Show your products for free on Google

For eligible stores, products synced to Merchant Center using the Google & YouTube app on Shopify can appear across Google for free.

If you already use the Google & YouTube app on Shopify to sync products to Merchant Center, then you can confirm that your product data source is opted in to show on surfaces across Google for free. You can choose any Comparison Shopping Service via the CSS dashboard available in your Merchant Center.

If you're new to the Google & YouTube app on Shopify, then you need to set up the app to sync your products with Google Merchant Center .

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On this page

• How it works
• Supported countries and regions
• Confirm that your product data source is opted in to show on free listings

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How it works

When you use the Google & YouTube app on Shopify, you’re automatically opted in to show products from your Shopify store for free on surfaces across Google , such as on the Shopping tab, YouTube, Google Search (.com), Google Images, and Google Lens.

Use the following guidance to help you optimize your product information:

• Make sure that your product and store information is descriptive and up to date.
• Add high-quality images to your products.
• Optimize your product titles and descriptions by including keywords that customers use in searches.
• Add relevant product data, such as size or gender, to improve the chance that customers can find your products.
• Add a product type to your products up to at least 3 levels. Learn more about Product type .

If you're new to online selling, then it might take time before your products appear in relevant search results.

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Supported countries and regions

You can list your products for free on Google in the following countries and regions:

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Confirm that your product data source is opted in to show on free listings

For your synced products to be eligible to show for free on Google, your store needs to sell in a supported country or region. Additionally, the method that you used to create your Merchant Center account determines whether your product data source is automatically opted in to show on free listings:

• If you created your Merchant Center account by using the Google & YouTube app on Shopify and your store meets eligibility requirements, then your approved products can automatically start appearing on the Shopping tab in relevant search results.
• If you created your Merchant Center account outside of Shopify, then you need to use Merchant Center to confirm whether your products can appear on the Shopping tab in relevant search results.

Opting a product data source out of showing on free listings

If you'd like to exclude a product data source from a particular destination after configuring your account:

In your Merchant Center account , click Settingsin the left navigation menu.

Select Data sources.

Under the “Product sources” tab, select a product data source.

Select the Data source setuptab and click on the pencil iconnext to the “Marketing methods” field.

Select which marketing method you’d like to add or remove for products of a selected data source.

Click Save. The products of that data source are now able to be shown on Google according to the saved marketing methods.