Google Shopping is now FREE
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rikukatano
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- Feb 26, 2020
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so it's going to be google shopping seo competition from now on?
NotReallyAcc
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- Mar 18, 2019
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I wonder how the bidding is going to work on shopping ads from now on.
perrymason
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- Jul 19, 2018
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with that change from google if original sellers offer their own affiliate, Amazon could be in trouble.
gummel
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- Jul 7, 2019
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Does the recent free google ads mean Google Actions will be commission free?
Answer:
the short answer is, currently, there are no such changes.
the new free-product-listings on google-shopping program
is effectively an extension of the surfaces-across-google
program -- which is also currently free.
currently, the shopping-actions program and shopping-ads,
remain separate but show along with free-product-listings --
under the google-shopping domain.
for now -- the commission-based details for shopping-actions when a
purchase is made on google-shopping, and the pay-per-click payment
details for shopping-ads, both remain, as-is.
google may change the details at any time.
Answer:
the short answer is, currently, there are no such changes.
the new free-product-listings on google-shopping program
is effectively an extension of the surfaces-across-google
program -- which is also currently free.
currently, the shopping-actions program and shopping-ads,
remain separate but show along with free-product-listings --
under the google-shopping domain.
for now -- the commission-based details for shopping-actions when a
purchase is made on google-shopping, and the pay-per-click payment
details for shopping-ads, both remain, as-is.
google may change the details at any time.
TrendWatchersAlerts
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- Feb 20, 2020
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You have to upload it to a spreadsheet. Its a lot of work, but easy after you do it a few times. The worst part TBH is getting all of your images.
MichaelReyeeees
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- Nov 28, 2018
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Thank you, this might be useful for my future projects
DigitalGold
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- Apr 20, 2020
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Hello thank you for giving some more insight. I see your name is TrendWatcherAlerts, do you provide any sort of services related to Trends? Could you PM me please?
TrendWatchersAlerts
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Yeah, I spot internet trends early & I notify my group about them before they blow up. Ill send PM
Lifeisnotgood
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This is going to by huge change! i see lot's of interesting things to small companys how they can use this. They can sell their services that way too. It's very important, that people use specific keywords in their products / services.
i don't know if it is wise to do similar like an eBay that write long product names or would it be better short!
example eBay product name:
Women's High Waist Yoga Pants Print Sports Fitness Gym Stretch Leggings Trousers
or simple product name:
Women Fitness Leggins
and Google finds and grasp the rest of the product keywords from the products description, tags, metas and photos. Hard to say at this point..
i don't know if it is wise to do similar like an eBay that write long product names or would it be better short!
example eBay product name:
Women's High Waist Yoga Pants Print Sports Fitness Gym Stretch Leggings Trousers
or simple product name:
Women Fitness Leggins
and Google finds and grasp the rest of the product keywords from the products description, tags, metas and photos. Hard to say at this point..
filterframe
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- Apr 16, 2019
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Has anyone used the Shopify exporter? I set everything up and imported my products but most are on pending and the rest are not approved with the message. "Google is reviewing your Merchant Center account. Your product will be re-reviewed once your account is approved."
I wouldn't be as confused if all products were either pending or not approved but having a mix threw me off.
I wouldn't be as confused if all products were either pending or not approved but having a mix threw me off.
SPA Rogers
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- Sep 20, 2019
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Just want to give my general knowledge and opinion on this free announcement, plus some knowledge on Google Shopping.
They claim that they did this because of the impact on small business owners and e-com sellers during the current pandemic.
We know Google plays the long game, and this will probably transition into paying to "boost" your free listing, just as a Facebook business page post slowly lost views over the years. For now, let's enjoy the free listing.
Although they claim that you don't need an ads account, they are still keeping the regular Shopping Ads above the fold of the free listings. IMO, Shopping Ads are the most powerful type of ads for ecom. Sometimes, they're the only ads with a positive ROI that I've ever seen.
I recommend signing up for Merchant Center ASAP. I can't recall exactly, but there is an approval process for either Merchant Center or your Product. It could be both.
So, you'll need:
Merchant Center account
A Product within Merchant Center
A Product Feed within Merchant Center (either linked to your website, or a manually fetched Google Sheet)
Google Advertising account (optional)
Shopify (optional)
https://support.google.com/merchants/answer/7052112 is an example of how many data fields are available for your Product.
You can download the data feed template, or Google Sheet, inside of Merchant Center, but it's different for each country.
Shopify is the easiest way to get onto Google Shopping, as they automatically send Merchant Center all the necessary information about your Product. There is an app on Shopify for Google Shopping integration, but it's hit or miss. I usually do things manually, which involves uploadloading Google's CSV template it as your Product Feed.
As of now, Google isn't even answering their phones due to the hype surrounding this, so get in early!
That being said, I'm here to answer any questions.
They claim that they did this because of the impact on small business owners and e-com sellers during the current pandemic.
We know Google plays the long game, and this will probably transition into paying to "boost" your free listing, just as a Facebook business page post slowly lost views over the years. For now, let's enjoy the free listing.
Although they claim that you don't need an ads account, they are still keeping the regular Shopping Ads above the fold of the free listings. IMO, Shopping Ads are the most powerful type of ads for ecom. Sometimes, they're the only ads with a positive ROI that I've ever seen.
I recommend signing up for Merchant Center ASAP. I can't recall exactly, but there is an approval process for either Merchant Center or your Product. It could be both.
So, you'll need:
Merchant Center account
A Product within Merchant Center
A Product Feed within Merchant Center (either linked to your website, or a manually fetched Google Sheet)
Google Advertising account (optional)
Shopify (optional)
https://support.google.com/merchants/answer/7052112 is an example of how many data fields are available for your Product.
You can download the data feed template, or Google Sheet, inside of Merchant Center, but it's different for each country.
Shopify is the easiest way to get onto Google Shopping, as they automatically send Merchant Center all the necessary information about your Product. There is an app on Shopify for Google Shopping integration, but it's hit or miss. I usually do things manually, which involves uploadloading Google's CSV template it as your Product Feed.
As of now, Google isn't even answering their phones due to the hype surrounding this, so get in early!
That being said, I'm here to answer any questions.