Google Shopping feed integration

Integrating your store with Price2Spy – using Google Shopping feed

Supported Google Shopping feed version: Google does not publish the versions of feed XML. However, we have tested Price2Spy with various formats, dating from 2011 onwards, and they all worked fine. Of course, if you encounter any problems with importing products into Price2Spy using Google Shopping feed, do let us know.

Moreover, Google Shopping Feed is supported by many other Price Comparison websites and eCommerce platforms. So, even if you’re not listed or bidding on Google Shopping, you can still use your Google Shopping feed if you’re focused on certain Price Comparison sites and eCommerce platforms.

Here is a full list of Price Comparison websites and eCommerce platforms supporting Google Shopping feed which you can link to your Price2Spy account.

Steps to be performed on your store

Please check Google’s instructions on how to establish a Google Shopping product feed: https://support.google.com/merchants/answer/188494?hl=en

If you’ve followed the instructions from Google’s page, all you need to do is to have the URL of your store’s Google Shopping product feed handy – you’ll need it in the next step, which needs to be performed in your Price2Spy account.

Steps to be performed in Price2Spy

Please login to your Price2Spy account and do the following:

Click Misc => Link My Store

1. 1. 1. Click the GoogleShopping Feed button, then click the Next button
    2. Choose the way we should access your feed:
      1. HTTP(S): Choose this option if your feed is at a publicly available URL – you must provide a URL where we can find your complete Product data feed. For example:https://www.mystore.com/index.php?route=feed/google_base
      2. HTTP(S) – password-protected: – this option if your feed is password protected
      3. FTP – Choose this option if your feed can be accessed via FTP
    3. Fill in the feed URL: https://www.mystore.com/index.php?route=feed/google_base (each store will have its own URL here – this is the URL where Google picks up your product feed)
    4. (Please be patient: depending on your store size and your server speed, it may take the 30s or so to read your feed

Select categories (or leave default = all) from which the products should be copied
Click Check to see how many products are contained in the above categories, click Next

Finalizing operation details
1. Name your operation (for example Google Feed | LINK)
2. Define execution frequency (default = 1 day)
3. (Optional) Define the start/end date for the operation (leave blank if you’d like the operation to be executed every day until further notice)
4. Choose whether you want to be notified by email on each operation execution (default = OFF)
5. Click ‘Do it now‘ if you want the products to be copied immediately (otherwise, the operation will be done according to the daily schedule)
6. Define price check frequency(of the products created via Link My Store Operation)
Click Finish. Once your products have been linked from your Google feed, you’ll see them in your Price2Spy account

Common confusions in creating Google Feed

If you create a feed in CSV or TXT form, as a delimiter for fields you must use TAB ( )
If you create a feed in XML form you must follow instructions from the official Google Merchant Center Help sites. Which you can find on the following link https://support.google.com/merchants/answer/7052112?hl=en&visit_id=637858885613563878-922981647&rd=1
The most common errors that lead to unsuccessful execution of EI are syntax errors that occur during the creation of the XML document itself
- An example of one of the most common mistakes is the inadequate creation of XML fields for Google Feed.
Examples of correct:
- <g:title>Name Of Product</g:title> – In this case EI will recognize this field as NAME and will create product
- Example of a correct URL path: https://www.price2spy.com/…/p2sGoogleFeed
Examples of incorrect:
- -<title>Name Of Product</title> – In this case, EI won’t recognize this field as NAME and that will cause FAIL.
- Example of incorrect URL path: https://www.price2spy.com