Set up Google Merchant Center

What is Google Merchant Center? Setup guide for newbies

Creating a data feed is essential before starting a Google Shopping marketing campaign. Google Merchant Center is an effective tool for storing and managing data, which helps bring products closer to customers. In this article, Mega Digital will provide complete information on this tool, how it works, and how to upload data to your account.

Benefits of using Merchant Center

Dynamic Remarketing

Enable product status reporting for products set to serve on display ads, both on the Merchant Center dashboard as well as in the product list.

Product Ratings

Add a 5-star rating and review system to your Shopping ads. Displaying product ratings on your ads helps shoppers feel more confident and may help increase clickthrough rates on your ads.

Merchant Promotions

Show your online promotions alongside your Shopping ads on Google Search and Google Shopping. Online promotions are shown with Shopping ads as additional links and are available at no additional cost.

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Set up Merchant in record time.

Use intelligent rules and quality checks to easily set up and manage your Google Merchant account, ensuring your product listings always meet platform requirements.

Automate your Merchant setup to ensure your listings are always error-free.

Select the setup time, and our Google manager will automatically handle the rest. Say goodbye to manually updating product information and stock levels.

Frequently Asked Questions About Set Up Google Merchant Center

The primary goal of the Google Merchant Center is to allow businesses to upload and maintain product information, including pictures and pricing, to be displayed in relevant Google Shopping searches.

Multiple people are able to access a single Merchant Center, and a person can connect their individual Google account with multiple Merchant Center accounts as needed. Note: A single user can be added to a maximum of 100 Merchant Center accounts.

After your promotions feed and products feed are processed, Google reviews and approves your promotions before distributing them. This process is typically complete within 12 hours, but can take up to 24 hours. We recommend you submit your promotions as early as possible for a timely review.

Ensure you provide a valid business address and phone number to meet our standard business verification requirements. There are policies for advertising products with Shopping ads, listing products for free on Google, and other Merchant Center programs. Learn more about Shopping ads policies.

Yes, you can make a merchant account without a website.

There are a few things you can do to optimize your Google Shopping feed for the Product Title attribute:

  1. Make sure your product title is clear and concise.
  2. Use keywords in your product title.
  3. Use the brand name in your product title.
  4. Use relevant modifiers in your product title.
  5. Keep your product title under 150 characters.
To grant access to additional users, follow these steps:

  1. Sign in to your Merchant Center account.
  2. Click the Gear icon on the upper right-hand side and select ‘Account access’
  3. Click the Plus button.
  4. Enter the name and email address of the person you want to invite > click “Add user”
Google Merchant Center program options

  • Free product listing.
  • Shopping Ads.
  • Buy on Google.
  • Dynamic remarketing.
  • Customer Reviews.
  • Free local product listings.
  • Local inventory ads.
  • Promotions.
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