Badges – Sale, Sale percent and Price Drop. Can we get with plugin

Hi @shweta21

Thanks for reaching us.

The sale price annotation can not be added through the feed directly, but you can create a feed with both price and sale price, which will eventually help you get the item’s “Sale” annotation.
There are requirements for getting the sale price annotation, and here you can find the details – https://support.google.com/merchants/answer/9017019?hl=en

So, in short, there are no direct shortcuts or just an option to enable a sale price badge. To get it, you have to fulfill those criteria, and GMC will add the badge after a certain period.

I hope the above will help you understand how to get the “Sale” badge on items.

Best regards,

Hello @badal,

Thank you for your response. I was expecting a detailed response with bit of clarity.
I know that there is No shortcut to show that. Also, I asked about Sale Badge and Price Drop Badges, not the annotations. Are you referring annotations as Badge itself.

Below is what I am referring to –
https://i.paste.pics/f0dbeefa147cce6ceadec2d26dccb12f.png

I am asking because of below reasons. Can you please answer each query point wise with as much details as you can-
1). Woocommerce already have Regular and Sale price options. And so our Theme is supporting. So, does that mean, if someone don’t use your plugin and follow the requirements as per google link, then the Sale Badge will automatically shows up in Google Merchant for that respective listing.

2. Let’s take an example of one of the product from our site. This is showing in Google Shopping tab with the Keyword – “Sun Moon tapestry, as can be seen from below.
https://i.paste.pics/4a0e5012f96f41c9b943249c4aa87a08.png

The URL is – https://www.vasangini.com/product/star-tapestry-sun-moon-twin-bedspread-purple-tapestries/
I am still not using feeds from your plugin. Currently linked our site directly with Merchant and using Auto Website Crawl method.
It can be seen it is showing the Sale price. This listing follows the requirements as per Google, but not showing SALE Badge in Google Shopping.

Hence, asked, will it make difference, if we use the CTX plugin, in order to make the SALE Badge appear in such listings.
If so, how additionally it will be helpful in that.

3. Can you show me some site or Product URL, where it is showing atleast the Sale Badge in Google Shopping, that is using the your CTX feed plugin.

4. The next things is Price Drop Badge, which I asked earlier also. Will after using CTX feed, it will show the Price Drop Badge for certain listings that fulfil the requirements or not.

b). Have you come across that Price Drop Badge earlier. And have you seen on some Woo commerce based site, that shows the Badge in Google Merchant.

Would highly appreciate, if you could please share as much inputs as you can, that will really help me to understand it in much better way.

Please suggest
Regards

Hi @shweta21

Yes, I was referring to annotations by the term Badge.

Please, find answers to your questions below –

1). To get the Sale annotation on Google shopping, your feed must contain the regular price and the sale price, and according to googles requirements, the item should contain the same sale price and the same regular price for at least 30 days, and once the item fulfills these criteria, Google shopping will add the Sale annotation automatically. No shortcut or attribute can be added to the feed to make an item get the Sale animation on GS.

2. We are not so sure about automatic API based linking, but once you create a feed with our plugin, there will be regular and sale price fields. You should have values in both regular and sale price attributes on the feed. Once you upload the feed and have the same regular and sale price will automatically add the annotation.

3. We don’t have any

4. Price drop is also determined by GMC once you have a price drop in the same feed. For example, if you uploaded the feed on the 1st of December with the price 100$, and then on the 15th the price is changed to 50$, and you uploaded the new feed, then GMC may give you this Badge.
To know more about this, please go through this doc – https://support.google.com/merchants/answer/11435005?hl=en

I hope the above contains all your answers. Please, let us know if you have any further queries.

Thank you,

Hello,

Thank you for answering queries pointwise. Much appreciable.

So just looking to have some clarification on this-
1. Does that mean that as G Merchant is adding our products using Website Crawl (Auto), then it might not be taking the Regular as well as Sale price. Rather than that it is taking whatever price is showing on site, as just a Regular price only.

2. Or does that mean, that Woocommerce, by default do not have such Structured data, so as to send such details to Google Merchant, by default or in Website crawl mode.
Or Else,
2 b). By the way I am using SEO plugin – https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/autodescription/
And the Sitemap generated from this plugin is being added to Google Search Console, from where the Google Merchant is linked. And Merchant might be accepting feeds from there itself, when put to Website Crawl.
And hence, probably the sitemap (or feed) generated by SEO plugin, is not having such details, just the URLs as of Simple products. As a Parent URL.
Can you please share your inputs on this. Would appreciate to take your experience on this.

3. Finally, as Google Merchant is already connected. What if we now use your Plugin and upload the Feed on Google Merchant now.
a). Can we do that. Will it create duplicate entries or overwrite the existing ones in G Merchant.
b). Will it overwrite only the exact same URLs (for simple products), and create New entries for Variable products. Because, currently Merchant is showing only simple URLs, that is for Simple products.

c). In either case, I wish It does not require to Delete the Existing data or products that are already showing in Merchant, successfully. If I want to use your plugin now.

d). I am asking this, as many of the products are showing on 1st page (few on first 3 results), in Google Shopping tab, with specific Keywords. And I do not want to loose the rankings. As we started getting queries and orders on those products.
Say, if we use the Search KW – Gucci handbags, then on Google Merchant it is showing on Top (atleast here for us, in India)
https://i.paste.pics/9cb94844677f84e08f473e09cc0ce545.png

Similarly, for the Search KW – Elephant Tapestry
https://i.paste.pics/566107ab8d1d08ee260043e72c6ddbb2.png

And many others, like this.

And I do not want to loose the results. So, I hope it is Not required to first delete the Existing Feed or products from Google Merchant. And on top of this, I can start using your Plugin and ADD the feeds directly to the Google Merchant.
Please share your valuable inputs on this. Your suggestion is very much required on this.
If there is a workaround or alternative, then please try to share that also.

Regards

Hi?@shweta21

As we are not getting any further replies to this thread, we are considering and marking this issue as resolved.

Please, feel free to start another support topic, if you need any further assistance.

Thank you,