Google & YouTube
Drive sales by showcasing your products on Google and YouTube
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Dec. 28, 2023
Won't sync with Shopify at all. There's this transparent overly in shopify admin that prevents ticking boxes and interacting with this app. And now after reading other reviews I see that it may become even more of a nightmare if it ever does sync. After spending all night trying to get answers as to why I cant even get through the 'set up' phase of this app in shopify, and then reading about all the issues others are having, I cant trust it. With hundreds of products in my store, its too risky, especially when there is absolutely no customer support.
Hello there and thank you for taking the time to leave a review. We are sorry to hear you have been frustrating with your experiencing syncing products between Shopify and Google. Part of what you are describing sounds like it may be happening outside of the Google & YouTube app but either way, we do have a dedicated team standing by to provide support. If the issue is with the app, they should be able to help. Please contact them here: https://support.google.com/merchants/contact/shopify_3p_support_app
Dec. 14, 2023
Ormai Google sta cadendo a pezzi. Il plugin viene aggiornato di rado, ho un problemi con le conversioni e l'assistenza non mi aiuta. Le ads su google/youtube sono sempre meno efficaci. L'unica cosa buona che avevate fatto, ovvero Google Optimizer l'avete chiusa. Un impero che si sta letteralmente sgretolando. Google pronta al fallimento
Hello and thank you for taking the time to leave a review. We are sorry to hear the Google & YouTube app has not lived up to your expectations so far. We have noted your feedback and will share it with the relevant teams. We are frequently updating and improving our app so please continue to look out for improvements. If there is anything we can do to help you, our support team is standing by should you need any assistance. https://support.google.com/merchants/contact/shopify_3p_support_app"
Dec. 11, 2023
WORSE EXPERIENCE EVER!!!! I sell TEA, and my Title for one product, Viking Tea qty 11, is Disapproved for placement because they say the Title is Sexually Suggestive. How is, Viking Tea, qty 11 (or quanity of 22) Sexually Suggestive? They did this in all the categories they can fail me in. There is something very wrong with these people. They must be Fact Checkers in their other jobs.
Hello there and thank you for the feedback. We will be sure to share your experience with the relevant teams. Our policies are put in place to protect both merchants and consumers. Unfortunately, there are times we overflag issues. If you feel this is this case, you can request a review in Merchant Center for the impacted products. Read more how to do that here: https://support.google.com/merchants/answer/13585221 If you still need help resolving these issues, please contact us at: https://support.google.com/merchants/contact/shopify_3p_support_app
Dec. 11, 2023
Our Shopify Google App's conversion tracking has been inactive for 4 days, disrupting our ad campaign assessments. The app is also conflicting with our manual tracking code, a common issue per customer reviews and community discussions. We've opened a case two days ago with no response. Urgently seeking resolution. Contact us ASAP.
Hello and thank you for your feedback! We were able to look up your case with support and see that they have responded and are working with you to troubleshoot. We hope we are able to get you a resolution shortly. We do apologize for any delays and will be sure to share this experience with the relevant teams.
Nov. 13, 2023
Due to your product problem, the product ID in GA4 in our Google Analytics is displayed abnormally. Most of the product SKUs display the product digital code in the shopify backend. I hope you can fix this bug.
Hello and thanks for the feedback. We will be sure to pass this along to our product team as we are always looking for ways to improve. We do have a support team trained on analytics standing by to help. You can reach them through this link: https://support.google.com/merchants/contact/shopify_3p_support_app
Nov. 10, 2023
The absolute worst experience with this app, it is incredibly frustrating. "Mismatched Currency In Shipping Information" has been plaguing us for 48 hours. All currency is USD, shipping currency is USD, I even shut off international markets and disabled geolocation to no avail. The worst part is, 900 products are approved, and a few hundred random ones are not, and the ones that aren't keep changing (day by day, some errors will disappear, and new ones will pop up). Contacted Google support about the issue and how to fix and their response was literally "You need to fix this or we will disable your account on December 7th". Truly insane, especially with the amount we spend on Google Ads every month.
Hello and thank you for taking the time to leave the detailed feedback. First, I am sorry your support experience didn't meet your expectations. I have also noted your feedback around confusion in setting up shipping settings. I will pass both pieces of feedback to our support and product teams as we are constantly looking to improve in these areas. We did just add two new shipping articles to our help center which may be of help to you and others: https://support.google.com/merchants/answer/14233096 https://support.google.com/merchants/answer/14238360 Thank you again for the thoughtful feedback and rest assured we will pass it along to the team.
Oct. 25, 2023
This is the worst experience I've ever had with this app, and caused my account to be suspended integrating shopify's products. I've spent hours trying to fix issues. I can't get any live help. At least on the merchant account, it could update progress, but it doesn't, just take you around in circles. Even when adding sku's on manage my account it still says incorrect value. Horrible situation.
Hello there and thank you for leaving the review and feedback. We are sorry to hear this has been a cause of frustration for you. Google's policies are in place to protect merchants and consumers. If you would like to learn more about this particular policy and how you can request a re-review, please visit: https://support.google.com/merchants/answer/6150127?hl=en&sjid=15068795589301841412-NA For further questions or help with this, feel free to reach out to our support team at this link: https://support.google.com/merchants/contact/shopify_3p_support_app
Oct. 16, 2023
Why do big and smart companies like Google end up making their products useless? They have best of the minds with them to make apps that function well with their products. And they can't even do that well. What a shame! This app is supposed to record analytics well. Can't even do that properly.
Hello and thanks for the feedback. We will be sure to pass this along to our product team as we are always looking for ways to improve. We do have a support team trained on analytics standing by to help. You can reach them through this link: https://support.google.com/merchants/contact/shopify_3p_support_app
Oct. 13, 2023
Dificuldade de Configuração
Hello and thank you for leaving a review. I am sorry that you found the configuration to be difficult. We do have a support team available to help in these cases, you can reach out to them here: https://support.google.com/merchants/contact/shopify_3p_support_app They should be able to help you get started. Thank you again for your feedback.
Sept. 27, 2023
Avoid it if you can, or at least make it your last priority. I wish I tried to manually set myself up on google rather than use this tool. Is currently the slowest 3rd party app on my site, will not work out of the box (and may do 'weird' things like add multiple pixels and then connect to the wrong one), and there is 0 support (no contact for months, once I had an employee invite me to a meeting and then not show up) for when your account inevitably gets flagged by some faulty automation.
Hello there and thank you for the review. We are sorry to hear your experience has been less than stellar. We do have a dedicated Shopify support team on standby and they can be contact here: https://support.google.com/merchants/contact/shopify_3p_support_app They will be able to resolve open questions you may have or in the case that you do find a bug, they have the resources to escalate internally. Thank you again for the feedback - we will pass it along to the relevant teams.
Sept. 11, 2024
Below review submitted one year ago and the issue is still not fixed. As far as syncing products the app works great. Issues arise when you have a large number of products - thousands to be exact. We are currently at 6101 SKUS and when attempting to bulk edit in the app it freezes once we reach product 1100 and provides a "Page Unresponsive" error from Shopify. Google Tech Support has verified all is fine on their end so this issue is definitely on Shopify's end and seems to only appear when you have more than 1000 products. Others that have left reviews seem to have run into the same issue with this app. They told me this would be fixed by this morning and it is not. With other reviews encountering the same issues in the past months, it is evident Shopify is unwilling or unable to correct the issue. I would look elsewhere. Wish Shopify would take care of issues with their platform as opposed to aesthetics. Shopify platform and support have deteriorated a great deal over the past 3-4 years.
Updated Response 1 year later: Hi again! Unfortunately this is a Shopify bug, not a bug on our app. I know you still are having this issue, but we only own the app, not the bulk editor page you are using, so rating our app as 1 star won't help to fix their tool any faster. Thank you for the review. We have noted your feedback around the bulk editor. As you pointed out, that portion is actually owned by Shopify but we will be sure to pass on the feedback to their relevant product teams. One workaround you may find useful in the meantime is using the import/export feature available on the Shopify Product page. More details can be found here: https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/products/import-export If there is anything else we can do to help you, don't hesitate to contact us! https://support.google.com/merchants/contact/shopify_3p_support_app
March 6, 2024
Unable to create multiple feeds, unable to sync products to multiple countries.
Sept. 20, 2023
Absoute nightmare! Neither google or shopify are able to help with this 3rd party app. The feeds don't function properly and nobody knows how to diagnise the issues
Using app
Over 2 years
Total reviews
16
Average rating
4.3
Hello and thank you for taking the time to leave the review and feedback. I did check in on your account and support cases and it looks like as of today the majority of your items are now showing across all destinations. I have noted your feedback on your support experience and will be sure to share it with the relevant teams. Thank you, Google Support
Sept. 14, 2023
Does not locate correct Merchant Center account
Hi there and thanks for leaving the review. There are a few reasons this may happen with the most common one being that the admin user in your Merchant Center account does not match the email from your Shopify account. You can read about how to edit user access settings in Merchant Center here: https://support.google.com/merchants/answer/1637190?hl=en You're also welcome to reach out to our support team who can walk you through the linking process: https://support.google.com/merchants/contact/shopify_3p_support_app I hope this helps!
Sept. 13, 2023
I've given up trying to sync my shopify products to google shopping. My products never get approved apparently for being "adult related material". Really? Electronics, children's toys, wrist watches, etc. I guess I will have to turn to paid services.
Hello there and thanks for leaving us feedback. We took a quick glance at your account and it looks "Adult content" was enabled in your Merchant Center Account Settings. This is leading to your disapprovals. If you can confirm your offers are not "Adult content", please navigate to Merchant Center Account Settings and uncheck this box. If you still have questions on this, feel free to reach out to our support team: https://support.google.com/merchants/contact/shopify_3p_support_app
Aug. 29, 2023
Der Google Merchant Center Support ist das schlechteste, was ich je gesehen habe, ungeschulte Mitarbeiter, die immer wieder die gleichen Antworten schreiben. Es wurden mehrere Center gesperrt, keinerlei Hilfe von keiner der Mitarbeiter zu erwarten. Sie kommen ins Stottern, weil sie selber nicht mehr wissen, was sie sagen sollen, weil sie nur überfordert sind. Meine Existenz und meine Selbstständigkeit stehen auf dem Spiel, von monatlichen 60.000€ bis 70.000€ Umsatz auf 0€ zufallen und keine Reaktionen von Google und dem Merchant Center Support, selbst wenn der Anwalt schreibt, keine Reaktionen. Da gibt man monatlich fast 10.000€ bei Google ads aus und bekommt als Antwort warum oder wegen was die Center gesperrt sind, immer das gleiche, Sie können mir nicht helfen, sie hätten selber keine Möglichkeiten. Selbst in der Google Merchant Community List man nur von gesperrten Centern und das keiner eine Hilfe bekommt und keinerlei Optionen auf eine gute Zusammenarbeit. Ich hoffe, Shopify versucht mal bei Google Druck zu machen, dass es so nicht weiter geht!
Hello there and thank you for the review. I apologize for any frustrations you have encountered. I see that you have contacted our support team earlier this month and have asked them to get back in touch with you to see if they can continue to help you resolve some of the account issues you are seeing. Thank you for your patience and again for the feedback.
Aug. 13, 2023
Oh my god. What a struggle this app is. You might think that an app built by Google would be the perfect solution for including Google ads and google merchant account. The reality is: it’s the worst solution. Attribution for ads is the worst our store has ever seen. Merchant account sync is the only useful thing about this. There is no fixing any of the Google ads or Google analytics problems. Their support policy is basically “screw you”.
Hi there and thank you for the feedback. Sorry to hear you are having issues with attribution tracking on the Google & YouTube App. There are a number of reasons why GA4 conversion or attribution tracking may differ from other dashboards such as UA or Shopify analytics. You can read more about them here: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/13672281 We have noted your feedback around attribution and support experience and will share it with the relevant teams. Thank you again.
Aug. 7, 2023
Trying to add MPN's (Manufacturer Product Numbers) to my listings. Takes forever and usually freezes. Please Fix it, I have A lot of listings...
Aug. 6, 2023
I've been using the app since earlier this year when I created my store. I didn't run into many issues other than the occasional missing gtin or a product being disapproved. I sorted it all out, 100% of my products were approved and only several were not (only for dynamic retargeting). Fast forward several months later, I go to check on my products in the google merchant center and I see that my account has been suspended due to: Misrepresentation. I thought maybe this happened because I ran into a issue with Shopify that same day where it said I had to add a CAA record to my domain. But nope, I do not think so. The account suspension reason that google provided is vague. It lists many possibilities why my account could have been suspended but not THE reason. So, I honestly do not know why. I tried to message google to see if I could get an explanation but the only thing, I got in return was automated responses linking their misrepresentation policy. I decided to search for user experience regarding the issue and behold I found nothing but nightmare stories. Most users seemed to have never gotten their issue resolved and gave up. Thus, leaving their account suspended forever. The strange thing is that my account was perfectly fine for five months straight. I didn't change anything, only added, or removed products. Then out of nowhere I get this. It's kind of sad. I'm not sure if I will be able to use the google and YouTube app ever again. And for a reason I'm not even aware of. I'm a small business and it's a nightmare to have to deal with automation repeatedly and left in the dark about alleged issues. It seems like it might be impossible to fight issues such as this.
Hello there and thanks for leaving a review. We are sorry to hear this has been a cause of frustration for you. We regularly review this feedback with our product team so all the details you provided were very helpful. Google's policies are in place to protect merchants and consumers. If you would like to learn more about this particular policy and how you can request a re-review, please visit: https://support.google.com/merchants/answer/6150127?hl=en&sjid=15068795589301841412-NA You can also open a case with our support team through the above link to further assist in trying to unblock you. Thanks again for the feedback and we will share it with the wider team.
Aug. 3, 2023
Linking this app in Shopify is utterly impossible if your shopify admin email address does not match your google ads and google merchant center email addresses. Google offers no useful support at all so don't count on any help from them. I have sent numerous emails to their support center and they just push me around in circles with no resolution in sight, after weeks of trying. Stay away from this app if any of your email addresses (in shopify, google ads or google merchant center) is different from the others. Perhaps the app works but i will never know because there is no useful support at all. We spend thousands of Euro with Google every month, but get no support in return. Very disappointed.
Hello and thank you for taking the time to leave this feedback. I apologize for any frustrations you had linking your accounts. I wanted to provide a bit of context as to why we have this requirement around matching emails and why it is done to protect our merchants. The reason we require the admin emails in Merchant Center, Ads, Analytics to match when linking to Shopify is to prevent fraud and any unauthorized account takeovers. I do see you have had multiple support cases with us and have asked our support leads to take a closer look at your most recent, open case to ensure it is handled properly and hopefully resolves your account linking issue. Thank you again for the review and feedback.