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Just after installation, account suspended for misrepresentation. Now 14 days in and repeated calls with promises of call back .... still nothing and our competitors now have a serious edge =(.
Hi there, Charlotte here from Shopify. Thank you for sharing your feedback regarding your experience with the Google channel app. I am sorry to hear that Google suspended your account due to misrepresentation. Unfortunately we do not have control over Google's policies, and how they interpret suspensions such as these. I'll be following up with an email to open up the lines of communication to see if there is anything I can do to assist you. - Charlotte | Shopify
I used this app and shortly after my Google My Business profile was suspended. The only thing that changed was using this app. We've had no problems since 2014. Google won't tell me what their problem is now. Awful customer service. We're a brick and mortar bookshop and absolutely qualify. I can only assume this app is to blame. I would avoid it like the plague.
Hi there, Charlotte here from Shopify. Thank you for sharing your feedback regarding your experience with the Google channel app. The Google Channel is used to sync product information to your Google Merchant Centre and Google Ads accounts. The channel does not have an association with the Google My Business part of Google's platform, and we do not sync any data to those account types. I'll be following up with an email to open up the lines of communication to see if there is anything I can do to assist you. - Charlotte | Shopify
Useless product, doesn't do anything nor allows to publish your products on to google... It could have been very helpful if it worked though, what a shame!
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 challenges you're running into with getting products published to your Google Merchant Center account. I'll be following up with an email to open up the lines of communication and help where I can. - Nate | Shopify
Using this app is a disaster. It is not known why this application is used added Google Adwords code incorrectly n . This caused huge problems for Google ADs when tracking conversions!! It took me a long time, and I eventually had to uninstall it, to figure out how to fix it. NOTE: If you have to use this addon to connect Shopify to Google GMC, be sure to check every step and keep an eye on it. At least for a while after it's configured until you're sure it's working properly. Otherwise, you'll have to do it all over again from scratch as I did.
Hi there! Markus here with Shopify! Thank you for taking your time to leave us a review. Not working Google Ads conversions can be frustrating although the code should be automatically correctly inserted, and you should not have this issue. I will be reaching out to you via email shortly with more details on what can be done in this scenario. I want to make sure you can take full advantage of our app for your business. I look forward to a helpful conversion with you. Markus | Shopify Support
This stopped working correctly. No longer connects to the Merchant account with a Verified domain if you have an advanced Merchant account. Feeds go to the wrong account. Creating a merchant account creates a new ID as a top-level account and you can't delete them from the Google merchant admin panel, even when logged in as an admin.
Hi there, Nate here from Shopify. Thank you for sharing your feedback regarding your experience with the Google channel app. I'm sorry to hear about the challenges that you have run into while getting the Google channel set up. I'll be sending an email out to open up the lines of communication and help where I can. - Nate | Shopify
Got my account suspended due to misrepresentation. The feed is not transferring the right information always, I got the sale price instead of the regular one as an example, many problems and missing information regarding the brand and GTIN although I have all the information in the product page. The app does not help at all.
Hi there! Paola here with Shopify! Thank you for taking your time to leave us a review. Misrepresentation suspensions can be frustrating and, although Google does not share further information with us, I will be reaching out to you via email shortly with more details on what can be done in this scenario. I want to make sure you can take full advantage of our app for your business. I look forward to speaking with you. Paola | Shopify Support
What a shitty app.... Account got suspended and banned it because of shopify. Now I contacted google and got it lifted but then it STILL doesnt give a good feed.... Very bad app and please fix this, its crucial!!
Hi there, Nate here from Shopify. Thank you for sharing your feedback regarding your experience with the Google channel app. I'm sorry to hear about the challenges that you ran into. While Google is fully responsible for lifting account suspensions, I'll be sending an email out to open up the lines of communication and help where I can. - Nate | Shopify
I completely see why people leave low ratings on this app. I just set it up and my account was suspended. When I contacted Shopify, they told me to call Google. I call Google, they ask me for a 10 digit number but I only have a 9 digit number and the automated system deleted me. I am so frustrated with both Shopify and Google honestly!
Hi there, Nate here from Shopify. Thank you for sharing your feedback regarding your experience with the Google channel app. Although Google would be responsible for lifting the suspension on your account, I'll be reaching out by email to open up the lines of communication and help where I can. - Nate | Shopify
Google somehow managed to make more products out of the variants we have on our website and subsequently suspended our account. I should have taken the other reviews seriously.
Hey there, Thank you for taking your time to provide us feedback about our app. I completely understand that having your Google account suspended can be a frustrating experience. Although Shopify does not have a hand in lifting a suspension from Google's end, I am happy to help you based on my experience. I will be reaching out to you through email shortly. I look forward to speaking to you. Paola | Shopify Support
A complete waste of time. Countless hours, e-mails, and phone calls with Shopify and Google Ad support. This app has caused my Merchant Account to be suspended, fed incorrect data about my products to Google, and as a result, I am not able to run ads. DO NOT INSTALL THIS APP, please. Just don't do it. It will cost you thousands of dollars in lost sales.
Hi there, William here from the marketplaces support team at Shopify. We appreciate the feedback you've provided for our app and will pass these challenges onto our development team for review. I'll also personally email you to followup regarding the account specific details you've mentioned. William | Marketplaces Support Specialist Shopify
If you sell services, this app is COMPLETELY useless, since Google will suspend your account. They do not let you sell services! Such a waste of my time to set this up, and then get suspended. Shopify must inform us, service sellers, before putting us through all that nonsense. Now the problem is how to get rid of all the garbage code that slows my store.
Hey there, Thanks for taking the time to leave a review! I totally understand that you'd like for services to be approved by Google - there could be a few different reasons for a Google Merchant Center account to be suspended, I'd be happy to investigate further with you. I'll shortly email you to gather some more context about the issues and I look forward to getting this figured out at the earliest! Chat soon! Mario | Shopify Support Specialist
Back in November, immediately after connecting this app, our Google Ads account was suspended for "violating the "Circumventing Systems Policy." As of February 20, our account is still suspended, even though we submitted an appeal and Google said they would reply within 5 business days. DO NOT INSTALL THIS APP Update (April 27): our Google account, including Ads, is still suspended. We have received no correspondence from Google, even though they said they would review our appeal back in November.
Hi there, My name is Ashley from Shopify support. Thank you for taking the time to review our app. Your feedback is extremely valuable. I'm sorry to hear about the issues you are facing with Google. I'm going to follow up with you in an email and see where I can help. Ashley | Shopify Support Specialist
Google is the absolute worst partner for any business owner on shopify. You will set up your account and in the process get suspended. Why? They won't tell you but they will refer you to their help articles. You will "Click to Fix" and nothing get fixed. The worst experience, multiple ties on multiple stores. Never again.
Hi there, Nataly here from Shopify. Thank you for providing that feedback, we truly appreciate you taking the time to do so. I'm sorry to hear of the issues you are experiencing with the Google channel. I'm going to go ahead and look into your account and will be reaching out by email to open up the lines of communication to see how I can help. Nataly | Shopify
What a nightmare to use for everyday folks. This app and Google has a long way to go. Google seriously needs to work on support and correcting their own errors before offering so many services. I've been trying to get this set up correctly for what seems like 3 years now. So many errors and such a royal pain to use.
Hey there, Robyn here from Shopify. Thank you so much for taking the time to share your review of the Google Channel with us. We really appreciate your feedback. I'm sorry to hear that you've been struggling to get the app set up properly. I'm going to look into your account more closely and follow up with you in an email to open up the lines of communication here to see how I can help you any further. Robyn | Shopify
Have an ad test pending since Oct 2 2020. I can't delete it cant pause it google was no help when i reached out to them to attempt to have it removed. It states its waiting for their approval over a year later. Cant make a new ad because of this "pending" one. Totally useless app
Hey there, Adil here from Shopify. Thank you for providing that feedback. I'm sorry to hear of the issues you are having with setting up campaigns on the Google Channel. We do want to make sure that the channel is working as expected for you so I'm going to dig into this and follow up with you in an email. Adil | Shopify
Hi Shopify, There seems to be a problem where if dont have a custom product and you dont input the MPN, the App will not send the Barcode/GTIN over to Google. This problems seems to have been here for a month or two now. If you input the Barcode/GTIN into the MPN and not Ticking the custom product, Google Merchant Center will then get the GTIN. This is just not a reliable fix if you work with +5.000 products, and you get edit this is bulk. You have to edit in manually pr. product which is not worth the time compared to downloading, buying and paying for another app.
Hi there,My name is Ashley from Shopify support. Thank you for taking the time to review our app. Your feedback is extremely valuable. I'm sorry to hear about the issues you are facing with Google. I'm going to follow up with you in an email and see where I can help. Ashley | Shopify Support Specialist
We have been struggling with the GTIN error with this app not giving Google what it needs for the barcodes/GTIN. So our items are limited on google without this info. I found some workarounds but nothing is helping. We were good for a year then all of a sudden these started popping up.
Hey there, Adil here from Shopify. Thank you for providing that feedback. I'm sorry to hear of the product issues, specifically with barcodes, that you are facing on the Google channel. We do want to make sure that the channel is working as expected for you so I'm going to look into this and follow up with you in an email to see what I can do to resolve this. Adil | Shopify
The app worked fine for several months, however my Google Merchant account is now being suspended for "inaccurate tax information." The sales tax value in the data feed is less than what is actually charged on my Shopify store. I haven't made any changes in the store or via the app, and I have absolutely no idea why this is happening. I tried to fix the problem by going into Google Merchant Center and manually setting the sales tax rates, but my Google Merchant Center tax settings are being reset by the app on subsequent syncs with incorrect tax information.
Hi there, Nataly here from Shopify. Thank you for taking the time to share your review of the Google Channel with us, your feedback is extremely valuable. We are sorry to hear that your account was suspended by Google. I'd be happy to work with you to help resolve this issue; I'll be following up with you in an email to open up the lines of communication. Nataly | Shopify
I have given up on this App now. The GTIN error which appears on all my products now just doesn't get fixed. I have read articles, tried everything and reach out to support and was given a 'solution' which doesn't make any sense and doesn't apply to 'non-custom' products. Great, that its free! But not great that it actually doesn't work properly. I have seen so many stores asking the same questions but there is no solution.
Hi there, William here from Shopify support. I see that you're having an error with the GTINs, barcodes, or manufacturer part numbers associated with products on Shopify and syncing this information to the Google channel. I'll send you an email on how we can resolve this specific error with details specific to your store, look out for my email. William | Marketplaces Support Specialist
My Google Merchant is suspended because this app is not working correctly. Shopify says they are aware but can't do anything and Google says they are aware and can't do anything. So far 2 issues with this app: 1. If your default package in shipping settings has weight your account WILL get suspended for inaccurate shipping price as Shopify calculates shipping price based on item weight + package weight (which is the correct way) and google calculates purely based on item weight. To resolve this, this app needs to add default package weight to item weight and ONLY then submit weight to google. 2. If you have both taxable and non taxable items in your store it WILL get suspended for inaccurate tax information, because when product is checkmarked as not taxable google merchant won't calculate tax on shipping. To resolve this a sub attribute for the tax "tax_ship" needs to be implemented and a check mark added right next to product not taxable.
Hi there, William here from Shopify support. Thank you for taking the time to review our app and provide this valuable feedback. I see that you've already identified the current workaround to this issue and I'll be sure to pass the additional info you've included here on to our development team. I'll also reach out to you via email to discuss the options we have to get this working for you. William | Shopify Support specialist
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