Google Shopping Account Integration

Overview

In this article, you will learn how to integrate Google Shopping into your Sellercloud account. This will allow you to post products, manage listings, and enable automatic updates.

Prerequisites

To sell on Google, you must first Register and Set Up a Google Merchant Center account. If you have an account, log in to the Google Merchant Center, and then:

1. Copy your Merchant ID on the top right and save it somewhere for later. This is the unique numeric code assigned to you when you set up your payments profile.
   
   

2. If you haven’t completed your Google Merchant Center onboarding yet, make sure to complete it now. For help, you can:

   1. Contact Google’s Support Team for assistance (recommended).

   2. Check Google’s Onboarding Guide.

3. Create a Supplemental Feed (in the classic user interface):

   1. Select Products on the left.

   2. Select the Feeds section.

   3. Click Add supplemental feed.

   4. Enter a Name and choose Content API for the input method.

   5. Click Continue.

   6. Do not check anything on the Add to primary feeds page; just click Create feed.

   
   
   
   
   
   
   

4. Click the feed’s name, copy the Feed ID, and save it somewhere for later.
   
   

Next, contact Sellercloud Support to ensure that:

• The service GoogleOrderServices is enabled on your server.

• The AppSetting GoogleExpressContentAPIVersionForInventory is set to v2.1

Integrate Google Shopping

To integrate your Google Shopping account into Sellercloud:

1. Go to Company Settings.

2. Click Toolbox and select Channels > Google Shopping > General Settings.

3. Click the Edit button.
   
   

4. Check Google Shopping Enabled in the Credentials panel.

5. Enter the merchant ID you saved earlier into the Merchant ID field.

6. Enter the feed ID you saved earlier into the Supplemental Feed ID field.

7. Click Actions and select Fetch Token to populate the Auth Token field. The token lasts for 60 minutes but auto-refreshes hourly after the initial authorization.

8. Check Enable Order download, Enable Inventory Upload, and Enable Tracking Upload.

9. Click Save.

Optionally, you can configure the rest of the settings on this page. To learn what each setting does, see the next section of this article.

General Settings and Actions

You can configure the following settings on the Google Shopping > General Settings page:

SETTING	DESCRIPTION
CREDENTIALS
Google Shopping Enabled	Enables the Google Shopping integration.
Merchant ID	Enter your merchant ID from Google Shopping.
Auth Token	Filled in automatically after authentication with the Fetch Token action.
Refresh Token	Filled in automatically after authentication with the Refresh Token action.
Supplemental Feed ID	Enter your supplemental feed ID from Google Shopping.
Token Received On	Filled in automatically after authentication.
Token Expires On	Filled in automatically after authentication.
OPTIONS
You can override these options per product on the Google Shopping Properties page.
Safety Qty	Sets the default Safety Quantity for products on Google Shopping.
Default Qty	Sets a default number of Replenishable Products that will always be available on the channel.
Default Max Handling Time	Sets a default maximum time from order placement to shipment.
Default Min Handling Time	Sets a default minimum time from order placement to shipment.
CONTROLS
Enable Order Download	Automatically download Google Shopping orders to Sellercloud.
Enable Inventory Upload	Automatically upload inventory information from Sellercloud to Google Shopping.
Enable Tracking Upload	Automatically upload tracking information from Sellercloud to Google Shopping.
Enable Auto Acknowledge Orders	Automatically send order acknowledgment from Sellercloud to Google Shopping after downloading orders.
Enable Order Return Download	Automatically download returned Google Shopping orders to Sellercloud.
Use Product Website URL For Product Posting When Required	Enable to use the URL from the Redirect URL option (no longer available for new setups) in the Credentials section for product posting when required.
Enable Always Send In Stock For Availability	Enable to always show products as In Stock, even when there’s no available inventory in Sellercloud. Disable to list products as Out of Stock when there’s no available inventory.

In addition, you can access the following options by clicking the Actions button:

ACTION	DESCRIPTION
Fetch Token	Authenticate and grant Sellercloud permission to access your Google account.
Refresh Token	Manually refresh the authentication token.
Download Orders	Manually download orders from Google Shopping to Sellercloud.
Test Credentials	Verify your Google Shopping credentials.
Link SellerCloud to Google Shopping	Authenticate a developer account.

Next Steps

After enabling the integration, the next step is to set up products and product settings:

1. On the Google Shopping > General Settings page, you can configure the default Safety Qty, Default Qty, Default Max Handling Time, and Default Min Handling Time settings for all products.
   
   

2. You can override the default settings on the product level, set up properties, and take product-related actions on the Google Shopping Properties page.

3. Create a Shipping Template.

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