Managing and editing your products

The “Products” page in Merchant Center provides detailed insights into product performance, visibility, and approval statuses. The ability to manage your products, data sources, and product labels enables merchants to effectively manage their product listing. This article explains how to manage your product data, add or remove products, and manage product labels.

On this page

• How to add products
• Editing and updating products
• Removing products one-by-one
• Managing your product data
• Organizing products with labels

How to add products

Add products from a data source

To efficiently manage a large inventory, you can add or update your product information in Merchant Center by uploading a data source. This method allows you to include all your product details in a file or spreadsheet, which you then upload and refresh, ensuring your product listings are always current and accurate.

1. In your Merchant Center account , go to Products .
2. Under “All products” click Add Products.
3. Select Add another product source.
4. Then choose the type of source that is being added and follow the in-product guidance.

Learn more about the ways you can add your product data .

Add products one-by-one

For sellers with a limited number of products, manually adding them one-by-one in Merchant Center is a straightforward option. This process involves entering each product's details directly into a user-friendly form within your Merchant Center account.

1. In your Merchant center account , go to Products .
2. Under “All products”, click Add Products.
3. Select Add products one-by-one.
4. Fill in all the details and click Save.

Learn more about adding products one-by-one .

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Editing and updating products

Add new products to or remove products from an existing source

To update products using an existing source, you need to edit the data directly in the source that you originally used (for example, your spreadsheet or file). To view a list of all your data sources, select the “Data sources” option in the settings menu that is available in the top right of Merchant under the account “Gear” icon, or navigate to the Products overview page and click the Manage product sources button to see the source for your products.

1. Determine the source used to upload the product by checking one of the following:

• “Source” column in the “All products” tab, which you can find by clicking Products in the left navigation menu.
• The “Product details” page, which you can find by clicking on a product title in the “All products” list.

2. Modify the data source (for example, your spreadsheet or file) by adding or removing the desired products.
3. After you've updated your source, return to the “All products” page or "Data sources" list and click the Updatebutton for the relevant source.
4. The changes made to your source data will then be reflected in your products in Merchant Center.

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Removing products one-by-one

1. In your Merchant center account , go to Products .
2. Under “All products” and filter the list to the product you would like to remove.
3. Click on the product “Title” to navigate to the Product details page and click on Delete productbutton, in the right side of the product page.

Managing your product data

Change the visibility of a product: Select the circle icon in the “Visibility” column. If the icon is green ​​, your product is showing on Google. If the icon is grayor red, the product isn’t showing on Google. Learn more about How visibility and status work .

Fix product issues: Some of your products may have issues relating to policy or due to missing or inaccurate product details. The “Needs attention” tab provides an overview of all issues. Learn more about the Needs attention tab .

Organizing products with labels

1. In your Merchant center account , go to Products under Your Business.
2. Under “All products” tab, click on the columns icon, and select Modify Columns. Select the “Labels” checkbox and click on the Applybutton.
3. For the product you want to update, click on the pencil iconshowing in the Label column. You can rename the label categories associated with each custom label. You can update values you’ve defined by clicking on the drop-down menu.

4. Fill in all the details and click Apply.

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FAQs

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