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Google Merchant Centre updates multi-channel product system for unified inventory management
Google Merchant Centre is updating how multi-channel products work, unifying online and in-store inventory into a single product listing instead of separate records. The change affects users of the Content API, Merchant API, and BigQuery Data Transfer.
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What changed
Key considerations: products with the same ID, content language, and feed label across multiple data sources will now result in errors; local-only products may conflict with multi-channel products using the same identifiers.
Why it matters for advertisers
For you, this means reviewing your product data setup if you manage both online and local inventory, especially if you use APIs or automated data sources.
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Google Merchant Centre updates multi-channel product system for unified inventory management
Google Merchant Centre is updating how multi-channel products work, unifying online and in-store inventory into a single product listing instead of separate records. The change affects users of the Content API, Merchant API, and BigQuery Data Transfer. Key considerations: products with the same ID, content language, and feed label across multiple data sources will now result in errors; local-only products may conflict with multi-channel products using the same identifiers. For you, this means reviewing your product data setup if you manage both online and local inventory, especially if you use APIs or automated data sources.
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