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Rating Breakdown

  • 5
    73% (3,159 ratings)
  • 4
    9% (380 ratings)
  • 3
    3% (135 ratings)
  • 2
    2% (88 ratings)
  • 1
    13% (567 ratings)

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  • 66% (2,838)
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1 / 5 Share

June 27, 2022

Tenia mi cuenta Google ADS pero cuando instale esta aplicacion dejo de funcionar la cuenta de google que había tenido por años y que me generaba muchas ventas, tube que desinstalarla y todavia dice que tengo un software dañoso. Nada que hacer... muy decepcionado

Using app

About 2 years

Total reviews

16

Average rating

3.8

1 / 5 Share

June 24, 2022

I have also gotten zero results from this app. If someone can follow up with me via email that would be awesome. I don't think I have anything left to fix, but am not getting results. Thanks

Using app

10 months

Total reviews

4

Average rating

3.3

Developer Reply

Hi there, Thank you for taking the time to leave a review for our app. My name is William with the marketplaces team at Shopify and I'll take a look over your store and follow up with a direct email to ensure that we can discuss the account specific details. We definitely want to ensure the app works correctly for you so watch out for my email shortly. William | Marketplaces Support Specialist Shopify

1 / 5 Share

June 22, 2022

So for 18 month this app performed really well. impressions were decent and conversions were running at good levels. but then we dropped from average 80k impressions a month to 4k a month and the last 10 days zero. Cant get hold of google to resolve. It wont let me delete the campaign so I cant start a new one. you cant pause it and start a new one. all become a pointless exercise and waste of time.

Using app

Over 2 years

Total reviews

2

Average rating

3.0

Developer Reply

Hello there, Chris here from Shopify. Thanks for taking the time to submit your feedback. We're going to follow up with you over email to open up the lines of communication and see if we can address some of the issues you were having with the app. Chris | Shopify Marketplace Specialist

1 / 5 Share

June 17, 2022

This app is not working. Our product have been showing as pending for over 2 weeks. We have reached out to support many times to see how to fix the errors with no help. Is there a shopify expert that can help let us understand what the issue is? This is the worst marketing experience ever. We are loosing money trying to figure it out.

Using app

17 days

Total reviews

2

Average rating

3.0

Developer Reply

Hi there! Paola here with Shopify. Thank you for taking the time to tell us about your experience with our app. I completely understand your concern about your products being on a pending status for 2 weeks and I will be reaching out to you shortly through email so we can address that issue. I want to make sure you have all the tools to take the most out of the Google Channel app. I look forward to talking to you soon! Paola | Shopify Support

1 / 5 Share

June 16, 2022

This app is not working. I've had it installed for months and although it says 250+ products are listed, none of them show up in the Google shopping tab. When I go into the edit page on Shopify for my products, it's difficult to actually fix many of the problems that Google apparently has with my listings. But even if I add size, category, GTINs, etc. The listings are still no where to be seen.

Using app

About 2 years

Total reviews

1

Average rating

1.0

Developer Reply

Hey there, Thomas here from Shopify. Thank you for taking the time to provide feedback. We definitely want to make sure that you get the support you need regarding the issues you are facing with the Google Channel. I'll be sending an email out to you shortly to open a line of communication to see how I can help. Thomas | Shopify

1 / 5 Share

June 14, 2022

I used the application to connect with my Google channel but it doesn't send correctly the product feed to google merchant center when my products have variants, it appears error in all my products "Product availability needs to match your product landing page." and I can't create ads. I have invested many hours in reviewing the products without being able to publish them. I'm sorry but it doesn't work for me.

Using app

About 1 month

Total reviews

4

Average rating

3.8

Developer Reply

Hi there, Vance here from Shopify. Thanks for taking the time to submit your feedback. I'm sorry to hear that you're having trouble publishing products. I've followed up with you over email to open up the lines of communication and to offer further support. Vance | Shopify

1 / 5 Share

June 12, 2022

This app will break the sales tax calculations in the product feed, by overwriting your Google Merchant Center sales tax settings. Once broken, Google will send you a warning of account suspension for incorrect sales tax calculations. (Long story short: it will not apply sales tax to shipping for states where that's required, no matter what you do to force it.) Shopify support will not help you, and they will spend 2 weeks trying to convince you that it's your fault. It's not, their app has a bug which they refuse to fix or acknowledge. Multiple threads on the Shopify community boards will confirm this. I used the app "Multiple Google Shopping Feeds" instead and it worked right away. Save yourself and do not use Shopify's Google channel app.

Using app

Almost 2 years

Total reviews

4

Average rating

4.0

Developer Reply

Hey there, Vance here from Shopify. Thanks for providing feedback. We're sorry to hear that you faced sales tax issues when using the Google channel. We definitely want to make sure that you get the support you need. I'll be sending an email out to you shortly to open a line of communication to see if I can be of further assistance. Vance | Shopify

2 / 5 Share

June 10, 2022

Using this app has increased traffic to my website but has done nothing for sales. The problem is that google has only one classification of "sarees and lehengas" in their list for all the millions of varieties of sarees that are available in India. I doubt if they can match a search query to the product at all

Using app

Over 3 years

Total reviews

2

Average rating

3.5

Developer Reply

Hi there, Vance here from Shopify. Thanks for taking the time to submit your feedback. I'm sorry to hear that Google's classifications for products are limited. I've followed up with you over email to open up the lines of communication to discuss any of your concerns further. Vance | Shopify

1 / 5 Share

June 8, 2022

Not a good app for stores with many products. We have more than 10,000 products and were constantly fighting with Google over their numerous automated error alerts. We were threatened several times by Google of removing us from the index all-together. We no longer advertise on Google and don't bother with Google shopping anymore. Shopify is far more flexible with their data requirements than Google is, and so it is far too much work to get every single item to comply with Google. Save yourself a lot of grief and don't install this app.

Using app

About 3 years

Total reviews

3

Average rating

3.7

Developer Reply

Hi there, Nate here from Shopify. Thank you for sharing your feedback regarding your experience with the Google channel app. We're sorry to hear that you ran into issues with Google's policies, while Google is responsible for approving products, we can help to ensure that your products are meeting their requirements. I'll be sending an email out to open up the lines of communication and help where I can. - Nate | Shopify

1 / 5 Share

June 6, 2022

the app is terrible. it does not update all fields correctly, google is threatening to suspend our account because pricing and GTIN are not being updated. we tried to push our own manual feed, but this can't be a solution, as the APP should automate and send the information correctly to Google. It is literally built by Google and Shopify. How difficult is it to make it work correctly and send all of the information?

Using app

Over 3 years

Total reviews

8

Average rating

4.5

Developer Reply

Hey there, Charlotte here from Shopify. Thank you for taking the time to provide feedback. We definitely want to make sure that you get the support you need regarding the issues you are facing with the Google Channel. I'll be sending an email out to you shortly to open a line of communication to see how I can help. Charlotte | Shopify

1 / 5 Share

May 27, 2022

This app is broken. Bar codes are not not being assigned to the GTIN. Only allows editing feed data via also broken Shopify bulk editor

Using app

About 2 months

Total reviews

2

Average rating

2.5

Developer Reply

Hey there, John here from Shopify. Thank you for taking the time to share your review of the Google Channel with us. Your feedback is extremely valuable. I'm sorry to hear of the struggles you are facing with assigning your GTINs to products. I'm going to look into this further and follow up with you in an email to open up the lines of communication here and see if we can address some of these concerns. John | Shopify

1 / 5 Share

May 23, 2022

Broken after Google changed Merchant Centre data feed specification... https://support.google.com/merchants/answer/11905642?hl=en-GB In particular Shopify not delivering country sub-attribute... Provide delivery country sub-attribute: When providing the delivery [shipping] attribute, you now need to provide the country [country] sub-attribute to ensure that delivery prices are accurate. Item-level warnings ('Missing sub-attribute [country (sub-attribute of [shipping])]') have already been issued in the Diagnostics page to help merchants identify affected products and will move to errors starting today. This has resulted in none of our products being listed. Shopify please update ASAP

Using app

Over 2 years

Total reviews

4

Average rating

4.0

Developer Reply

Hey there, Chris here from Shopify. Thank you for taking the time to share your review of the Google Channel with us. Your feedback is extremely valuable. I'm sorry to hear of the struggles you are facing with your data feed. I'm going to look into this further and follow up with you in an email to open up the lines of communication here and see if we can address some of these concerns. Chris | Shopify

1 / 5 Share

May 23, 2022

I don't know how Shopify doesn't step into to help as this situation is ridiculous and we have no alternative and the lowest tier of support from Google. Their AI bot randomly flags products that don't violate their TOS. Items that's I've spend 10s of thousands of dollars advertising with no issue previously. The employees aren't able to override the bots and tell me to "use a work around" with a new productID... Oh, ok, let me just reset all the feedback and SEO to POTENTIALLY comply with your overlord bots. This is the suggestion/response that I get each time I reach out: Thank you for contacting Shopping support regarding your Merchant Center account: [XXXX]. I hope you are doing great. I have checked the account and found that 2 items are disapproved due to Violation of Shopping ads policy. We use automated systems to identify items that violate our policies. These checks are applied to all items for all merchants. I would request you to attempt a potential workaround for this as below: You may change to a new title and description with more generic terms. You can try to mimic other Merchant's items description and title. In my experience, some Merchants have success with submitting the disapproved products with a brand new item ID and description. This will allow the system to re-scan the item upon re-upload, which could potentially lead to approval. Note: Once, the information has update, re-upload the feed, as to refresh the product in Merchant Center. It may take up to 3 business days to complete the review. Items that are approved as the result of a review will be eligible to serve on Google Shopping within 24 hours. Here are some problematic offers: -offer_id: shopify_US_4181554954342_XXXXX -offer_id: shopify_US_7693148356866_XXXXX Please refer to the article for more information. I hope this information helps. Should you have further questions regarding the same, feel free to contact us via email support. You can also provide us with the best contact number & preferred timings to reach you if any further help is required. Thank you for choosing Shopping Ads Customer Support. We appreciate your relationship with us. Can you imagine treating any customer like this? I'd challenge you to name a customer service situation that is more ridiculous.

Using app

Almost 3 years

Total reviews

12

Average rating

4.5

Developer Reply

Hey there, Charlotte here from Shopify. Thank you for taking the time to provide feedback on your experience. We definitely want to make sure that you get the support you need regarding the issues you are facing with the Google Channel. It looks like you shared an email sent by Google's Support team, is that right? Although Google is responsible for all product reviews and approvals, I'll be sending an email out to you shortly to open a line of communication to see how I can help. Charlotte | Shopify

1 / 5 Share

May 22, 2022

That app has gone from average to bad. This is because recent updates make the bulk editor unusable if you have more than 1500 products. You cannot change the width of the columns, cannot filter and if the webpage times out you have to start from page one again. I have 162 pages of products so this is very frustrating. As such I am forced to pay money for a 3rd party app ( I am using 'Feed For Google Shopping' by Simprosys InfoMedia) so I don't waste or lose money with my google shopping campaign. I have advised Shopify Support of my issues and they said it was a caching issue with my browser...

Using app

8 months

Total reviews

5

Average rating

4.2

2 / 5 Share

June 1, 2022

I have been using this app for nearly three years. There has recently, not sure how recent, been an update to the Google Shopping app that has changed to bulk editor. This change has not only increased the time to make bulk changes with an infinite scroll, but also while loosing some flexibility in the interface. Additionally, I noticed that a lot of my product attributes have been automatically changed without my consent. All of my apparel now says "infant" and all the genders on my clothing were switched to "Male". What a terrible experience. I will now spend hours correcting all this data. In addition to hours more spending on adding new items. Stop the infinite scrolling, bring back the page numbers for starters. It is too much data to compute with larger catalogs. Update on 6/1: This has been awful. The Shopify team reached out to me after my review, and after I spent over 24 hours of continuous work on my Google Merchant Center fields, to state they "fixed" the problems with the attributes shifting from Adult to Infant, and the Genders switching to Male. Their "fix" reverted all of my hard work back to its broken state of Male and Infant. I spent HOURS of my life changing them back to the right age group and genders. This has been terrible. Since I have highlighted this issue, their support staff has not responded to any of my follow-up. It's like they made my life more difficult and just forget about my business. Which has had an impact on sales due to this problem.

Using app

About 2 years

Total reviews

6

Average rating

3.3

1 / 5 Share

May 18, 2022

Diese App verursacht schwerwiegende Probleme bei den Artikeldaten, so dass sämtliche Artikel von Google abgelehnt werden. Dies hat zur Folge, dass das Merchants Konto suspendiert wurde.

Store

Oskari

Using app

5 days

Total reviews

4

Average rating

3.3

1 / 5 Share

May 9, 2022

very bad experience. Not approving my product. It keeps showing pending. I made all changes but still not approved.

Using app

Over 2 years

Total reviews

3

Average rating

3.3

Developer Reply

Hey there, Jason here from Shopify. Thank you for taking the time to share your review of the Google Channel with us. Your feedback is extremely valuable. I'm sorry to hear of the struggles you are facing getting your products approved. I'm going to look into this further and follow up with you in an email to open up the lines of communication here and see if we can address some of these concerns. Jason | Shopify

3 / 5 Share

May 8, 2022

Hi, I need help, the GTIN of my thousands of products are not recognized, and consequently since a few days, no products can be active on google shopping, could someone please help me urgently, I will then update the review. Best regards

Using app

Almost 3 years

Total reviews

15

Average rating

4.9

Developer Reply

Hey there, Jason here from Shopify. Thank you for taking the time to share your review of the Google Channel with us. Your feedback is extremely valuable. I'm sorry to hear of the struggles you are facing with the GTINs not being recognized on your products. I'm going to look into this further and follow up with you in an email to open up the lines of communication here and see if we can address these concerns. Jason | Shopify

1 / 5 Share

April 29, 2022

Broken after Google changed Merchant Centre data feed specification... https://support.google.com/merchants/answer/11905642?hl=en-GB In particular Shopify not delivering country sub-attribute... Provide delivery country sub-attribute: When providing the delivery [shipping] attribute, you now need to provide the country [country] sub-attribute to ensure that delivery prices are accurate. Item-level warnings ('Missing sub-attribute [country (sub-attribute of [shipping])]') have already been issued in the Diagnostics page to help merchants identify affected products and will move to errors starting today. This has resulted in none of our products being listed. Shopify please update ASAP

Using app

5 months

Total reviews

2

Average rating

3.0

Developer Reply

Hi there, My name is William a support specialist with the Marketplaces team at Shopify. Thank you for taking the time to review our app and I would definitely like to get this issue resolved for you. Since it is specific to the item attributes in your store I'll reach out to you directly with some advice for how to proceed, please look out for my email. William | Marketplaces Support Specialist Shopify

1 / 5 Share

April 21, 2022

This app is simply a disaster. One and the only reason I had it installed in the first place was to use it as a feed to Merchant Centre. I've never tried to use it for the actual campaigns due to the numerous horror stories related to the rapid cleaning of account balances without any results or control over the campaigns. Once I started to seriously use the data provided by the feed I discovered that the app has been has been stripped of the customisation functions necessary to use it properly as a functioning feed. BTW If you're brave enough to run any campaigns on it, good luck since the data necessary to optimise them is not there. Moreover, if you're trying to get any support Shopify will send you to Google and Google will send you back to Shopify, at the end of the day Shopify will say that you should get some other paid apps to get it to work.

Using app

Over 1 year

Total reviews

6

Average rating

3.7

Developer Reply

Hi there, Thank you for your feedback regarding the channel and how we can improve the features of the smart shopping campaign included in the app. Feedback regarding missing features can be passed to the development team but I wanted to reach out to see if we can improve your experience with the everyday functions of the app such as the sync to Google merchant center. I'm going to send you an email followup to discuss the account specific details. William | Marketplaces Support Specialist Shopify