Google & YouTube
Drive sales with the Google & YouTube app on Shopify
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Aug. 19, 2022
My account has been rejected since I opened the store. It tells me that I haven't added contact details and they are in the footer menu. I'm fed up. I don't know what else to do
Hi there, William here from Shopify support, thank you for taking the time to leave a review for our Google channel. I see that you've had some trouble getting through the setup and onboarding, I'll reach out to you to discuss the account specific details of your request and I hope that you'll be able to use the app without trouble. William | Marketplaces Support Specialist Shopify
Aug. 17, 2022
I can't even connect the app to try it out. I keep getting "Error 400: invalid_request Account restricted" If you’re the app developer, make sure that these request details comply with Google policies. access_type: offline openid.realm: origin: https://google-shopping.shopifycloud.com response_type: code permission id_token redirect_uri: storagerelay://https/google-shopping.shopifycloud.com?id=auth705803 ss_domain: https://google-shopping.shopifycloud.com prompt: consent include_granted_scopes: true client_id: 407182546550-jursbltk3ek1batrdhns9pojkpnv63ke.apps.googleusercontent.com gsiwebsdk: 2 scope: openid https://www.googleapis.com/auth/userinfo.profile https://www.googleapis.com/auth/userinfo.email https://www.googleapis.com/auth/siteverification https://www.googleapis.com/auth/content https://www.googleapis.com/auth/adwords https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtube.third-party-link.creator https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtube.readonly
Hi there! Paola here with Shopify! Thank you for taking the time to tell us about your experience with the Google Channel app. I completely understand where you are coming from and I will be reaching out to you shortly so we can troubleshoot what is happening on your end. I want to make sure you have all the necessary tools to try out and take the most out of the Google Channel app. I look forward to chatting with you! Paola | Shopify Support
Aug. 16, 2022
Great attempt, but something's broken. Our store says: "78 products didn’t publish to Google. View these products to see why." So I go to products and they say: "GTIN is required for this product". But our products DO have GTINs (UPCs) - they are LPs and CDs. All correctly entered in the barcode/GTIN box in our product page. A basic field that Google doesn't pick up from Shopify! Looking forward to it getting fixed....?
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
Aug. 15, 2022
My goal was connecting YouTube shopping as our videos are the #1 source of conversion. This App is extremely frustrating. Forced me to create a new Merchant Center account rather than feed to our existing account which has worked perfectly for years. This shut down my Google Ad campaigns for a week while waiting for approval of products and various errors to patch up. Finally all connected, new Merchant Center is up and running. STILL CANNOT GET YOUTUBE TO PICKUP OUR PRODUCTS! I lost a significant amount of revenue in this transition, and it seems like Shopify isn't providing any support. There should be a litany of troubleshooting videos. Very disappointed.
Hi there, Ashley here from Shopify support. I'm happy that you were able to get this issue resolved. I completely understand your frustration with the lack of available merchant facing resources such as troubleshooting videos and will be sure to pass this valuable feedback along to the team so that they can work towards a smoother onboarding experience. Ashley | Shopify
Aug. 15, 2022
It's been about three weeks now of attempting to connect Shopify to my monetized YouTube channel and after multiple interactions with reps, it's starting to become clear this app just is NOT compatible with YouTube brand accounts (which no one actually knows for sure or not). If that's the case, I'd say this function is pretty useless considering majority of channels use/migrated to brand accounts!
Hi there, Ashley here from Shopify support, thank you for taking the time to install and use Google channel on your store and leave a review. I understand that you are experiencing an issue with setting up the YouTube section of the channel. I'm going to follow up with you over email to open up the lines of communication and see how we can provide support for you on this. Ashley | Shopify
Aug. 12, 2022
Absolutely useless if you have PRODUCT VARIANTS. This app ignores them totally. Very disappointing!!
Aug. 11, 2022
They have suspended my account for 'suspicious payment activity' but I only just opened it. They are also refusing my products for no reason.
Aug. 9, 2022
It's still crazy that an application developed by Shopify does not work. I installed this application and when connecting my Google account I got an error: Error 400: invalid_request
Hi there, Nate here from Shopify. Thank you for sharing your feedback regarding your experience with the Google channel app. We definitely want to make sure that you get the support you need regarding the issues you are facing with getting the channel installed. I'll be sending an email out to open up the lines of communication and help where I can. Nate | Shopify
Aug. 5, 2022
Horrible app and horrible support from youtube. Successfully set up shop only to have no visible merch shelf on my videos. They told me to disconnect shop and then reconnect, which has proven to be impossible.
Hi there, Charlotte here from Shopify support, thank you for taking the time to install and use Google channel on your store and leave a review. It sounds like you may be having an issue with setting up the Youtube section of the channel. I'm going to follow up with you over email to open up the lines of communication and see how we can provide support for you on this. Charlotte | Shopify
Aug. 5, 2022
Sadly I moved to Shopify to get this app working with my Youtube channel. Can't get it working it's terrible and my YouTube channel is for tech training. People have multiple youtube channels not just the main login.
Hi there, Charlotte here from Shopify support, thank you for taking the time to install and use Google channel on your store and leave a review. It sounds like you may be having an issue with setting up the Youtube section of the channel. I'm going to follow up with you over email to open up the lines of communication and see how we can provide support for you on this. Charlotte | Shopify
Aug. 3, 2022
So I attempted this morning to add this. Two issues. First, it created a brand new account under my main google merchant center login. This is not what I wanted. I am a trusted store, have local and Buy on Google set up under my other account. Why would I want to start from scratch. The other issue is that I have sub-accounts under my main google merchant center account. It allowed me to select from them, but didn't list the actual sub-account I needed to connect to. It only listed three of the four sub-accounts I have. I have no idea why it didn't list them all. We do live shows every month and have over 85,000 followers on Youtube. I think this could be awesome if you can help me to get it to work and I would change my review to 5 stars.
July 29, 2022
Having problems with this App. It tells us our account is suspended, but when we check with Google they say all is fine!
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 struggle you are facing with your account suspension. 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 this concern. Jason | Shopify
July 28, 2022
The youtube integration doesn't appear to work consistently. If a user has an ad-blocker or YouTube premium the shopping section does not show.
Hi there, Nate here from Shopify. Thank you for sharing your feedback regarding your experience with the YouTube integration in the Google channel app. 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 open up the lines of communication and help where I can. - Nate | Shopify
July 26, 2022
Quite a poor app at this stage, throws up GTIN errors when all products have codes, can't connect to youtube channel. So far causing a lot of issues
Hi there, Jackie here from Shopify support. Thank you for leaving your detailed feedback about the app, I'll reach out to you to discuss any specific issues that we can correct. Jackie | Support Specialist Shopify
July 30, 2022
Basically pure hell with shopify not integrating with google merchant center at all NOT THROUGH API, NOT THROUGH GOOGLE APP NOT THROUGH GOOGLE MERCHANT!!! SHOPIFY PROMOTES A GOOGLE APP- HERE https://apps.shopify.com/google?search_id=46852b99-4046-46df-a0ca-ae8160d0357b&surface_detail=GOOGLE&surface_inter_position=1&surface_intra_position=4&surface_type=search Its really just google merchant center but its broken and mine still is stuck on 5/7 items validated and will not approve any of my products. ( NOTHING AND IM MEAN NOTHING WORKS) I have all custom products, no GTIN no MPN but no matter what I do its still will not accept my products, even when I have done everything in the documentation here https://support.google.com/merchants/answer/160161 Ive done everything that I possibly can per the documentation to let google know its a custom product, I have even created custom meta fields, supplemental feeds etc., etc.. NOTHING WORKS. set it to false, no - nothing in the suggested documentation works. Someone else made a video not mine of course, however I feel his pain I have done all of whats in this video to no avail, This video explains what we are all going through with shopify not integrating with google merchant. and google and shopify passing the buck https://www.screencast.com/t/fHC13pVy Even when you go directly to google merchant and change the settings globally it still will not take which leads me to believe this is a shopify google marriage disaster and it DOESNT WORK! PLEASE REMOVE THE APP OR FIX IT!
Hello, Jackie 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. Jackie | Shopify
July 24, 2022
This app is almost infuriating. I have had API issues with it since installing it. I've disconnected and connected several times it fixes the issues for a day. I'm constantly getting errors for things like missing gtins when they're ALL there. It's really frustrating and Shopify doesn't take any responsibility for the issues. Google says it's the app, Shopify says it's Google.
Hello, Jackie 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. Jackie | Shopify
July 22, 2022
This app does not sync products with existing Google Merchant Accounts. Every single one of my items was marked "not approved". Then, to add insult to injury, my existing Google Merchant Account was suspended and the link within the Google Channel on Shopify to "Request Re-Review" sent me to a page within Google that never loads. It also appears that my Google Merchant Account shipping settings were somehow changed and then sent back to Shopify. Even though I only sell digital items (which require no shipping), my order notifications from Shopify now have an unnecessary and unwanted "Create Shipping Label" button. I have uninstalled the app and hopefully that cleans up all the problems because I don't want to waste any more time with this mess.
Hi there, William here from Shopify's marketplaces support team. We're sorry that you had a bad experience with the app. Digital goods often fall into unsupported shopping content for Google's policies. I'll send you a followup email to review exactly what happened with your store. William | Marketplaces Support Specialist Shopify
July 20, 2022
Have to give this one star. It's like Shopify isn't even trying here. As already mentioned GTIN does not work. Barcode filled in but you still have to manually go into the Google app and then select FALSE. If you have more then 50 skus this also might not even work for you and is extremely labor intensive if you have a lot of skus. Like many shopify apps that shopify themselves build, it sucks. Fairly certain it sucks on purpose so you purchase apps.
Hello! Paola here with Shopify! Thank you for taking the time to tell us about your experience with the Google Channel. I completely understand where you are coming from and I can definitely see how overwhelming it can be to edit over 50 products. I will be reaching out to you shortly with options that you can consider to enhance your experience. I look forward to chatting with you! Paola | Shopify Support
July 19, 2022
The main issue that we have is the GTIN missing issue, but apparently that's old news with the amount of reviews and the inability for the issue to be fixed. Either support doesn't have the authority to float this critical issue up, or there's a brick wall between Shopify and Google. Either way, not very reassuring. Through testing it has become pretty clear that either column for GTIN on the data being sent to GMC either has a bad naming convention or bad path way assignments as GMC will pull all other data but the UPC, which is on the data sheet going to GMC - it just gets read on the GMC side as a blank cell. The thing that is really irritating is that although we cant fix this ourselves, it cannot be that hard of a fix.
Hi there, Vance here from Shopify. We appreciate you taking the time to leave feedback for the Google channel app. I'm sending you an email to open the lines of communication and offer further support. Vance | Shopify
July 17, 2022
I could not even sign into my google acct to link this...it kept saying "Disable pop-up blocker" even after I did it still didn't work. It's stupid and infuriating!
Hi there, Cathal here from Shopify. We really appreciate you taking the time to leave a review. I will contact you by email shortly to see if we can help you get past this issue. Thanks again. Cathal | Shopify