Once inside your Merchant Account Dashboard, click onData Feedsand selectNew Data Feed. If you have existing data feeds, then pause them while creating this new one.
Select yourTarget Countryand then selectgooglebaseas Format.
ForData Feed Filenamecreate a file called something like "anyname.txt" because DotFeed doesn't need this file but you must create it to move forward in this process.
ClickSave Changes.
ClickCreate a Schedulefor your new feed.
Set the schedule for when you would like the feed to update.
Enter theFeed Endpoint URLfrom yourDotFeed Accountinto the Feed URL field in the scheduling screen. Do not enter any login credentials, however.
ClickScheduleto save orSchedule and Fetch Nowto save and have Google retrieve the feed for the first time right now.
Configuring Shipping and Tax in Google
When you are selling from a minisite, you need to configure your shipping and tax rates in your Google Merchant Account. Be aware of these limitations:
If you do not charge customers tax, then you are slightly limited in your shipping options:
If Tax is set toNot Charging Taxand you haveShippingset to $0.00 or Free, your delivery speed must be at least 3 days. Otherwise, the feed will send an error message that you are missing shipping and tax (review the yellow highlighting in the image below).
But if you charge as little as $1.00 for shipping, Google will allow you to select1 Day Shipping SpeedalongsideNot Charging Taxwithout errors.
Google Product Feed Specifications
Each channel has specific requirements that determine how your product data has to be formatted. While DotFeed does most of the work for you, it's important to know what the specifications are so you can know which storefront values you might want to override and which DotFeed rules you need to set up. You can accessGoogle Product Specificationshere or through your Google Merchant account.
Troubleshooting
Depending on the number of products, a feed may take a long time to run. The DotFeed service will not time out/give up processing your feed unless an error is encountered.
Symptom
You receive a timeout error or message about a feed/download being too large when browsing directly to your Feed Endpoint URL.
Solution
Use a different browser; for example, try Chrome or Firefox instead of Internet Explorer.
Cause
Some browsers will impose a timeout even if a page is still processing.
