

 

Setting Up Google Shopping?

As part of our process of setting up Google Shopping we will do the following, to make the transition of your products to be listed on Shopping

 

Stage 1

 

Initial Checks

Verify your products fit Googles Requirements
Use an official language
Tell customers about your return and refund policy
Collect user information responsibly and securely
Follow the Google Shopping policies
Verify and claim your website URL
Verify your Website requirements for Google Shopping
Fit your product data into the Google Shopping feed specification

 

Stage 2

 

Create a Merchant Center account

In order to use Google Merchant Center you must first sign up for an account with Google. If you already have an account with Google (like Gmail), visit merchants.google.com and sign in to get started.

If you don't already have a Google account, go to accounts.google.com and click Create account with a new Gmail Account.

Follow the prompts to create a new Google Account.

When you create your Merchant Center account, you'll be prompted to complete the following:

1. Configure your account and select a location
2. Agree to the Terms of Service

Once that is done you will have to grant us access to your Google Account

 

Stage 3

 

Create your product data for Google Shopping

Creating Product feeds from your products, for this we will need a inventory list of all of your products

 Input method: There are four input method options:

• Google Sheets: provide us your data using a generated template or by selecting an existing Google spreadsheet that you created.
• Scheduled fetches: Google can fetch your feed directly from your server. (Optional) create a fetch schedule for your feed.
• Regular uploads:  Upload files directly to Merchant Center via SFTP, FTP, Google Cloud Storage, or manually through the UI. If you use SFTP or  FTP or Google Cloud Storage, you’ll need to create an SFTP or FTP account in the SFTP/FTP/GCS section under the 3-dot icon.
• Import from e-commerce platform: Available only if you’ve linked your supported e-commerce platform to your Merchant Center account and automatically import data from there.

 

Stage 4

 

Submit Google Shopping Feed

Once the appropriate shopping feed for your business is created for your business we will then submit  the feeds to Google Shopping to be verified by Google. Once the shopping feeds have been verified you can then start selling on Google Shopping.

 

Stage 5

 

Create a Shopping campaign

If you would like we can then set up a shopping campaign to help you promote your products in Google Adwords.

This include:

1. Manage a Shopping campaign with ad groups
2. Establish a suitable budget
3. Manage bidding inside an ad group
4. Use multiple ad groups in one campaign

Once the Google Feed is up and running or when the Google shopping campaign is set up then our work is completed, you will need to update your Google feed for Google shopping frequently depending on the changes to you shops stock, this can be done through Google Docs or by file up load by excel. We can arrange a comprehensive maintenance system for your google shopping feed that we can update for you.