If you're serving in Austria, Germany, or Switzerland, you must alsosubmit an About page. For example, you might submit the following information to serve in the US and Germany:
Until this URL is verified, inventory verification cannot be requested. To see
the URL verification status, retrieve the account's LIA settings vialiasettings.getand check
the value of the associated status field:
Once the status associated with the URL changes toactive, the URL is
verified. If the status isinactive, then there are issues you must address
with your About page. Once you've addressed any issues, you can trigger a new
review by either updating your LIA
settings with the location of the About page, whether it is the same or has
changed.
On display to order and in-store order policy pages
If you want to use theon display to order(ODO)
feature, then you should also set that up on a per-country basis:
Note that the URL you provide for ODO must be verifiedbeforeyou request
inventory verification. The process for checking verification and/or requesting
another review of the policy URL in the case of issues follows the same flow as
the About page:
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Using the `liasettings` service, users can manage settings for local inventory ads (LIA). This involves specifying target countries via `liasettings.update` and submitting an \"About page\" URL for Austria, Germany, or Switzerland. The `liasettings.get` method allows checking the URL verification status. The \"on display to order\" (ODO) feature can be enabled per country with a verified policy URL.\n"],null,["# Configure target countries\n\nYou can manage LIA-related settings with the\n[`liasettings`](/shopping-content/reference/rest/v2.1/liasettings) service.\n\nCall [`liasettings.update`](/shopping-content/reference/rest/v2.1/liasettings/update) to specify the countries where you plan to serve local inventory ads. Here's an example: \n\n PUT https://shoppingcontent.googleapis.com/content/v2.1/12345/liasettings/67890\n {\n \"accountId\" : 67890,\n \"countrySettings\" : [{\n \"country\" : \"US\"\n }]\n }\n\nAbout pages\n-----------\n\nIf you're serving in Austria, Germany, or Switzerland, you must also [submit an About page](https://support.google.com/merchants/answer/7455784). For example, you might submit the following information to serve in the US and Germany: \n\n PUT https://shoppingcontent.googleapis.com/content/v2.1/12345/liasettings/67890\n {\n \"accountId\" : 67890,\n \"countrySettings\" : [{\n \"country\" : \"US\"\n },\n {\n \"country\" : \"DE\",\n \"about\" : {\n \"url\" : \"https://www.example.com/de/about\"\n }\n }]\n }\n\nUntil this URL is verified, inventory verification cannot be requested. To see\nthe URL verification status, retrieve the account's LIA settings via\n[`liasettings.get`](/shopping-content/reference/rest/v2.1/liasettings/get) and check\nthe value of the associated status field: \n\n GET https://shoppingcontent.googleapis.com/content/v2.1/12345/liasettings/67890\n\n Response:\n 200 OK\n {\n \"kind\": \"content#liaSettings\",\n \"accountId\" : 67890,\n \"countrySettings\" : [{\n \"country\" : \"US\"\n },\n {\n \"country\" : \"DE\",\n \"about\" : {\n \"url\" : \"https://www.example.com/de/about\",\n \"status\" : \"pending\"\n }\n }]\n }\n\nOnce the status associated with the URL changes to `active`, the URL is\nverified. If the status is `inactive`, then there are issues you must address\nwith your About page. Once you've addressed any issues, you can trigger a new\nreview by either updating your LIA\nsettings with the location of the About page, whether it is the same or has\nchanged.\n\nOn display to order and in-store order policy pages\n---------------------------------------------------\n\nIf you want to use the\n[on display to order](https://support.google.com/merchants/answer/7029575) (ODO)\nfeature, then you should also set that up on a per-country basis: \n\n PUT https://shoppingcontent.googleapis.com/content/v2.1/12345/liasettings/67890\n {\n \"accountId\" : 67890,\n \"countrySettings\" : [{\n \"country\" : \"US\",\n \"onDisplayToOrder\": {\n \"shippingCostPolicyUrl\" : \"https://www.example.com/inStoreOrderPolicy\"\n }\n }]\n }\n\nNote that the URL you provide for ODO must be verified *before* you request\ninventory verification. The process for checking verification and/or requesting\nanother review of the policy URL in the case of issues follows the same flow as\nthe About page: \n\n GET https://shoppingcontent.googleapis.com/content/v2.1/12345/liasettings/67890\n\n Response:\n 200 OK\n {\n \"kind\": \"content#liaSettings\",\n \"accountId\" : 67890,\n \"countrySettings\" : [{\n \"country\" : \"US\",\n \"onDisplayToOrder\": {\n \"shippingCostPolicyUrl\" : \"https://www.example.com/inStoreOrderPolicy\",\n \"status\" : \"pending\"\n }\n }]\n }"]]
