Google Product Search is a shopping database that puts your products in front of a huge worldwide audience. By following these directions to create a product feed and a Google Base FTP account you will be able to submit your products to Google Product Search from within your Flying Cart Headquarters. We will also submit your products automatically every 30 days so they never expire from Google. Here’s how to do it.
1. Verify your online store with Google in the Basic Tools section by following our instructions here.
2. Log in to your Flying Cart Headquarters and navigate to Marketing > Advanced Tools. Find your “Product Feed Filename” and write it down.
3. Go to Google Base and sign in with your Google account. Your Gmail email address will work. If you don’t have a Google account they will take you through the necessary steps for you to sign up for one. During the sign up process you will need to specify your location, agree to the Google Base Terms of Service, and enter in your account info (Business Name, Address, eMail, etc.)
IMPORTANT 4. List your website URL in Google Base settings. If you use a custom domain enter in your custom domain (not your .flyingcart.com domain).
5. Click on “Data feeds” and then the “New Data Feed” button.
6. Pick your Target Country, select your data feed type as “Googlebase”, and enter in your product feed file name (the one your wrote down in step 1).
7. Next you will need to create a Google FTP Account. Click on “Settings” and then “FTP account”.
8. Create a FTP username and password. Write it down. Wait several hours for Google to activate your account. (Google says that it takes 15 minutes, but we have noticed that it usually takes 8 hours)
9. Log in to your Flying Cart Headquarters. Go to Marketing > Advanced Tools. Enter in the Google FTP username and password that you created in the previous step. Hit “Save Settings”.
10. You are now ready to submit your products. Click “Submit Products to Google”.
11. Enjoy your products in Google!
Having Problems?
Google product search definitely has a few quirks. If you are getting error messages. Please try the following
1. Go into your Google Merchant Setting (see Step #4 above) and make sure you put in the proper website URL. If you use a custom domain enter your web url in (ex. www.mystore.com). If you are not using a custom domain put in your Flying Cart subdomain (ex. www.mystore.flyingcart.com).
2. Delete your FTP password in Google and create a new one (Step #8 above), enter in the new FTP Password in the Advanced Marketing section of your Flying Cart store. Submit your Google feed after 24 hours.
Tags: google, Google Product Search
Thanks, that helped alot!
I have done every step as you list. However, all my items are “published and searchable soon” . This status is more than 24 hours.
What should I do?
I would wait another 24 hours and then contact Google if its still not up.
I love ya rishi.. I have followed every step on all your help pages. You have really helped me out greatly!!! I love this place. you all make it so easy for people like me who are sooo not web smart!!!