FINALLY SOMETHING THAT A BIG SAAS COMPANY ON SHOPIFY FAILS TO DO FOR YOU AUTOMATICALLY YOU JUST SHOWED HOW TO DO IT YOURSELF MANUALLY. EASILY. THANK YOU!
Holy moly, I have been stuck with this issue forever, contact shopify support, google support, for many many times, They either don't know what I am talking about, or telling me that I do need to do all kind of things that I don't think would work. or they keep throwing me back and forth and nothing is fixed, This is exactly what I am looking for. Thank you.
I love you! I have been dealing with this for weeks. Email back and forth with google and shopify with no success. This video was super helpful! Thank you!!
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Seriously thank you. It took me forever to follow along because I didn't realize I needed to revert back to the "classic version" of google merchant center. When I was using the new version I absolutely could NOT find the "feed" and "feed rules".. THANK YOU. I was about to go crazy. Thank you very much for such an informative video! God bless!
Yes, the new version of Google Merchant Center does not support this feature yet. Best to revert back to the older version for now. Great to know it helps!
I followed your instructions and submitted the new feed rules. So far no change in my merchant center unless it takes a long time to see the effects? Pretty frustrating. :-)
Thank you very much for posting this video with a simple guide, it has helped with an issue I was not able to fix for a couple weeks and now I know exactly how to do this for my Shopify clients. I appreciate your video and look forward to learning more from you.
You ARE AMAZING!! you videos are so helpful and easy to follow. The way that you explain everything for even someone that has no computer experience is GREAT. Thank you for making these videos. So many great resources all around us!!
I’ve been dealing with the GTIN issue for weeks and this has finally eased my mind a bit. I just went through the changes and am crossing my fingers that it fixes the issue
Clearly explained. Does it also work with Woo Commerce? I applied the instructions for feed rules, but it doesn't have the Test Changes option. Should I just apply and see what happens? Thanks Clarice!
this looks extremely promising. is there an updated version of the procedure? it seems gmc must have changed its layout since you made this. I don't find the word Feeds anywhere, even when I do a search on the page.
On the new Merchant Center, go to the top right hand corner of the screen and click on the wheel button. Select "Data Sources", once the page loads, click on your the name of your data feed. On the data feed back, click on attribute rules. The rest of the steps are similar.
This is such a helpful video. Thanks Clarice! you have no idea how many videos i watched to get this information. can i ask... how would i change the GTIN identifiers for only certain products? i have 155 listed products and 68 of then have GTIN missing values for some reason...thanks!
If there are no publicly known barcodes for the products you are selling, this will not affect the performance. If such barcodes exist but you are not aware of it, you'll get a "Limited By Performance due to missing GTIN" error.
I just connected to this feature and it looks like they have changed the menu. I did have to make the change to each product manually and one by one. There is no " feed" menu. Go to each product and "edit product" and scroll down and make the change. (notice: If there are still other problems, the will be a popup on top of the page.)
hi Lin... is there a way to buy past this if I'm dropshipping from aliexpress ? aliexpress items don't have a GTIN or ASIN. and merchant is asking for one
Yes this method only works if there exists no GTIN (barcodes). If the products do have existing barcodes and this method is applied, Google will flag them up as errors.
Wow this was amazingly helpful!! Thank you for being so thorough and straightforward! How long would you say it takes for google to apply the change? Do you know if there is a delay while google updates the approved products?
Thank you! Updates to attributes usually take less than an hour and from experience, you'll be able to get approval within a day. In terms of getting impressions for the products, it might take a few days to see the impact.
@@ClariceLin So I've watched this video a bunch of times and I did exactly what you said and its been a couple weeks now. The products say "Incorrect value (Identifier exists) in (shopping_ads)" is this the same issue or something else now? I'm based out of Canada. Just wondering if I should continue to wait.
@@lisaProude this process only works for products that have NO official known barcodes. i.e. if you create your own products or sell from manufacturers who have not bought barcodes for their products. If you are selling products from manufacturers who have bought barcodes for those products, then you need to look them up and update them into your store. There is no other way around it.
@@ClariceLin oh that makes sense! Wow thank you so very much for responding so quickly! I’m really enjoying and valuing your videos and look forward to working through more of your resources! Thank you for being so helpful!!
I was losing sleep over trying to figure this problem out and in 10 short minutes you have shown me exactly what I needed to do!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!! Instant thumbs up and subscribe! Just a quick question - can the same method be applied to other missing identifiers? I sell pet accessories and Google are asking for things such as gender and age group which obviously do not apply to my products. I would be so grateful for your advice!
Glad it came in handy:) if you put your store into the right product category, those attributes you mentioned aren’t compulsory. You can watch this other video on how to correctly categorise your products : ruclips.net/video/3mfE0cJ-qLk/видео.html :)
Hi Clarice! Happy to have found your channel. I've been having this issue. However, when I go to my Feed Rules, the page is empty so I didn't see the option "true" on the right side. How do I fix this? Thanks!
Hi @esmennewyork4021 @HoneysAstro If you want to transform your Feed Values, you have to click on the "+" button to add individual attributes to show up. In this case, click on "+" and look for identifier_exists", then you are able to proceed in setting the values. Note: This fix is only for products that are handmade or manufactured by yourself - that means you did not get any barcodes for them. If you are getting products from manufacturers who have procured barcodes or you are doing dropshipping, this fix will NOT resolve the issue.
Download this Wordpress plugin Woocommerce Google Feed Manager: en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-product-feed-manager/ and follow the plugin instructions to get the automated feed setup.
Wow Clarice Lin, it seems like this worked. At leats, at Google Merchants everything shows green. Now waiting for the Shopify 'Google app' to accept these changes. Hope I'm not missing something...still saying "you need a gtin or mpn". But it's been less than 48 since I signed up for Google Shopping in Shopify.
Awesome! If you manufacture your own products, this should fix your issue. Typically you need to wait for like 5-7 business days for Google to review and approve the product s. Fingers crossed!
On the new version, you can edit one product at a time. Or if you want to apply the same rule in bulk, click on the wheel icon on the top right hand corner of the screen. Click on Data Sources. > Click on the name of your API data source > Under Content API details > Select attribute rules and you can apply the same way I've stated in the video for the older version.
You gotta click the Help (?) button to open the menu and click the bottom most option "Use the classic merchant center" and then you can follow the tutorial normally
On the new Merchant Center, go to the top right hand corner of the screen and click on the wheel button. Select "Data Sources", once the page loads, click on your the name of your data feed. On the data feed back, click on attribute rules. The rest of the steps are pretty similar.
Hi Clarice! This was very helpful and very clear thank you so much! I do have a question though, before I sell vintage clothing that do not have identifiers, but some of the items are from the 90's and they do have barcodes/Gtin but I don't have this data and have no way of getting it after all these years, what do I do in this case? Thanks!
I did everything as you said it worked for 1 day and its still giving error s No ( GTIN, UPC, EAN, JAN or ISBN) from google merchant center, I have custom made products.
Hi, thank you so much for this video. When I get to edit source, the "Set To, Extract, and Latest" boxes are not on my screen. Is there a specific reason why this is? TIA
Click on Add Source on the left hand side (on the laptop) under Data Sources - where to take the data from. It should show up. And also check to see if your browser is blocking anything. i.e. if you are using an ad blocker etc. Also, try the same process from a different browser.
Hey Clarice, I have been trying to figure out my setting as when I do what you have shown my page shows that it reverts to the default rule if the identifier is set to no. Do you have anythign else to help with this issue please? Thank you if you do
This method only works if your products have no official barcodes in the first place. If you sourced your products from companies that have officially registered barcodes for the products, you have to submit this information into your feed, else the items stay invalid.
Thanks for the video Clarice. I followed it step by step. Unfortunately it did not correct the "missing identifier " error. Not sure what else I can do.
Hi Simran, The "missing identifier" solution only works if your products do not have any identifier in the first place. For example, if you make your own products or your products are custom-made. If you get your products from manufacturers, you have to get the barcodes from them to submit to Google. There is no other way around it.
What if you put in the UPC for a product from the box but Google still keeps defaulting to this missing GTIN data? I do not have GTIN data but do have 12 digit UPC it doesn't accept.
If your UPC is internationally recognised, it should work. The UPC value should be placed in the GTIN attribute. If your box (product) is a unique product of its own, it also needs its own barcode from the manufacturer that has sold it to you as a box product.
Thank you! Does the change applies retroactively to the products that had already been published on Shopify? Or for the previous one you have to change manually? I'm afraid it only applies to the new ones. Thank you for your reply
It does not matter if the products are new or existing, the changes should be applied in the same way. That is unless, you applied the changes with additional criteria differentiating between the existing and new products.
@@ClariceLin thank you very much for the reply. The problem is that I have applied the method that you have perfectly described; but the merchant center still says that I have to indicate the missing identifiers. So I am doing manually a flag on each product's page, on the merchant center, where it says "This is a one-of-a-kind or vintage product with no identifier". When I do that, the problem is fixed. Your advice and comments are more than welcome. Thank you.
Hello. Just starting to watch this video. I have been getting so frustrated with Google after they continuously suspend my account for 'misrepresentation' and they always flag my listings because they don't include the correct GTIN code... but I do have the correct GTIN code! It is so annoying for me as I spend hours every day trying to get my account and products back live on Google but they are preventing me from doing so, and customer service is terrible as well. I am almost giving up. Hopefully I can sort something out.
update* it turns out they had automatically switched me to 'Google Merchant Centre Next'. Now I have finally figured out how to switch back to 'Google Merchant Centre Classic' so I will try your techniques now.
Thank you for such a great video. I import hand crafts from Mexico and my producers do not use GTIN. I followed video and hope the process will correct my identifier problem. In the future, I a product does have a GTIN, how do I change a single product to "True" while keeping the whole feed set to "False". Can you make a video on setting individual products? Thank you for videos!
I did this and it resolved the error on the merchant center. But my Shopify account still says "You have products that aren't listed on google" while the google merchant account has zero issues to fix on any products. Do i need to worry about the error on shopify store?
As long as Google Merchant Account says there are zero issues, it means you are all good. The Shopify app has a bug on it so I wouldn't worry about it.
Yes, you can add identifiers on the new version now. Previously it wasn't available. But Google has just updated the new version with this capability. On the new version, you can edit one product at a time. Or if you want to apply the same rule in bulk, head to Data Sources > Click on the name of your API data source > Under Content API details > Select attribute rules and you can apply the same way I've stated in the video for the older version.
Very clear easy to follow instructions. It's a shame that Google can't provide teaching as good as this. They could learn from Clarice.
My gosh, seriously. You would think they'd have every answer you need. BUT NO. lol
FINALLY SOMETHING THAT A BIG SAAS COMPANY ON SHOPIFY FAILS TO DO FOR YOU AUTOMATICALLY YOU JUST SHOWED HOW TO DO IT YOURSELF MANUALLY. EASILY. THANK YOU!
Holy moly, I have been stuck with this issue forever, contact shopify support, google support, for many many times, They either don't know what I am talking about, or telling me that I do need to do all kind of things that I don't think would work. or they keep throwing me back and forth and nothing is fixed, This is exactly what I am looking for. Thank you.
I love you! I have been dealing with this for weeks. Email back and forth with google and shopify with no success. This video was super helpful! Thank you!!
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👉 claricelin.com/contact-me/
3 reasons why your Google Merchant account is suspended (+ how to fix it!) for your Shopify Store
👉 ruclips.net/video/AJkAAdOqvJQ/видео.html
How to get listed on Google Shopping for free
👉 ruclips.net/video/AUG1JM8nH8M/видео.html
This is amazing. I spent hours online reading about it and nothing worked. You made it so easy! Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge
Thanks for this! Spent hours trying to fix this issue, took ten minutes after this video.
Glad it worked!
Clarice, Bravo... Fantastic solution, the best-fixing video ever about identifiers. Congratulations.
Thank you, glad it was helpful!
Perfect! Exactly what I was looking for. I had to go through so many videos before I found your video. Thank you!!
Happy to hear it came in handy :)
OH MY GOD. I have been looking EVERYWHERE for this tutorial. Thank you so so much ❤
You're welcome 😊
Seriously thank you. It took me forever to follow along because I didn't realize I needed to revert back to the "classic version" of google merchant center. When I was using the new version I absolutely could NOT find the "feed" and "feed rules".. THANK YOU. I was about to go crazy. Thank you very much for such an informative video! God bless!
Yes, the new version of Google Merchant Center does not support this feature yet. Best to revert back to the older version for now. Great to know it helps!
I followed your instructions and submitted the new feed rules. So far no change in my merchant center unless it takes a long time to see the effects? Pretty frustrating. :-)
Thank you very much for posting this video with a simple guide, it has helped with an issue I was not able to fix for a couple weeks and now I know exactly how to do this for my Shopify clients. I appreciate your video and look forward to learning more from you.
I am so thankful I came across your video! Your instructions were very easy to follow...Just what I needed. Thank you Clarice!
Glad it was helpful!
You ARE AMAZING!! you videos are so helpful and easy to follow. The way that you explain everything for even someone that has no computer experience is GREAT. Thank you for making these videos. So many great resources all around us!!
Great it helped!
Thanks!
I've been searching the internet for a solution to this issue and you are a God Send. Thank you!
You are welcome!
Thanks so much for this video explaining how to fix this maddening issue!
Great video. So now in Shopify in the Google & RUclips tab where it says Mpn we keep that blank? I'm still getting the same error.
I've been looking for ways to change this identifier exists value! Thank you a lot.
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks for this video - I know its 2 years old now but this issue still exists and was driving me crazzy. Thank you so much!
Great this video was helpful for you :)
I’ve been dealing with the GTIN issue for weeks and this has finally eased my mind a bit. I just went through the changes and am crossing my fingers that it fixes the issue
How long does it take after applying ?
Clarice you made my day. Greetings from Czech Republic.
Beautifully explained with your very helpful video! Solved my problem and it was very easy to follow with your photos. Thank YOU!
Good stuff thanks!
I dont see the option Set To in my merchant center once following the instructions and clicking add rule. Do you know why this may be the case?
Same!
Wow! This have received weeks of stress. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I
appreciate it.
Clearly explained. Does it also work with Woo Commerce? I applied the instructions for feed rules, but it doesn't have the Test Changes option. Should I just apply and see what happens? Thanks Clarice!
Yes it also works for WooCommerce.
I just saw your video and you helped me so so much. You really answered my specific question for google. Thank you so much
You are so welcome! :)
Clarice, thank you so much. This issue has stumped me for a year, as I just had to walk away. I am going to go apply this now. So happy;-)
Thank you so much Clarice Lin. I'm a dropshipper and this setting going to help me alot. Much Appreciated for making a video on this topic.
Thank you so much Clarice for help, i m trying to do it right now step by step.. I come back to share with you how it goes... :)
Awesome video! Thank you! Explained so well and easy to follow. Subscribed!
Awesome, thank you!
The best straight forward simple video to follow.
Great to hear!
this looks extremely promising. is there an updated version of the procedure? it seems gmc must have changed its layout since you made this. I don't find the word Feeds anywhere, even when I do a search on the page.
On the new Merchant Center, go to the top right hand corner of the screen and click on the wheel button. Select "Data Sources", once the page loads, click on your the name of your data feed. On the data feed back, click on attribute rules. The rest of the steps are similar.
@@ClariceLin thanks so much. you're the best.
the only 1 right answer on RUclips
Thank you!
absolutely amazing video, thank you so much, 99% of my products now back on Google thanks to you and your beautiful video
Great to hear!
Thank you!!! Have been searching all over RUclips...so helpful🙂
You are welcome :)
THANK YOU! So easy to understand and now I can stop begging google to please work like it's supposed to!
Great to hear you've resolved the issues, Gianna :)
This is such a helpful video. Thanks Clarice! you have no idea how many videos i watched to get this information. can i ask... how would i change the GTIN identifiers for only certain products? i have 155 listed products and 68 of then have GTIN missing values for some reason...thanks!
Great to hear! You can update this in the Google & RUclips app or you can update the GTIN directly in Google Merchant Center.
Thank you, how long does it take for the missing identifier to update as it is still showing as limited performance die to missing gtin.
The changes don't happen instantly but the missing identifiers should usually update in a few hours' time.
one question please:
would it affect my ranking or the performance of listed products, if i set this to "false"?
If there are no publicly known barcodes for the products you are selling, this will not affect the performance. If such barcodes exist but you are not aware of it, you'll get a "Limited By Performance due to missing GTIN" error.
Thank you very much! This is exactly what I was looking for, and it provides practical and precise information.
Great to hear!
You are the best, thank you so much for really easy explanation and the guide.
Thank you, Clarice, for your clear video. Helped me a lot!
Beautifully explained thank you very much!!
You are amazing!!
You are welcome! 😊
Thank you very much . This has been my headache for months
Glad it helped!
Thank you so much Miss Lin
You are welcome!
Hats off to you! I am so happy man you just made my day!
Glad it helped!
I just followed your steps thank you sooooo so much you're heaven sent. hopefully this solves everything for me. def subscribing!!!
This was so helpful. I'm infinitely glad that I found this video
I just connected to this feature and it looks like they have changed the menu. I did have to make the change to each product manually and one by one. There is no " feed" menu. Go to each product and "edit product" and scroll down and make the change. (notice: If there are still other problems, the will be a popup on top of the page.)
hi Lin... is there a way to buy past this if I'm dropshipping from aliexpress ? aliexpress items don't have a GTIN or ASIN. and merchant is asking for one
Very helpful! It solved most of my issues. Thanks for sharing.
Glad it solved your issues!
I did this and most of my products when disapproved b/c they had globally recognized gtins... this seems to only be good for custom products.
Yes this method only works if there exists no GTIN (barcodes). If the products do have existing barcodes and this method is applied, Google will flag them up as errors.
This is a fantastic video, it worked! Yay! Thank you Clarice. 😊
Thank you so much, very straight forward and worked very well. Really appreciated.
Wow this was amazingly helpful!! Thank you for being so thorough and straightforward! How long would you say it takes for google to apply the change? Do you know if there is a delay while google updates the approved products?
Thank you! Updates to attributes usually take less than an hour and from experience, you'll be able to get approval within a day. In terms of getting impressions for the products, it might take a few days to see the impact.
@@ClariceLin So I've watched this video a bunch of times and I did exactly what you said and its been a couple weeks now. The products say "Incorrect value (Identifier exists) in (shopping_ads)" is this the same issue or something else now? I'm based out of Canada. Just wondering if I should continue to wait.
@@lisaProude this process only works for products that have NO official known barcodes. i.e. if you create your own products or sell from manufacturers who have not bought barcodes for their products.
If you are selling products from manufacturers who have bought barcodes for those products, then you need to look them up and update them into your store. There is no other way around it.
@@ClariceLin oh that makes sense! Wow thank you so very much for responding so quickly! I’m really enjoying and valuing your videos and look forward to working through more of your resources! Thank you for being so helpful!!
Thanks a lot for your instructions. It has been helpful.
You are welcome!
I was losing sleep over trying to figure this problem out and in 10 short minutes you have shown me exactly what I needed to do!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!! Instant thumbs up and subscribe!
Just a quick question - can the same method be applied to other missing identifiers? I sell pet accessories and Google are asking for things such as gender and age group which obviously do not apply to my products. I would be so grateful for your advice!
Glad it came in handy:) if you put your store into the right product category, those attributes you mentioned aren’t compulsory. You can watch this other video on how to correctly categorise your products : ruclips.net/video/3mfE0cJ-qLk/видео.html :)
Hi Clarice! Happy to have found your channel. I've been having this issue. However, when I go to my Feed Rules, the page is empty so I didn't see the option "true" on the right side. How do I fix this? Thanks!
Same!
Hi @esmennewyork4021 @HoneysAstro If you want to transform your Feed Values, you have to click on the "+" button to add individual attributes to show up. In this case, click on "+" and look for identifier_exists", then you are able to proceed in setting the values.
Note: This fix is only for products that are handmade or manufactured by yourself - that means you did not get any barcodes for them. If you are getting products from manufacturers who have procured barcodes or you are doing dropshipping, this fix will NOT resolve the issue.
How to connect woocommerce store with content api?
Download this Wordpress plugin Woocommerce Google Feed Manager: en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-product-feed-manager/ and follow the plugin instructions to get the automated feed setup.
I don't have the feed section in my Merchant Centre??
Wow Clarice Lin, it seems like this worked. At leats, at Google Merchants everything shows green. Now waiting for the Shopify 'Google app' to accept these changes. Hope I'm not missing something...still saying "you need a gtin or mpn". But it's been less than 48 since I signed up for Google Shopping in Shopify.
Awesome! If you manufacture your own products, this should fix your issue. Typically you need to wait for like 5-7 business days for Google to review and approve the product s. Fingers crossed!
What a great content..... thank you so much for your excellent guideline which actually solve my problem. Once again thanks.
Great to hear!
I really need to fix this on my Google Merchant center but now nobody can access the previous version that you used in this video. Can you help?
On the new version, you can edit one product at a time. Or if you want to apply the same rule in bulk, click on the wheel icon on the top right hand corner of the screen.
Click on Data Sources. > Click on the name of your API data source > Under Content API details > Select attribute rules and you can apply the same way I've stated in the video for the older version.
and just like that you earned a new loyal subscriber...
Thank you!!
Hello. Can you please update this video? Google Merchant Center has changed and there does not appear to be any "Feed Rules".
You gotta click the Help (?) button to open the menu and click the bottom most option "Use the classic merchant center" and then you can follow the tutorial normally
On the new Merchant Center, go to the top right hand corner of the screen and click on the wheel button. Select "Data Sources", once the page loads, click on your the name of your data feed. On the data feed back, click on attribute rules. The rest of the steps are pretty similar.
Hi so when I apply this rule do I leave mpn blank as well? And how long will it take to clear up in merchant center?
Hi Clarice! This was very helpful and very clear thank you so much! I do have a question though, before I sell vintage clothing that do not have identifiers, but some of the items are from the 90's and they do have barcodes/Gtin but I don't have this data and have no way of getting it after all these years, what do I do in this case? Thanks!
Glad it helped! Set Condition to Used for secondhand/vintage products. The issue should resolve by itself.
I did everything as you said it worked for 1 day and its still giving error s No ( GTIN, UPC, EAN, JAN or ISBN) from google merchant center, I have custom made products.
WOW i truly hope this works , you are such a Gem thank you.
Thanks so much for this information, I found your youtube from your tiktok channel
Great it helps!
You are awesome! Thank you for the information!
You are welcome! :)
Great instructions! Thank you
Thank You So Much Clarice 🤩
You’re welcome 😊
Hi, thank you so much for this video. When I get to edit source, the "Set To, Extract, and Latest" boxes are not on my screen. Is there a specific reason why this is? TIA
Click on Add Source on the left hand side (on the laptop) under Data Sources - where to take the data from. It should show up. And also check to see if your browser is blocking anything. i.e. if you are using an ad blocker etc. Also, try the same process from a different browser.
Oh wow... talk about clear instructions. But it's still not reflecting... does it take time to update?
Great video. Very helpful thanks 😊
Glad it was helpful!
What is "merchant listing missing field description error in search Console" Shopify store.. please answer
This was so helpful. Thank you so much!!!!
Hey Clarice, I have been trying to figure out my setting as when I do what you have shown my page shows that it reverts to the default rule if the identifier is set to no. Do you have anythign else to help with this issue please? Thank you if you do
that was great and very helpful thank you
Hello, after testing this, Google says 34 items are invalid. So more items got invalid but the issue stays ..any idea?
This method only works if your products have no official barcodes in the first place. If you sourced your products from companies that have officially registered barcodes for the products, you have to submit this information into your feed, else the items stay invalid.
Thanks for the video Clarice. I followed it step by step. Unfortunately it did not correct the "missing identifier " error. Not sure what else I can do.
Hi Simran, The "missing identifier" solution only works if your products do not have any identifier in the first place. For example, if you make your own products or your products are custom-made. If you get your products from manufacturers, you have to get the barcodes from them to submit to Google. There is no other way around it.
What if you put in the UPC for a product from the box but Google still keeps defaulting to this missing GTIN data? I do not have GTIN data but do have 12 digit UPC it doesn't accept.
If your UPC is internationally recognised, it should work. The UPC value should be placed in the GTIN attribute. If your box (product) is a unique product of its own, it also needs its own barcode from the manufacturer that has sold it to you as a box product.
Thank you! Does the change applies retroactively to the products that had already been published on Shopify? Or for the previous one you have to change manually? I'm afraid it only applies to the new ones. Thank you for your reply
It does not matter if the products are new or existing, the changes should be applied in the same way. That is unless, you applied the changes with additional criteria differentiating between the existing and new products.
@@ClariceLin thank you very much for the reply. The problem is that I have applied the method that you have perfectly described; but the merchant center still says that I have to indicate the missing identifiers. So I am doing manually a flag on each product's page, on the merchant center, where it says "This is a one-of-a-kind or vintage product with no identifier". When I do that, the problem is fixed. Your advice and comments are more than welcome. Thank you.
Thanks for explaining worked perfectly !
Glad it helped!
Hello. Just starting to watch this video. I have been getting so frustrated with Google after they continuously suspend my account for 'misrepresentation' and they always flag my listings because they don't include the correct GTIN code... but I do have the correct GTIN code! It is so annoying for me as I spend hours every day trying to get my account and products back live on Google but they are preventing me from doing so, and customer service is terrible as well. I am almost giving up. Hopefully I can sort something out.
also i do not have a feed section in my google merchant centre :((
update* it turns out they had automatically switched me to 'Google Merchant Centre Next'. Now I have finally figured out how to switch back to 'Google Merchant Centre Classic' so I will try your techniques now.
Thank you so much. Its what i need it ❤
Great to hear!
Thank you so much Clarice! A mystery has been solved.
Thank you for such a great video. I import hand crafts from Mexico and my producers do not use GTIN. I followed video and hope the process will correct my identifier problem. In the future, I a product does have a GTIN, how do I change a single product to "True" while keeping the whole feed set to "False". Can you make a video on setting individual products? Thank you for videos!
Thank you, keep doing such work
Thank you!
This was perfectly explained Clarice, thank you! Xièxiè
Glad it was helpful!
its now show me there i have missing identifer so how i can add there ?
Thank you so much! This was so helpful
I did this and it resolved the error on the merchant center. But my Shopify account still says "You have products that aren't listed on google" while the google merchant account has zero issues to fix on any products. Do i need to worry about the error on shopify store?
As long as Google Merchant Account says there are zero issues, it means you are all good. The Shopify app has a bug on it so I wouldn't worry about it.
Great video! You are very good at explaining
Google has taken away the ability to add identifiers in Data Source. I'm not able to do this. Even on the new version.
Yes, you can add identifiers on the new version now. Previously it wasn't available. But Google has just updated the new version with this capability.
On the new version, you can edit one product at a time. Or if you want to apply the same rule in bulk, head to Data Sources > Click on the name of your API data source > Under Content API details > Select attribute rules and you can apply the same way I've stated in the video for the older version.
@ClariceLin ok thank you!
thank you so much this video help me a lot while I am struggling how many days ago I appreciate your help
Glad it helped!