Reviews (9,104)

Overall rating
4.6
Counts per rating level
  • 72% of ratings are 5 stars
  • 12% of ratings are 4 stars
  • 3% of ratings are 3 stars
  • 2% of ratings are 2 stars
  • 12% of ratings are 1 stars
What merchants think

Feedback submitted

Merchants appreciate the ease of use and effective Shopify integration of these apps, noting their straightforward setup and seamless operation. They enhance online store functionality, particularly in managing product feeds and boosting sales through improved visibility on Google Shopping. The user-friendly interface caters to all skill levels, and the responsive customer service helps quickly resolve any issues, supporting business growth.

October 17, 2022

this is a nightmare. I set it up and it unverified my domain with google and I cant re-verify it. Traffic has dropped as a result. This needs testing before made available to shops. Such a terrible product.

Ethical Trade Co
United States
About 4 years using the app
Google LLC replied October 24, 2022

Hi there,

Thanks for reaching out with your feedback. My name is Vance and I work for Shopify Support. I can take a look at your store and help you determine the steps we can take to reach a resolution. Please look for my upcoming email so we can talk about the specifics.

Vance | Shopify Support

August 29, 2022

Unable to get any support on this Shopify App. GTIN's are not properly syncing to the merchant center which has caused Google to suspend my account.

Evergreen Mountain Sports
United States
Almost 4 years using the app
Google LLC replied August 30, 2022

Hi there,

Charlotte here from Shopify support, thank you for taking the time to install and use Google channel on your store and leave a review. I'm going to follow up with you over email to open up the lines of communication and see how we can provide more support for you on this.

Charlotte | Shopify

Edited April 1, 2022

I don't recommend the app, since shopify events are not sent over to adwords. Shopify support said they cannot help with google analytics and sent me a bunch of links, when I asked for support for a shopify app. When we analyzed oue raw data in shopify we found 3x conversion from google ads than ads or google analytics showed. This is _owned data_, that should be provided to where you place your bets. This place is google ads (& GA). This idea ("one click google ads setup") of this app is excellent, the performance & support are not.

Delidia
Germany
Almost 4 years using the app
Google LLC replied April 4, 2022

Hi there,

Chris here from Shopify. Thank you for sharing your feedback regarding your experience with the Google channel app. The Google Channel is used to sync product information to your Google Merchant Centre and Google Ads accounts. The channel does not have an association with the Google Analytics part of Google's platform. I'll be following up with an email to open up the lines of communication to see if there is anything I can do to assist you.

- Chris | Shopify

August 13, 2023

Oh my god. What a struggle this app is. You might think that an app built by Google would be the perfect solution for including Google ads and google merchant account.

The reality is: it’s the worst solution. Attribution for ads is the worst our store has ever seen. Merchant account sync is the only useful thing about this. There is no fixing any of the Google ads or Google analytics problems. Their support policy is basically “screw you”.

Flexxline
United States
Almost 4 years using the app
Google LLC replied August 15, 2023

Hi there and thank you for the feedback. Sorry to hear you are having issues with attribution tracking on the Google & YouTube App. There are a number of reasons why GA4 conversion or attribution tracking may differ from other dashboards such as UA or Shopify analytics. You can read more about them here: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/13672281

We have noted your feedback around attribution and support experience and will share it with the relevant teams. Thank you again.

July 26, 2022

Quite a poor app at this stage, throws up GTIN errors when all products have codes, can't connect to youtube channel. So far causing a lot of issues

Editors Keys
United Kingdom
Almost 4 years using the app
Google LLC replied July 29, 2022

Hi there,

Jackie here from Shopify support. Thank you for leaving your detailed feedback about the app, I'll reach out to you to discuss any specific issues that we can correct.

Jackie | Support Specialist
Shopify

December 19, 2020

Be very care with your ad budget. There is a several day lag between what you see in Shopify and what is going on with your actual google ads account. By the time it catches up, that ad that shows not spending the daily budget has maxed out the budget for the last several days. This lead to spending a bunch of money while showing very poor results in the end.

Dancers and Dogs
United States
Almost 4 years using the app
Google LLC replied December 28, 2020

Hi there,

Jordan here from Shopify. Thank you for taking the time to share your review of the Google Channel with us. Your feedback is very important.

It is concerning to hear about the ad budgets lag. I will send you an email to open the lines of communication to see if we can further assist you with this matter.

Jordan l Shopify

Edited January 12, 2023

Have gone CRAZY trying to figure out what I am doing wrong and why my products do not sync to Merchant Center anymore. Wish I had read the previous reviews earlier! Clearly there is a SERIOUS issue happening and customer support is really unhelpful. They first told me to open a new support ticket because I was not logged in (crazy, right, since I mentioned all info about my account in my ticket). Then the new ticket guy tells me to resync and wait. When what they should do is ADMIT they have a problem, stop making is about US and FIX it!!!!!

Break Time
Croatia
Almost 4 years using the app
Google LLC replied January 18, 2023

Hi there,

Thanks for leaving your feedback for the Google channel app. My name is Vance from Shopify support. It sounds like you may have encountered an error with product syncing that's currently affecting a number of merchants. We're actively working to resolve this error. I'll be sending you an email with more details after we've reviewed your store.

Vance | Marketplaces Support Specialist
Shopify

December 30, 2021

We are having an issue where our products are approved in Shopify's Google section but are not showing up in our Google Merchant Products and Feed. Submitted a ticket but did not receive an actionable response.

Rumi Spice
United States
Almost 4 years using the app
Google LLC replied January 1, 2022

Hey there,

Adil here from Shopify. Thank you for providing that feedback. I'm sorry to hear of the product sync issues that you are facing on the Google channel. We do want to make sure that the channel is working as expected for you so I'm going to look into this and follow up with you in an email to see what I can do to resolve this.

Adil | Shopify

September 7, 2022

can not get it to work...keeps unpublishing items due to gtin/mpn..We have custom products that do not have these. Tried everything we read about to fix this issue..Is useless

WWW.GOINGDEEPSNORKELS.COM
United States
Over 3 years using the app
Google LLC replied September 10, 2022

Hi there,

Vance here from Shopify. Thank you for taking the time to leave feedback for the app. I've sent you an email to connect and offer further support to work through any issues you're facing!

Vance | Shopify

Edited July 30, 2022

Basically pure hell with shopify not integrating with google merchant center at all NOT THROUGH API, NOT THROUGH GOOGLE APP NOT THROUGH GOOGLE MERCHANT!!! SHOPIFY PROMOTES A GOOGLE APP- HERE https://apps.shopify.com/google?search_id=46852b99-4046-46df-a0ca-ae8160d0357b&surface_detail=GOOGLE&surface_inter_position=1&surface_intra_position=4&surface_type=search Its really just google merchant center but its broken and mine still is stuck on 5/7 items validated and will not approve any of my products. ( NOTHING AND IM MEAN NOTHING WORKS) I have all custom products, no GTIN no MPN but no matter what I do its still will not accept my products, even when I have done everything in the documentation here
https://support.google.com/merchants/answer/160161 Ive done everything that I possibly can per the documentation to let google know its a custom product, I have even created custom meta fields, supplemental feeds etc., etc.. NOTHING WORKS. set it to false, no - nothing in the suggested documentation works. Someone else made a video not mine of course, however I feel his pain I have done all of whats in this video to no avail, This video explains what we are all going through with shopify not integrating with google merchant. and google and shopify passing the buck https://www.screencast.com/t/fHC13pVy Even when you go directly to google merchant and change the settings globally it still will not take which leads me to believe this is a shopify google marriage disaster and it DOESNT WORK! PLEASE REMOVE THE APP OR FIX IT!

Photohack Lovers
United States
Over 3 years using the app
Google LLC replied July 27, 2022

Hello,

Jackie here from Shopify. Thanks for taking the time to submit your feedback. We're going to follow up with you over email to open up the lines of communication and see if we can address some of the issues you were having with the app.
Jackie | Shopify