Google & YouTube
Drive sales with the Google & YouTube app on Shopify
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4.5
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June 11, 2019
None of my Shopify products are listed in GOOGLE SHOPPING because of GTIN IS MISSING error. I have my EANrecorded and/or ready to be input manually into the app, but the app doesn't show us where to enter the EAN.
Hey there, thanks for writing this review of Google Shopping! I'm sorry to hear you've hit a roadblock with this app. Any GTIN information (which includes EANs and other unique product identifiers) can be added via the product details or bulk editor in your admin in the barcodes section. I’ve followed up with you via email so we can take a closer look at this together. I hope to hear back from you soon! - Lauren, Shopify Support
June 6, 2019
Had several products disapproved upon downloading the app. After wasting time researching solutions, tweaking product pages to apply the seemingly needed changes and waiting for pending products to be reviewed, nothing has changed. The support team's help so far has been dismal, feels like the rep did not care about helping at all. Overall: a lot of time lost, very disappointing.
Thank you for taking the time to share this feedback with us. Our team works hard to improve our app functionality so while the final approval of products is up to Google, I would like to look into this further for you. I’ve reached out to you via email, and look forward to hearing from you soon. -Lizzy, Shopify Support
May 31, 2019
Did not load any of my products never worked for me. It sat there doing nothing at all. Deleted this app.
Thank you for sharing this feedback! All products available on your online store will be synced to the Google Shopping app. Typically, Google can take up to 10 business days to review and approve these products. That said, I’ve followed up with you via email so we can take a closer look at this issue. I hope to hear back from you soon! - Lauren, Shopify Support
May 25, 2019
WHile it is easy to use it does some bad things when creating the product feed. This includes using the shopify intern product id as the product ID in the feed when google wants that number ot be the product SKU. When google sees this it will disqualify those products. This product is dangerous.
Thank you for your feedback! When product ID is sent to Google, it does not replace the product SKU. Product SKU would be the GTIN from the product when it is being synced to Google. I’ve followed up with you via email in case you needed any further assistance on this. Hope to hear from you soon! - Alex, Shopify Support
May 24, 2019
DO NOT USE if: 1) You have a store located in California (this will send incorrect sales tax information to Google, which Shopify cannot fix) or 2) If you have any integration with Google Express or Shopping Actions (this will cause you to oversell out of stock items that cannot be backordered)
Thanks for sharing this feedback on our Google Shopping app! Currently, the app imports your tax settings from your Shopify Admin, so we may want to evaluate your current settings. The Google Shopping app is designed for running ads on Google Shopping does not send inventory tracking information. Apps that facilitate sales may not be able to pull the necessary information to track inventory properly. Feedback like this helps us improve our apps, so I’ve followed up with you via email to log your feedback with the Shopify development team and follow up on your tax settings :) - JP, Shopify Support
May 3, 2019
this app us useless and does not work. I deleted the old app and added this app but this is by far the worst mistake!
Hi, there. Your feedback is valuable and will help us improve the platform and apps so we thank you for taking the time to share it with us. I’ve followed up with you via email to gather more insights from you. Hope to hear from you soon! -Jason, Shopify Support
May 14, 2019
FINALLY WORKS! FINALLY 8 MONTHS AND A WEEK IT WORKS. Shopify and Google had more than 7 MONTHS Oct. 2018 to get this FIXED, the first time users Oct. 2018 said this was JUNK and UNPROFESSIONAL CRAP! And still nothing changed 315 one star ratings! You know what changed is Shopify's PRIDE OF OWNERSHIP OF PROBLEMS NOBODY cares anymore and to let a 315 one star rated app remain in the app store tells you everything you need to know about Shopify in 2019, quality standards on ZERO and as for the Google engineers that stood infront on Shopify users and LIED about this app and the great engineers, programmers, product managers at Google who let this happen and continue on KEEP CASHING THAT PAYCHECK ON JUNK, TOP OF YOUR LINKDIN : I am very proud of the Shopify App - 315 one star ratings out of 418 users i developed over 75% of users rated it a one star loser, please hire me. Hey if all your products were approved for over 2 years 6 months and now and pending forever you ain't making any AD MONEY $$$$$$$ on Google Shopping ADs.
I'm sorry to hear you've had a frustrating experience with the Google Shopping app. We truly value your feedback and thank you for taking the time to share it with us. I’ve followed up with you via email so that we can work together to get the Google Shopping app working for your business. Hope to hear from you soon! -Emma, Shopify Support
April 14, 2019
Since having to update the old app to this version, Two months ago, I have had nothing but trouble. My sales are down 50-60%. Having contacted both Shopify and Google support several times over the last Two months, my shopping campaign has gone from bad to worse! Over half of my products were pending, however, support have re-synced the products twice and now there are only a few still "pending". Despite that, my sales, clicks, conversions and everything else have dropped. I increased my add spend, but strangely this has had no effect on my conversions/ sales. The new "Smart" campaign is terrible, with less features that the old campaigns. You get no useful support with either Shopify or Google on how to execute it correctly. My Original Google shopping app and campaign was doing really well, this app have almost ruined my business. I am at a loss as to what to do. Maybe the only option is to drop this app and go to a Paid app, and start all over again!
Thanks for taking the time to share this feedback about the Google Shopping app! I'm sorry to hear that your products are pending and that you've experienced a drop in sales as a result-- I know that this is very frustrating! Products being stuck in "pending" is a current limitation coming from Google. That said, I'm going to follow up with you via email so we can dig into this further. I'd also like to gather more feedback from you about the functionality of smart campaigns. We’re always working to improve the way our apps work, and I will share this feedback with our development team. I look forward to hearing back from you! - Lauren, Shopify Support
March 31, 2019
The sales of my store dropped 90% after installing this App. Total waste of time, i have uninstalled it and hope things improve
Hey there, thanks for sharing your feedback! We work hard to ensure that our apps meet a high standard of quality, and are always trying to improve functionality and user experience. I’d like to look into this further for you, so I’ve reached out to you via email. Hope to hear from you soon! - Lauren, Shopify Support
March 27, 2019
DON'T USE THIS APP. We had to switch from the old app. We thought "we know what we're doing", it's easy enough to link the google ads and merchant center accounts. However, THIS APP WILL FAIL YOU! Went from 3000+ product variants down to 168 for three weeks. Then, it's like pulling teeth to get this working. If you asked me about shopify support I would have had nothing bad to say, but after dealing with this issue the phone wait time it 45min or more, and they WILL NOT let you speak with a tech. Absolutely disappointed with this entire experience. GO WITH A PAID VERSION. You can get a $7/mo app that will do the job and do it right. It's not overly complicated but manually updating the feed is a pain unless you do some automating on your end. Trust me - do not use this app. -Rick
Hey there, Rick. Than you for providing so much detail in your review, we really appreciate getting this feedback so that we can better the app. I am sorry that you encountered so much difficulty when trying to get it to work, and that you felt our support was lacking. I have gone ahead and reached out to you via email to gather any further feedback that you may have and offer support if you would be interested in giving this app another go. -Bo, Shopify Support
March 26, 2019
Terrible app, product feeds showing errors even though all relevant fields are filled in correct. No support that I can find & support pages just have going round in circles.
Hey, there. Thank you for your review, we appreciate you taking the time to share it with us so that we can improve! I've also reached out to you via email to discuss your experience. I hope to hear back from you! - Jason, Shopify Support
March 15, 2019
Products show up as pending even though they've been approved in my Merchant Account. There was an error with the initial sync which google fixed at their end. Overall, this doesn't seem to be a very slick app.
Hi, there! Thank you for your review. We're always looking for ways to improve and your feedback will help us to do so. I've followed up with you by email to discuss your experience. Look forward to speaking with you there! -Emma, Shopify Support
March 13, 2019
all the products expired because the was constantly stuck in pending mode. i wouldnt recommend using this app.
Thank you for for taking the time to share your feedback with us after your experience with the Google Shopping app. I've reached out to you by email to see if we can help you get your products published and to make sure that your feedback is passed along to our developers. I look forward to hearing back from you! -Emma, Shopify Support
March 8, 2019
Doesn't work. SHAME ON YOU SHOPIFY FOR WASTING ALL MY TIME! After 2 weeks products still pending. Started campaign that was supposed to be for 7 days only, but still "Running" after 2 weeks. Google ads shows that campaign is "enabled". Took me a few days to correct my site so that ads are all approved by Google, but STILL NO CAMPAIGN RUNNING. What a WASTE OF TIME. After MUCH WASTED MONEY and 22 months later, finally realizing that Shopify is a scam!
Hi, there. Thank you for sharing your feedback about your experience with the Google Shopping app. I'm sorry to hear that it was a negative one. I've followed up with you by email to see if there's anything we could assist with and to log your feedback for our developers. Hope to hear from you! -Emma, Shopify Support
March 7, 2019
This app doesn't work very well. I've allowed this app to sync my products from Shopify to my Google Ads account but for some reason it only shows pending, and when I checked them on my Google Ads account, it says that they've been disapproved and it wants me to modify 600 products that I thought was going to smoothly sync into Google. So what I did was just made all my products unavailable to Google Shopping and will just resort to other ways to market my store and products.
Hi, there. Your feedback is valuable and will help us improve the platform and apps so we thank you for taking the time to share it with us. I’ve followed up with you via email in case you needed any further assistance on this. Hope to hear from you soon! -Emma, Shopify Support
Feb. 26, 2019
Installing this app is the worst thing one can do to his/her online shop. It is inexcusable that this app is provided by Shopify and there is a complete lack of support in dealing with all the issues created by the app. The only support I received was to be directed to Google support. If you have the "unsupported version" of this app, keep it. To save yourself frustrations and money, do not install the new one.
Hi there, thank you for providing us with feedback on Google Shopping! I'm sorry you didn't receive the level of support you needed when using this app so I have sent along an email to collect your feedback and provide further assistance on this. - JP, Shopify Support
Feb. 21, 2019
The worst. Just use Google Merchant Center. Products stuck in pending status for months. It is useful to sync but that's about it.
Hi Mystic World Finds, firstly, thank you for sharing this feedback. I will also email you directly to see if I can help. This could have occurred if a few aspects are not present on your products, for example the product category or a unique product identifier such as a barcode (GTIN). You should get an email from me soon and I'll discuss this further, thank you. Niall, Shopify Support.
Feb. 20, 2019
Well, it's not a totally useless app anyway. But it just mystery unusable sometimes somehow. And when you ask the support, they just told you "It's Google, not us". For me, I know Google didn't do anything for the issue. I can tell.
Thanks for taking the time to share you feedback about the Google Shopping app! I'm sorry to hear you've had a negative experience with the app, and I'd like to investigate this further. I’ve reached out to you via email, hope to hear from you soon! - Lauren, Shopify Support
Feb. 20, 2019
Same as everybody else, does not work. Mostly pending products and some disproved for no good reason. Would like to see Google offer a better Free App although it looks like paying is the only option to get good application.
Hello Speech Products, first, I'd like to say thank you for sharing this feedback as it is important to us. We do look at these frustrations and try to learn from them. I will email you as well to look at this in more depth as your products should be approved and functioning as intended now. Thank you! Niall, Shopify Support.
Feb. 18, 2019
Horrible app, no real documentation never got anything to publish correctly. Suprised shopify would release such bad app.
Hello New England Dive, firstly, thank you for sharing this feedback. We’re always looking to improve apps with feedback like this, and to improve the way our apps work with stores like yours and what we can do for merchants like you. I’ve also followed up with you with an email to log the feedback to our development team and so you have a point of contact with me too. I'd also like to link our documentation on this app here: https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/apps/apps-by-shopify/google-shopping-app This is the starting documentation and it contains several links to other relevant inforation like "Requirements for the Google Shopping app", "Setting up the Google Shopping app" etc. Hopefully that helps! Thanks! Niall, Shopify Support