Not fit for purpose

  • Resolved robpl1

    (@robpl1)


    2 months, 1 week ago

    This is a good idea, just not thought through properly. I have a store with 4,000 products (more each month). On your app the product listing shows every single product I have even if I’ve made them Not Visible in WooCommerce or hidden them by other means because I don’t want to sell them yet or, contractually, can’t for a while. Apparently if they’re in Woo they get listed on Google. The product listing page also doesn’t show the (Google) ID, otherwise known as the SKU which makes it difficult to see which product, when there may be several with the same title, you’re actually looking at. Neither is there any way of searching the 400+ pages for a specific item. You also really do need a set-up page where we can populate some of Googles attributes with data that might be in an ACF, or your Brand taxonomy. Globally, not on a product by product basis. Remember I’ve got 4,000 products. I also don’t necessarily want to show all of them either so why is there no way of selecting which ones get published?

    “Don’t Sync and Show”. What does that mean. Is it that you will not sync the product once it’s been uploaded to Google but still gets shown?

    What if we’ve already uploaded a spreadsheet to Google? Will this plugin find those?

    Too many problems to make this plugin remotely useful. It looks like no-one bothered to find out about peoples stores. I know there are some WC sites with over 20,000 products. This looks like it was designed for websites with only 20.

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  • Sean O))) a11n

    (@seanomattic)

    Hey @robpl1,

    Thanks for the feedback!

    On your app the product listing shows every single product I have even if I’ve made them Not Visible in WooCommerce or hidden them by other means because I don’t want to sell them yet or, contractually, can’t for a while.?

    You choose which products you want to list across Google by toggling the?Channel Visibility?option in the Google Listings & Ads Product Feed. There are two options:

    • Sync and Show:?Eligible products will be visible across Google
    • Don’t Sync and Show:?These products will not be visible across Google (helpful for custom products with varying prices, giveaway products, etc.)

    When you set up Google Listings & Ads, all products in your WooCommerce store are automatically added to your Product Feed, and set to Sync and show. You can change the channel visibility of your products at any time, and your product feed will sync automatically within 1-2 days.

    All products set to Sync and show in your product feed will appear in both your free listings and paid campaigns.

    Apparently if they’re in Woo they get listed on Google. The product listing page also doesn’t show the (Google) ID, otherwise known as the SKU which makes it difficult to see which product, when there may be several with the same title, you’re actually looking at.

    The Google ID and SKU are separate, and used for different purposes. The Google ID is a unique ID used to identify the product within Google Merchant Center. The SKU is created on your side, a unique identifier for your product/store and customers used for inventory, tracking, etc.

    Neither is there any way of searching the 400+ pages for a specific item. You also really do need a set-up page where we can populate some of Googles attributes with data that might be in an ACF, or your Brand taxonomy.?

    You can search your Google Merchant Center products but SKU, ID, Title, Brand, etc. If this information is not being synced to Google it’s possible there is some kind of conflict on your site.

    See Product Feed Information for more details.

    What if we’ve already uploaded a spreadsheet to Google? Will this plugin find those?

    No, products which are added outside of Google for WooCommerce will not be synced because they will not have a unique ID from your store. Products uploaded outside of the extension will either need to be manually maintaned or deleted and synced through your site.

    I know there are some WC sites with over 20,000 products. This looks like it was designed for websites with only 20.

    There is no limit to the number of approved products you can sync to your Google Merchant account from your store.

    Hope this helps!

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