Google & YouTube , 7,825 reviews

Overall rating
4.5
Counts per rating level
  • 69% of ratings are 5 stars
  • 12% of ratings are 4 stars
  • 3% of ratings are 3 stars
  • 2% of ratings are 2 stars
  • 13% of ratings are 1 stars
What merchants think

Feedback submitted

Merchants appreciate this app for its user-friendly interface, easy setup, and smooth integration with Google Shopping and YouTube ads. They praise its automatic product updates, personalized recommendations, and quick search results. The app's insightful analytics are valued for optimizing strategies and boosting sales. Merchants also commend the responsive customer support and frequent updates.

February 4, 2024

Die ständige Ablehnung von Produkten und nicht behebbare Fehlern nerven mich. Außerdem von der akzeptierte Produkten wird immer nur das eine selber Produkt angeklickt, ergo es wird nur das eine einzige Produkt in der Suchergebnissen angezeigt. Also ich persönlich mag Google & Co nicht.

Shopphopp
Austria
About 1 month using the app
Google LLC replied February 5, 2024

Hello and thank you for taking the time to leave a review and feedback. We will be sure to share this feedback with our larger product team. Upon looking at your account, it looks like the majority of your offers are approved and serving. We do have a support team standing by that is trained in our Shopify app and can assist you in resolving any remaining issues you may be encountering. You can reach them anytime at https://support.google.com/merchants/contact/shopify_3p_support_app

Again, thank you for the feedback and we hope we can help you with any remaining questions you may have.

September 27, 2023

Avoid it if you can, or at least make it your last priority. I wish I tried to manually set myself up on google rather than use this tool.

Is currently the slowest 3rd party app on my site, will not work out of the box (and may do 'weird' things like add multiple pixels and then connect to the wrong one), and there is 0 support (no contact for months, once I had an employee invite me to a meeting and then not show up) for when your account inevitably gets flagged by some faulty automation.

MOMO
United States
11 months using the app
Google LLC replied October 3, 2023

Hello there and thank you for the review. We are sorry to hear your experience has been less than stellar. We do have a dedicated Shopify support team on standby and they can be contact here: https://support.google.com/merchants/contact/shopify_3p_support_app

They will be able to resolve open questions you may have or in the case that you do find a bug, they have the resources to escalate internally. Thank you again for the feedback - we will pass it along to the relevant teams.

November 13, 2023

Due to your product problem, the product ID in GA4 in our Google Analytics is displayed abnormally. Most of the product SKUs display the product digital code in the shopify backend. I hope you can fix this bug.

Hanna Nikole
Hong Kong SAR
About 2 months using the app
Google LLC replied November 15, 2023

Hello and thanks for the feedback. We will be sure to pass this along to our product team as we are always looking for ways to improve. We do have a support team trained on analytics standing by to help. You can reach them through this link: https://support.google.com/merchants/contact/shopify_3p_support_app

December 14, 2023

Ormai Google sta cadendo a pezzi. Il plugin viene aggiornato di rado, ho un problemi con le conversioni e l'assistenza non mi aiuta. Le ads su google/youtube sono sempre meno efficaci. L'unica cosa buona che avevate fatto, ovvero Google Optimizer l'avete chiusa. Un impero che si sta letteralmente sgretolando. Google pronta al fallimento

PURIT
Italy
Over 2 years using the app
Google LLC replied December 19, 2023

Hello and thank you for taking the time to leave a review. We are sorry to hear the Google & YouTube app has not lived up to your expectations so far. We have noted your feedback and will share it with the relevant teams. We are frequently updating and improving our app so please continue to look out for improvements.

If there is anything we can do to help you, our support team is standing by should you need any assistance. https://support.google.com/merchants/contact/shopify_3p_support_app"

Edited October 23, 2023

As far as syncing products the app works great. Issues arise when you have a large number of products - thousands to be exact. We are currently at 6101 SKUS and when attempting to bulk edit in the app it freezes once we reach product 1100 and provides a "Page Unresponsive" error from Shopify. Google Tech Support has verified all is fine on their end so this issue is definitely on Shopify's end and seems to only appear when you have more than 1000 products. Others that have left reviews seem to have run into the same issue with this app. They told me this would be fixed by this morning and it is not. With other reviews encountering the same issues in the past months, it is evident Shopify is unwilling or unable to correct the issue. I would look elsewhere. Wish Shopify would take care of issues with their platform as opposed to aesthetics. Shopify platform and support have deteriorated a great deal over the past 3-4 years.

Wallhogs
United States
7 months using the app
Google LLC replied September 28, 2023

Thank you for the review. We have noted your feedback around the bulk editor. As you pointed out, that portion is actually owned by Shopify but we will be sure to pass on the feedback to their relevant product teams. One workaround you may find useful in the meantime is using the import/export feature available on the Shopify Product page. More details can be found here: https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/products/import-export

If there is anything else we can do to help you, don't hesitate to contact us! https://support.google.com/merchants/contact/shopify_3p_support_app

September 30, 2023

The app is terrible for those who have products with multiple variations. I have products that have 40 variations (considering color and size), as they are clothing items. It doesn't recognize either color or size in the variations and limits the display on Google. Moreover, the useful feature that allowed mapping what was size and color has disappeared.

I can't believe that two major companies like Google and Shopify, leaders in their respective sectors, could have such a poor integration. Many other platforms, even smaller and local ones, have a better integration.

Acausto
Brazil
About 1 year using the app
Google LLC replied October 3, 2023

Hello and thank you for your feedback. We are sorry to hear that you have had a frustrating experience with the app. Color and Size are editable within the Shopify product page in the "Variants" section. You can also add new variants there.

Additionally, we are excited about some forthcoming features launching soon that will make it easy for you to edit products and variants from within the app. Please stay tuned for those.

We value the feedback and will definitely pass it on to the relevant product teams both at Google and Shopify. Thank you again.

November 10, 2023

The absolute worst experience with this app, it is incredibly frustrating. "Mismatched Currency In Shipping Information" has been plaguing us for 48 hours. All currency is USD, shipping currency is USD, I even shut off international markets and disabled geolocation to no avail. The worst part is, 900 products are approved, and a few hundred random ones are not, and the ones that aren't keep changing (day by day, some errors will disappear, and new ones will pop up).

Contacted Google support about the issue and how to fix and their response was literally "You need to fix this or we will disable your account on December 7th". Truly insane, especially with the amount we spend on Google Ads every month.

Atomic Car Concepts
Canada
3 days using the app
Google LLC replied November 13, 2023

Hello and thank you for taking the time to leave the detailed feedback. First, I am sorry your support experience didn't meet your expectations. I have also noted your feedback around confusion in setting up shipping settings. I will pass both pieces of feedback to our support and product teams as we are constantly looking to improve in these areas.

We did just add two new shipping articles to our help center which may be of help to you and others:
https://support.google.com/merchants/answer/14233096
https://support.google.com/merchants/answer/14238360

Thank you again for the thoughtful feedback and rest assured we will pass it along to the team.

September 14, 2023

This app doesn't allow me to complete the set up integration with google and YouTube. There is no easy way to contact google about this issue. If I cannot finish the setup or contact google for help, what is the point in having this app as an option to add to my site on Shopify?

August Moon Organics
United States
11 months using the app
Google LLC replied September 18, 2023

Hello there and thank you for taking the time to leave a review. First, we are sorry for any frustrations you encountered during the onboarding phase - that was certainly not our intention.

We do have a dedicated support team that is on standby to help you through any of the issues you are seeing. You can reach them at https://support.google.com/merchants/contact/shopify_3p_support_app

Our support team should be able to get you squared away. Thank you again for the feedback.

August 3, 2023

Linking this app in Shopify is utterly impossible if your shopify admin email address does not match your google ads and google merchant center email addresses.

Google offers no useful support at all so don't count on any help from them. I have sent numerous emails to their support center and they just push me around in circles with no resolution in sight, after weeks of trying.

Stay away from this app if any of your email addresses (in shopify, google ads or google merchant center) is different from the others. Perhaps the app works but i will never know because there is no useful support at all.

We spend thousands of Euro with Google every month, but get no support in return. Very disappointed.

Whiteboard Shop UK
United Kingdom
About 2 years using the app
Google LLC replied August 4, 2023

Hello and thank you for taking the time to leave this feedback. I apologize for any frustrations you had linking your accounts. I wanted to provide a bit of context as to why we have this requirement around matching emails and why it is done to protect our merchants. The reason we require the admin emails in Merchant Center, Ads, Analytics to match when linking to Shopify is to prevent fraud and any unauthorized account takeovers.

I do see you have had multiple support cases with us and have asked our support leads to take a closer look at your most recent, open case to ensure it is handled properly and hopefully resolves your account linking issue. Thank you again for the review and feedback.

August 6, 2023

I've been using the app since earlier this year when I created my store. I didn't run into many issues other than the occasional missing gtin or a product being disapproved. I sorted it all out, 100% of my products were approved and only several were not (only for dynamic retargeting). Fast forward several months later, I go to check on my products in the google merchant center and I see that my account has been suspended due to: Misrepresentation.

I thought maybe this happened because I ran into a issue with Shopify that same day where it said I had to add a CAA record to my domain. But nope, I do not think so. The account suspension reason that google provided is vague. It lists many possibilities why my account could have been suspended but not THE reason. So, I honestly do not know why. I tried to message google to see if I could get an explanation but the only thing, I got in return was automated responses linking their misrepresentation policy.

I decided to search for user experience regarding the issue and behold I found nothing but nightmare stories. Most users seemed to have never gotten their issue resolved and gave up. Thus, leaving their account suspended forever.

The strange thing is that my account was perfectly fine for five months straight. I didn't change anything, only added, or removed products. Then out of nowhere I get this. It's kind of sad. I'm not sure if I will be able to use the google and YouTube app ever again. And for a reason I'm not even aware of.

I'm a small business and it's a nightmare to have to deal with automation repeatedly and left in the dark about alleged issues. It seems like it might be impossible to fight issues such as this.

Arcane Arcadia
United States
5 months using the app
Google LLC replied August 13, 2023

Hello there and thanks for leaving a review. We are sorry to hear this has been a cause of frustration for you. We regularly review this feedback with our product team so all the details you provided were very helpful.

Google's policies are in place to protect merchants and consumers. If you would like to learn more about this particular policy and how you can request a re-review, please visit: https://support.google.com/merchants/answer/6150127?hl=en&sjid=15068795589301841412-NA

You can also open a case with our support team through the above link to further assist in trying to unblock you. Thanks again for the feedback and we will share it with the wider team.