Google Merchant Centre Setup: A Step-by-Step Guide

Google Merchant Centre is the data layer behind every Shopping ad. It holds your product feed and checks that the data meets Google's rules. Get the setup right and your products are eligible to show; get it wrong and nothing runs.

This setup work is the foundation of our Google Merchant Centre service, where we build and verify the product feed so your catalogue is clean before a single campaign goes live.

What Merchant Centre actually does

Merchant Centre stores your product data and validates it against Google's requirements. It is not where you run ads. It is where your catalogue lives, gets checked and becomes eligible to appear in Shopping.

The setup sequence

Work through the steps in order so each stage passes before the next begins.

StepActionOutcome
AccountCreate and configure business detailsA verified Merchant Centre account
VerifyConfirm and claim your websitePermission to advertise your store
FeedSubmit your product dataA catalogue Google can read
CheckResolve data warningsProducts approved and eligible

Verify and claim your store

Google needs to confirm you own the website before it will show your products. Verify through your existing analytics or tag, then claim the URL so no other account can use it.

Submit a clean first feed

Your first feed sets the tone. Include the required attributes, accurate prices and matching landing pages so the data passes review without a backlog of warnings.

Make sure the price and availability in your feed match your website exactly. A mismatch is one of the fastest ways to get products disapproved.

Key takeaways

Frequently asked questions

Do you manage the product feed or the shopping campaigns?

This service covers the Merchant Centre feed and product data layer: setup, optimisation, feed rules and disapprovals. Campaign bidding and structure sit with our Google Shopping management. The two work best together.

Where is TPR Media based?

TPR Media operates from Level 34, 1 Eagle Street, Brisbane City QLD 4000, serving clients across Brisbane and Australia-wide.

TPR Media sets up Google Merchant Centre by verifying the store, claiming the website and submitting a clean product feed so a catalogue is approved and eligible for Shopping.