Bigshopper Frequently Asked Questions

FAQ

Bigshopper currently applies a notice period of at least 14 days before the next invoice date. This means that if the invoice is sent out on January 1st, you have until December 18th to cancel your agreement. Once this deadline has passed, the agreement is automatically extended by one full month.

Uploading products through affiliate feeds is not possible. Bigshopper does not work with affiliate feeds to keep the model fair and transparent. We want traffic that comes in to go to our paying customers and not to forward to competitors on the basis of affiliate marketing. This does happen with other CSS Partners, but we do not. Only in countries with less than 50 webshops connected (e.g. new countries in which Google Shopping was launched in 2019, such as Greece, Romania, Finland, etc.) are some affiliate feeds used to meet the requirements of the Google CSS Partner program (which requires, among other things, that a minimum of 50 shops are compared in each country). If there are sufficient paying clients in these countries, the affiliate feeds will be removed. For countries such as the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, etc. no affiliate feeds will be used.

If your question is not answered on this page or if you want more information, please contact us via the contact page. You can reach us by phone or e-mail.

As an affiliated Bigshopper webshop, it is possible to place a quality mark on your own website. There are 2 different variants that show you are registered at Bigshopper. After signing the agreement and connecting to our website, you meet the requirements to use the logo. Do you have questions about Bigshopper or would you like to become a customer? Then please contact with us.

All different formats and variants can be found on the Bigshopper quality mark logos page.

The traffic you receive as a seller on Bigshopper depends on several factors, such as the brand recognition of your shop and products, the search volume of your products and the competition volume on Bigshopper. Bigshopper is a fair price comparator, which means that the cheaper product is always ranked above the more expensive one. Also, on seller pages and brand pages, products with the most sellers are shown at the top. This choice has been made to make the consumer's comparison process as smooth as possible. This also means that we will never place certain products above other products at the request of a seller. Do you want to make sure you get as much traffic as possible from Bigshopper? Then please make sure your product feed is as optimal and extensive as possible.

At Bigshopper we accept multiple payment methods. It is possible to pay the invoice via iDeal, SEPA direct debit and Creditcard. To pay you can use the payment link mentioned in the invoice. A separate page will open in which the payment can be completed.

In very exceptional cases a bank transfer is also possible, please contact us to discuss the possibilities.

Setting up an automatic payment method can be done in the Bigshopper dashboard underneath payment methods. Click on the "Add new" button to set up a SEPA direct debit or credit card.

Please note: It is not possible to delete the bank transfer method. If the authorisation or a creditcard expires, the standard method will revert back to bank transfer. When this happens, you will receive the invoice via e-mail again.

It is possible to switch your Merchant Centers(s) back to Google CSS or to another CSS. In most cases, Bigshopper currently applies a notice period of at least 14 days before the next invoice date. This means that if the invoice is sent out on January 1st, you have until December 18th to cancel your agreement. Once this deadline has passed, the agreement is automatically extended by one full month.

The termination will only take effect once the account is switched back to Google CSS. If the switch is not accepted by the account administrator within these 14 days, the Merchant Center will remain connected to Bigshopper CSS. This means that we will be forced to re-invoice the service and the contract will be continuously extended by one month.

It is required that a written confirmation of the cancellation is send to [email protected] by the client who signed the contract.

When switching back to Google CSS, the following must be taken into account:

  • 14 days before the end of the contract, we request the switch back to Google CSS.
  • All admin users of the Merchant Centers will receive a notification and can approve this request.
  • After approval by an admin user, the switch to Google CSS will be completed after 14 days.
  • If necessary, we can request a switch to Google CSS immediately. The invoicing will continue according to the agreed notice period.
When switching to another CSS this means the new CSS partner is responsible for requesting the CSS switch. Please note that it is required for the client to inform Bigshopper of the cancellation.

According to the Digital Service Act (DSA), it is mandatory for online platforms and search engines to provide information about their active end-users, a significant step towards greater transparency and accountability in the digital world. Starting from February 17th, 2023, and then every six months, Bigshopper B.V. is required to state the number of unique visitors they have, including both registered users and visitors who view information on the platform or search engine, listen, click, link, share, buy, or conduct transactions.

The estimated number of unique visitors is approximately 700,000 per month.

The Google CSS program (CSS stands for Comparison Shopping Services) started in 2018. Google was fined a record fine of 2.42 billion euros by the European Union in 2017. The reason: Google placed results of its own service Google Shopping at the top of the search results, to the detriment of competitors (other price comparison companies, such as Bigshopper). In order to avoid new fines, Google has had to adapt to Google Shopping in order to allow more competition. This adaptation marked the start of the Google CSS program. This means that only price comparison companies (such as Bigshopper) that meet Google's requirements can become a partner of the Google CSS program. The European Commission requires Google Shopping to be profitable in an independent way. This means that affiliated Google CSS Partners have an advantage of 20% margin in the auction of Google Shopping.

Google also explains this on https://support.google.com/merchants/answer/7558973 (Google explains in that article: "The European Commission requires Google Shopping to be profitable in an independent manner. Google Shopping currently does this by withholding a fixed margin percentage on each bid that sellers make before it is submitted to the auction. This margin is included in the CPC paid by the seller and is only charged when a user clicks on one of the seller's advertisements'). In short: through Google CSS itself 20% of your bid within your Google Shopping campaigns goes directly to Google, only 80% of your bid goes into the auction. If you join Bigshopper CSS, your full bid will go into the auction. You would have to bid 25% via Google CSS to achieve the same (after all: if you bid 1 euro, you enter the auction via Google 80ct, you have to bid 25% to get back to 1 euro CPC). Also on https://shoppingsolutions.withgoogle.com/faq Google explains the margin with the question "What is Google Shopping's pricing model?".

Google was fined a record fine of 2.42 billion euros in 2017 from the European Union. The reason: Google places the results of its own Google Shopping service at the top of the search results, to the detriment of competitors (other price comparators, such as Bigshopper). In order to avoid new fines, Google has had to adapt to Google Shopping in order to allow more competition. This adaptation marked the start of the Google CSS program. Due to the requirements of the European Union, Google has to offer a model where other price comparison companies can charge margin. Because of this requirement, there is now an advantage in Google Shopping if you are a price comparator. By working together with a CSS Partner such as Bigshopper, you can make use of those advantages. The requirements for the CSS program of Google have been tightened several times, the last time in February 2022.

Several CSS Partners are active in Europe. Why choose Bigshopper CSS? The main reasons:

  • Price: you pay a fixed amount per month. Is your Google Shopping budget higher than €150 a month? Then it is already beneficial to switch to Bigshopper CSS.
  • Bigshopper is one of the few Premium CSS Partners in Europe.
  • A 20% margin advantage within Google Shopping.
  • Bigshopper is active in all European countries to which the CSS program applies.
  • Quality: good and fast service.
  • Experience and knowledge: Bigshopper has a lot of experience in switching Merchant Center accounts.
  • Transparent: we tell you all the details and requirements of Google and give honest answers to all your questions.
  • Support: support from both Bigshopper and Google (because Bigshopper is a Premium CSS Partner).
  • No hidden costs and no CPC (cost per click) model.
  • Bigshopper has signed a management waiver with Google. This means that Google contacts will keep access to the Google Ads accounts to which the Merchant Center is linked to Bigshopper CSS.
  • Bigshopper complies with Google's policy requirement that a comparator has been set up for each country/language and that a CSS MCA (Multi Client Account) has been requested and approved for each country/language. We have also set up our own system (approved by Google) which can be used to redirect accounts to the correct domain (e.g. as a Merchant Center that links multiple country targets to one country).
  • Continuity and further development: thanks to the monthly fees, Bigshopper will be able to keep developing.The Bigshopper team includes several programmers and support staff. Bigshopper is a high quality platform. This is reflected in the fact that, for example, all brands and categories on our site have texts explaining the products to consumers.
  • Bigshopper complies with the obligation (this can be found on the CSS partner page of Google as well as confirmed by Google by mail) that all products in the Google Shopping feed can also be found on the comparison Bigshopper.
  • Traffic continues to increase on Bigshopper, no extra charges apply for all clicks out.
  • Bigshopper.nl does not work with affiliate feeds. On the Bigshopper platform only connected customers with a feed will be shown to consumers.
  • Bigshopper will not use/abuse the link to your Merchant Center, for example by linking its own Google Ads account to your Merchant Center and purchasing residual traffic (which will be resold at CPC rates or provided with affiliate links).
  • Bigshopper has already successfully connected many customers, this is beneficial for the comparison function and continuity.
  • Bigshopper can link your existing Merchant Center account to Bigshopper CSS, which has the advantage that Bigshopper does not have access to your Merchant Center and you keep your history.
  • Bigshopper does not need access to your Google Ads account.
  • Bigshopper has arranged an opt-in, allowing your ads to remain visible on the Google Shopping tab, at Google Shopping search partners, but also within other parts of Google Ads (e.g. remarketing).
  • When switching to Bigshopper CSS, your ads will remain visible on the Google Shopping tab, at Google Shopping search partners, but also within other parts of Google Ads (e.g. remarketing).
  • Quick switch: it is now possible to switch from your current CSS (e.g. Google CSS) to Bigshopper within 24 hours.
  • Traffic from advertisements keep on going to your website without intervention.
  • Quick and accurate search function within Bigshopper (if a consumer clicks on "From Bigshopper" within Google, the Bigshopper site will quickly load relevant results in the right language, for the right country).
  • All products on Bigshopper are updated several times a day. Our algorithm is continuously being improved, so that as many similar products as possible are bundled.
  • If a feed cannot be retrieved, we will be notified and will take action so that visibility remains optimal.
  • A notice period of 2 weeks until the next invoice date.
  • Bigshopper deploys Comparison Listing Ads with the highest possible visibility (no exclusions). These are ads in Google that can only be used by CSS Partners. Although this involves costs for Bigshopper, this is included in the monthly fee without any additional costs for our clients. Comparison Listing Ads can only be used by CSS Partners.

In short: enough reasons to join Bigshopper CSS.

If your Google Merchant Center is linked to Bigshopper and you are fully transferred, you will immediately benefit from the 20% margin advantage in the auction. Bigshopper has no insight into your Merchant Center with an account association switch (90% of the switches). Bigshopper also never needs access to your Google Ads account. Another advantage of Bigshopper CSS is that we will never advertise your products. You continue to advertise yourself (and fully manage your campaigns yourself). The only thing that changes is that you will see in your account that you are part of Bigshopper CSS. So your ads will continue to go directly to your website (without traffic going to Bigshopper first). So, you won't notice anything of the transition, only that underneath the advertisements there is "From Bigshopper", a link that does refer to Bigshopper (but for which both Google and Bigshopper don't charge extra). Only if we need to create new accounts for you (which are directly under Bigshopper CSS and are not switched from you), we will have access to those newly created Google Merchant Centers (still, we won't have access to your Google Ads account/data).

You can join Bigshopper with and without CSS benefits. If you take advantage of the CSS benefits, we will switch your Google Merchant Center, so you can immediately take advantage of the 20% margin advantage. If you want to be visible on Bigshopper without CSS (i.e. without us linking your Google Merchant Center to Bigshopper), that is also possible. For the prices of Bigshopper, please contact us via the contact page. It is important to know that Bigshopper does not use a CPC (cost per click) model in any case. You will pay a fixed amount per month which will give you the full benefit. If you use Bigshopper CSS, you also do not pay any costs to Google (nor to Bigshopper) if the "From Bigshopper" link is clicked under the advertisement.

The first advantage you have is the financial advantage of 20% margin in the auction of Google Shopping. This means that your full bid in Google Ads within your Google Shopping campaigns will be included in the auction. If you bid 20 cents, then immediately 20 cents will go into the auction. If you are currently advertising via Google CSS, 80% will go into the auction (in the example it is 16 cents). If you are now connected to Google CSS, you would have to bid 25% more to enter the auction with the same bid as a competitor that is connected to a CSS Partner (such as Bigshopper).

Previously (before 2019), in addition to the margin, there was also a kickback (a percentage that was refunded to your account as advertising credit). The kickback will expire on January 1, 2019. The 20% margin advantage is still active. We expect this to remain as well, given the fine from the European Union that Google has received (whereby Google must at all times offer a model that is fairly competitive compared to price comparison companies such as Bigshopper). Another advantage is that you always pay a fixed amount per month. For traffic coming from Bigshopper, you don't pay any extra costs (so there are no CPC fees). You may place your entire offer on Bigshopper, even if you only advertise part of your products in Google Shopping. This allows you to increase your visibility. Bigshopper has multiple partners (see our partner page) who can help you connect to Bigshopper CSS. Of course, you can also contact us directly if you have any questions. Bigshopper is active in more than 20 countries.

If you advertise in more than one country, you only need one partner (Bigshopper), with whom you can take advantage of the CSS benefits in all European countries. Bigshopper will also make sure that you will be informed as soon as possible in case of problems. If something goes wrong with your product feed, our system will notify you. This will first be checked by the Bigshopper team and if your feed no longer works, we will contact you. For optimal visibility in our comparator, we advise you to provide as much data as possible (preferably at least brand, EAN, title, price, URL, image URL). Inclusion on Bigshopper offers many other possibilities. For example, a promotional text may be delivered for your seller's page on Bigshopper, which includes a backlink to your webshop.).

It may seem that connected webshops advertise through Bigshopper but that is not correct. You will continue to fully manage your Google Merchant Center and your Google Ads account. So, the click costs of Google Ads will also go through your own account. So nothing will change, only that your account will be linked to Bigshopper CSS and that instead of "From Google" it will appear under your ads after the "From Bigshopper" switch. Clicking that link will cost nothing (Google will not charge for this either). However, by switching, you will benefit directly from a 20% margin advantage in Google Shopping.

The European Union has imposed on Google that there must be a fair model, where other comparators can use Google Shopping, but must be able to achieve an acceptable margin. This decision follows a hefty fine imposed on Google by the European Commission. A price comparator that joins the Google CSS Partner Program therefore has an advantage of 20% margin in the auction. See also Google's own explanation on this subject at: https://support.google.com/merchants/answer/7558973?hl=en Google indicates: "The European Commission requires Google Shopping to be independently profitable. Google Shopping currently does this by withholding a fixed margin percentage on each bid that sellers make before it is submitted to the auction. This margin is included in the CPC paid by the seller and is only charged when a user clicks on one of the seller's advertisements."

If you use Google CSS, Google will withhold the margin on your bid that goes into the auction. If you bid 1 euro CPC, then only 80ct will enter the auction. If you use Bigshopper CSS, we do not keep any margin, so 100% will go into the auction. You will then immediately benefit from a 25% higher bid in the auction (after all: you would have to bid 25% more to get from 80ct to 1 euro). The margin is something that Google CSS directly deducts from your bids, you will not see this in your account. However, you will notice a difference after the switch: your bid will be fully included in the auction (so you will bid more). Also on https://shoppingsolutions.withgoogle.com/faq Google explains on the question "What is Google Shopping's pricing model?" the margin that is withheld.

At the moment the Google CSS program is only active within Europe, given the fine that Google has received from the European Union. There are now more than 20 countries in which you can get the margin advantage through a CSS partner like Bigshopper. These countries are the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, France, United Kingdom, Ireland, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece, Switzerland, Austria, Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic, Romania, Slovakia, Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden.

The Google CSS program only applies to the advertisements that are displayed on general pages with search results. If a User accesses the "Shopping" tab in Google, Bigshopper will not be visible as a CSS partner. Those clicks do not go through Bigshopper CSS either, but through Google CSS. By the way, this applies to all CSS Partners. The margin advantage only applies to all Shopping clicks from Google's normal search results pages (and not to other parts for which the Shopping feed becomes a user, such as remarketing and the Google Shopping tab). CSS Partners must provide each CSS account with an opt-in requested from Google, so that CSS Partners' advertisements are also visible on all other Google products (such as remarketing, the Google Shopping tab, etc.). When switching your account, please make sure that the CSS Partner you choose has requested these opt-ins for each country. Bigshopper has activated all opt-ins in all countries. This also includes the opt-in that your Google account specialist will keep access to your Google Ads account (by default your contact person will lose this access, because a CSS Partner is seen as a competitor of Google, so Google employees are not allowed to have access to those accounts anymore).

The choice is yours, but through a CSS Partner such as Bigshopper, the full bid you set in Google Ads will go into the auction within your Shopping campaign. If you don't use a CSS Partner, Google will keep a 20% margin on your bid and only 80% of your bid will be included in the auction. Competitors who use an auction, automatically bid 25% higher than you do (after all: if you both bid 50 cents in the auction, Google will keep 20% within your Merchant Center. Only 40 cents will enter the auction. You then have to bid 25% to bid 50 cents again, just like your competitor who does use a CSS Partner). If you hardly make any costs in Google Ads, then the advantage is not great and it might not be useful to make the switch. If you spend about 250 euros or more on your Google Shopping, then it certainly pays to make the switch to a CSS Partner.

If you have been assigned one or more Google contacts, you will keep them after switching to Bigshopper CSS. Bigshopper has signed an opt-in document in which we give permission for Google to retain access to accounts that switch to Bigshopper CSS. Please note that not every CSS has arranged this, so you may lose your contacts with another CSS. Please check with the relevant CSS. Bigshopper has arranged this for all countries.

It is possible that your current contact person cannot request certain components (e.g. beta's), in that case this can be done through 2 fixed contacts at Google that Bigshopper has been assigned.

If you use a Google MCA (Multi Client Account) then this means that you have one Google Merchant Center account, which includes multiple sub-accounts. It is no problem to transfer the entire MCA from Google or another CSS to Bigshopper CSS. The only thing that Google does not allow is that the MCA falls under a different CSS than the subaccounts. In that case, the subaccounts that are transferred are separated from the MCA. The solution is then to transfer the entire MCA to Bigshopper. Please note that with multiple accounts and countries the cost of Bigshopper will increase. If an MCA is linked to one country, Bigshopper will ensure that if multiple countries are targeted, the "From Bigshopper" link will be redirected to the correct country, so that visitors will see the correct language/country combination.

To switch to Bigshopper CSS we never need access to your Google Ads account or your data. In most cases (90% of the cases) we can switch your account through an account association switch. Your current Merchant Center will then be converted to Bigshopper CSS. Bigshopper will then not have access to your account (including your Merchant Center). Important: Bigshopper works with many partners, in order to prevent us from being able to view data of possible customers or customers of partners, we have written to Google that we are not allowed to have access to accounts and/or data! Please be aware of this when choosing a CSS Partner, it is possible that not every CSS Partner has indicated this (and has insight into your data!). If new accounts are created by Bigshopper (so it is not a matter of switching an existing account), Bigshopper will have access to your Merchant Center. Only the data that is visible there will be accessible to us. If you don't want this, it is possible to create new Google CSS accounts yourself and switch to Bigshopper.

Bigshopper has many advantages over other CSS Partners (see also the question: "Why Bigshopper CSS?"). Each CSS Partner has a different way of working and a different business model. Ask the CSS Partner in question which model they use and make a choice based on that model.

There are several types of CSS Partners. First of all there is the "Active CSS", this is a CSS that does not meet the strict requirements of Google and therefore is not a Google CSS Partner. Support with this "Active CSS" is minimal. In addition, there is a CSS Partner: this meets the minimum Partner requirements of Google: there are Google Ads certified employees (both Google Fundamentals and Google Shopping exam must be passed), at least 100 customers must use Google CSS and there are requirements regarding the price comparison website (at least 50 connected customers, specific requirements regarding search and filter functions, etc.). A Google CSS Premium Partner meets even stricter requirements and has a minimum of 500 connected customers. This not only concerns 500 customers who are visible on the price comparison website, it concerns 500 customers who have at least been switched within Google Shopping (with a Merchant Center switch). As of March 2022, only CSS Partners belonging to the top 25% best performing CSSs may call themselves a Premium CSS Partner. Bigshopper meets all strict requirements and has been a Premium Partner since August 2018. The advantage of a Premium Partner compared to a normal Partner is that there is extra support and that Premium Partners are also invited for specific workshops. If you would like to check the differences, you can do so on the Google CSS Partners page: https://comparisonshoppingpartners.withgoogle.com/.

Bigshopper is a price comparator. This means Bigshopper does not deliver products directly. If you are looking for delivery time or other information about a product, it is best to navigate to the supplier of your choice. You may find additional information on the merchant page. If this is not the case, please contact the affiliated webshop directly to request current stock information on products.

Bigshopper is a comparison site and does not sell products itself. Do you have a question about products on Bigshopper? Please contact the webshop that sells the product directly. The seller can easily be found by clicking on the "Visit store" button.

Bigshopper does not deliver products itself. Has your product not arrived yet? Then please contact the seller in question. Are you not sure at which webshop you ordered the product? Then please check whether you have received a confirmation email of your order. The sender of this email is the seller of the product. Also make sure that the confirmation email has not been delivered to your 'spam' folder. Have you not received a confirmation email? Please check if a seller is named on the bank statement of your order. Finally, it is possible to search for the product via Bigshopper and navigate back to the seller in question.

Bigshopper does not deliver products itself. If you do not like the product or have received the wrong product, it is recommended to contact the seller of the product. The seller is listed on the invoice you have received. On the seller's website you will also find the return policies that apply to your order.

Bigshopper is a comparison site. It is not possible to buy products or make a payment at Bigshopper. It is only possible to order from affiliated Bigshopper webshops. By clicking through on a product page of a provider of your choice, you can then place an order at the respective webshop.

Yes, you can. If you use Google CSS, you can verify multiple accounts with your domain name, but you can only claim one account on your domain name. This means that with Google CSS you can only actively use one Merchant Center to serve ads. With any other CSS, including Bigshopper CSS, it works differently. Each domain name can be verified and claimed at all times by a Google CSS Partner. In fact: it is possible to claim multiple Google Merchant Center accounts as a CSS Partner for one domain.

Please note: if you use affiliate marketing, it is also possible for affiliates in your program to verify and claim your domain name. If you don't want to, please indicate this in the terms and conditions of your affiliate program. Bigshopper does not advertise in any country or in any situation with affiliate feeds in the Merchant Center. Other CSS Partners do, please pay attention here. If you work with Google CSS, you can see which CSS Partner has claimed your domain and possibly advertises with your products (whether or not as an affiliate). If you want to check this, you can login to your Merchant Center. Then choose "Shopping ads" in the menu on the left and then select Configuration. You will now see a dashboard with all the CSS's that have claimed your domain name and possibly advertise with your products. If you use a CSS, for example Bigshopper CSS, you will no longer see this dashboard in your Google Merchant Center. You can then create a new Google Merchant Center for free (through Google CSS), where you verify and claim your domain name. If you do this, you will not lose your claim of your Merchant Center that falls under Bigshopper CSS (although you can get a warning). After claiming in the Google CSS Merchant Center (which doesn't have to be active) you can see the dashboard with all the CSS Partners that might advertise your products.

As a CSS partner it is possible to create a Google Merchant Center for any domain that is also verified and claimed. This seems unlikely, but that is the practice. This can only be done by Google CSS Partners, you cannot do this yourself with a Google Merchant Center that is not linked to a CSS Partner. Then you can only claim and use a domain name in a Google Merchant Center once. With CSS Partners this works differently. So it is possible that a CSS Partner uses Google Shopping on your behalf without you knowing it. Therefore Google has a dashboard, where you can see which CSS Partner has claimed your domain name and possibly advertises with your products (for example from an affiliate program).

If you want to check this if you are not using a CSS Partner, you can login to your Merchant Center. Then choose "Shopping ads" in the menu on the left and then select Configuration. You will now see a dashboard with all the CSS's that have claimed your domain name and possibly advertise with your products. If you use a CSS, for example Bigshopper CSS, you will no longer see this dashboard in your Google Merchant Center. You can then create a new Google Merchant Center for free (through Google CSS), where you verify and claim your domain name. If you do this, you will not lose your claim of your Merchant Center that falls under Bigshopper CSS (although you can get a warning). After claiming in the Google CSS Merchant Center (which doesn't have to be active) you can see the dashboard with all CSS Partners that might advertise with your products.

If you don't want one or more CSS Partners to claim your domain and possibly advertise with your products, you can disable these Partners through this dashboard. Google indicates that the processing of an unsubscription can take up to 24 hours.

The expected impact of Bigshopper CSS depends on several factors. First of all, after the switch, 100% of your bid in your Google Shopping campaigns will be included in the auction within Google Ads. If you are still with Google CSS, this is only 80%. If, after the CSS switch, you keep your existing bids, a 25% higher bid will enter the auction.

Manual CPC
With a manual CPC, there are several strategies you can maintain. Depending on your approach, switching to Bigshopper CSS can have two effects:
  • You bet on a higher ROI from your campaigns by lowering your bids by about 20%. This will lead to a decrease in the average CPC, while the display percentage remains the same. This approach is recommended for online shops for which ROI is leading.
  • You go for a higher turnover of your campaigns and keep your bids the same as before. With this approach, the average CPC will remain the same, while the display percentage and the number of clicks will increase. This strategy is recommended for parties who want to make more volume and want to grow.
In practice, we see that most clients choose to maintain the existing bids in order to achieve a higher display share. Please note that this is not always a good thing: if you have very generic campaigns, a higher display share means that you are visible more often. This can entail extra costs and does not always directly lead to more turnover. Therefore, keep a close eye on your campaigns and make adjustments where necessary. In many cases, we see a higher display share, so you are more visible and get more volume with the same bids.

Smart bidding / Performance Max
To gain control, we recommend splitting the campaigns into a Performance Max campaign with only shopping products and a Performance Max campaign with all other assets. It is difficult / not possible to measure results when the budgets are shared and the results are combined with text ads, display, youtube etc.

Once you have split the campaign, 2 methods can be applied again.
  • You aim for a higher ROI from your campaigns by reducing your budget by about 20%. This will lead to a decrease in the average CPC, while the display percentage remains the same. This approach is recommended for webshops for which ROI is the leading factor.
  • You go for a higher turnover of your campaigns and keep your budget the same as before. With this approach, the average CPC will remain the same, while the display percentage and the number of clicks will increase. This strategy is recommended for parties who want to make more volume and want to grow.

It is possible to work with multiple CSS Partners at the same time. Google indicates that it will always try to display the same product only once per search from one advertiser. However, Google does indicate that in rare cases (where Google cannot see that it is the same product from the same provider), the same product from the same advertiser may be displayed twice through different CSS Partners. Google also indicates that if multiple CSS Partners are used, this will not be detrimental to the CPC, as the same advertiser cannot compete with himself in the auction. We advise to use only one CSS Partner. There are several CSS Partners that offer to deploy your campaigns (sometimes performance based). They will then buy at the same auction as you do, so there will be competition between the two: either you are visible, or the CSS Partner is advertising on your behalf. Although this does not drive up the CPC, it does ensure that the account with the highest bid is visible (all other factors left unchanged), so that you are no longer fully visible with your own account. We therefore advise you to keep your Google Ads in-house and to choose one CSS Partner. If you want to advertise with multiple Merchant Centers, this is also possible within Bigshopper. We can create unlimited Google Merchant Center accounts for one domain name of your webshop.

No, Bigshopper does not manage Google Ads campaigns for customers. Nor does Bigshopper advertise on behalf of clients through affiliate marketing, for example. If you would like to outsource your Google Ads campaigns to an online marketing agency, we advise you to contact one of our partners on the partner page.

Bigshopper does use Google Comparison Listing Ads. These are ads that can and may only be used by comparators. Bigshopper strives for full visibility. This visibility is included in your monthly costs. More information about Comparison Listing Ads can be found at https://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/9262823?hl=en
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Comparison Listing Ads is a new advertising format from Google Ads, which can only be used by CSS Partners (price comparison companies). These are ads that are visible on an extra tab next to the normal Google Shopping ads (for an example and more explanation see: https://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/9262823?hl=en). Because you can't use these ads yourself, Bigshopper uses these ads. We strive for optimal visibility. This means a high display share and no exclusion keywords. This paid visibility does not involve any extra costs for you, this is included in your monthly fee. Bigshopper deploys Comparison Listing Ads in all countries where this is possible for optimal coverage.

A frequently asked question (especially from large advertisers) concerns support from Google when switching from Google CSS to Bigshopper CSS. Bigshopper is Premium CSS and therefore has support from the Google CSS team for top merchants (and also a dedicated support channel). See also Google's official page about this and the differences between CSS Partners and CSS Premium Partners (such as Bigshopper): https://comparisonshoppingpartners.withgoogle.com/program_criteria/.
Offices and large customers are often assigned a dedicated account manager from Google. For agencies there are contacts, but for large Google Ads account also (the LCS (Large Customer Sales) support). Officially a Google support employee is no longer allowed in an account of Google Ads and is not allowed to give support as soon as they switch to a CSS Partner. Bigshopper has signed an agreement with Google (the so-called waiver agreement), whereby a Google CSS employee (the normal Google support) is allowed in the account of a non-Google CSS.

The normal support through the help center (in case of problems) remains the same whether you are with Google CSS or a CSS Partner (see also https://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/7218750?hl=en). The extensive support (support for your agency, campaigns, but also e.g. requesting beta's) you keep and you can also request support (through our support) from the Google CSS team. Bigshopper has 2 regular Google CSS contacts who can support customers that fall under Bigshopper CSS. This support is also available for agencies that join Bigshopper as a partner.

For optimal support it is therefore important that the Google waiver document is signed by the CSS Partner you want to use, that there is a Premium CSS Partner (please note: not all CSS Partners are Premium CSS Partners) and also pay attention to the support you receive from the CSS Partner itself. From Bigshopper we can help you with issues with your Google Shopping campaigns, we have multiple support employees who are Google certified for Shopping.

Every CSS partner has the possibility to claim/verify a domain, even if that CSS partner has not received permission from a webshop. Affiliates can claim any domain name they want and if they have a feed with products, advertise in Google Shopping. Bigshopper does not advertise in Google Shopping on behalf of webshops and does not use affiliate features/models (nor does it advertise with affiliate links). We advise every customer to keep a Google CSS account active in addition to the Bigshopper CSS merchant center. Only in the Google CSS account is a dashboard visible with which CSS's have the possibility to advertise on behalf of a webshop. This Google CSS account will not be used to advertise, but only to disable affiliates and other CSS partners who are not allowed to advertise on your behalf. It is important to know that if you create a Google CSS Merchant Center (and are already with a CSS partner such as Bigshopper), you need to verify it. With a non-Google CSS (such as Bigshopper) you can never lose your account verification and claim. That may seem so, but your Bigshopper CSS Merchant Center will remain claimed.

To clarify how it works:
You use the Bigshopper CSS merchant center account to advertise in Google Shopping.
You use the Google CSS merchant center account to check which CSSs are advertising on your behalf.
In the Bigshopper CSS merchant center account you cannot see which other CSSs are advertising on your behalf. This can only be done through a Google CSS merchant center.
You will always need both. Bigshopper CSS for advertising. Google CSS for unchecking other CSS's.
With a Bigshopper CSS merchant center account you can claim all domains without a verification method.
For a Google CSS GMC account you do need to go through a verification process to claim. The Google CSS merchant center is basically the account with the most rights. Through this account you can choose which CSS's are allowed to advertise a domain.

How to create an additional Google GMC account?
- Create a new Google email address. For example [email protected].
- Use this email address to create a new Google merchant center account at https://www.google.com/retail/solutions/merchant-center/.
- Claim the domain in this Google merchant center. You now get the message that only 1 domain can be claimed. This would imply that the claim of your existing Bigshopper CSS GMC account will be lost. However, you can ignore this message. If all goes well the claim of your Bigshopper CSS merchant center account will be retained.
- In some cases other steps have to be completed (such as uploading the feed), but in practice this is not a requirement for all accounts.

How to delete other CSS's?
Follow all the above steps to create an additional Google Merchant Account
Log in to your CSS checker account (the new Google merchant center)
Click on the tool icon
Go to Configuration of Shopping ads
Go to the CSS tab
Disable the unwanted CSS's.

Within CSS Partners such as Bigshopper, a Merchant Center account is automatically verified and claimed. Unlike via Google CSS, where it must be demonstrated that you are the owner of a Merchant Center (through verification). However, it is not possible to change the domain name (which is automatically claimed and verified) with a CSS Partner, for example if there is a name change. Should this be the case, please contact us. We ensure that the right people within Google change the domain name to avoid downtime of your account. This applies only if the entire domain name changes in terms of name.

It is now possible to target countries outside the EU in the Bigshopper CSS Merchant Center. Bigshopper has signed an opt-in with Google, which makes this possible (this is not possible with all CSS). The important thing is: only one Merchant Center can be active outside Europe. Suppose there is a Google CSS account that targets the United States and the United States is also targeted with the same domain through the Bigshopper CSS Merchant Center, only one of the two can serve ads. This is different from Europe, where multiple Bigshopper Merchant Centres can be created and active for one domain (also within one country).

As of 2022, there is a new target-based campaign type that allows performance-based advertisers to access their entire Google Ads inventory from a single campaign. This campaign type complements your keyword-based campaigns in the search network to generate more conversions for customers across all Google channels, including YouTube, Display, Search, Discover, Gmail and Maps.

Performance Max lets you improve performance based on your stated conversion goals, so you generate more conversions and value by optimising performance in real time and across channels using Smart Bidding. Performance Max combines Google's automation technologies for bidding, budget optimization, targeting, advertising and attribution, among others. They're all deployed based on your specific ad target (for example, a CPA or ROAS target) and the ad materials, audience signals and optional data feeds you specify.

Want to know more about Performance Max or creating campaigns? Read more.

We get a lot of questions whether the CSS advantage still applies to Performance Max campaigns. In principle, this works the same as before. The margin advantage still applies to the shopping budget, however, you will not see where Google spends the budget. From our sources within Google, we hear that Shopping ads on average account for about 80% of all Google Ads clicks. Therefore, the benefit will still apply to Shopping spend.

To gain control, we recommend splitting the campaigns into a Performance Max campaign with only shopping products and a Performance Max campaign with all other assets. It is difficult / not possible to measure results when the budgets are shared and the results are combined with text ads, display, youtube etc.

If you have any further questions, we will be happy to advise you accordingly.

The Price Monitoring Tool provides insight into the prices of competitors in Google Shopping. Compare your prices with those of your direct competitors in a clear and concise manner. Use current Google Shopping data from competitors, brands and categories to determine your optimal product price. Our spider (data collection software) extracts prices from Google Shopping and presents them in a clear and concise overview.

Some interesting features of the Price Monitoring Tool:

  • Which competitors sell the same products as you? Think of a total overview, but also an overview per brand or category.
  • Price distribution and insight into specific products compared to a competitor. Is the product cheaper, the same or more expensive?
  • Create reports based on filters. These can be linked to a subscription, so that only a part of the products can be analysed. It is also possible to take out a lower subscription.
  • For which view you can create exports in CSV, XLSC, JSON-LD and XML. JSON-LD and XML are also accessible without logging in.
  • Analysis based on product, brand, category and/or competition level.
  • Classifications of products based on price competition. Cheapest product, cheapest together with other suppliers, most expensive, no competition, etc.
  • Create an export suitable for Google Ads. This allows you to split campaigns based on price proposition.
  • Insight into prices including and excluding shipping costs.
  • Insight into price differences compared to the cheapest provider.
  • Make the price difference between the second cheapest and you transparent. If there is a big difference, you can raise your price to improve your margin!
  • Make an export of your price and the prices of one or more competitors.
  • Brand monitoring: analyse one brand and keep track of which competitors are cheaper, equal or more expensive.


The Price Monitoring Tool is available to anyone who purchases at least the basic Bigshopper package. The basic package includes product recording or product recording in combination with the Comparison Shopping Service (CSS) programme.

Creating an additional feed that is also available outside the Bigshopper dashboard can be done via "Reports". In this tab a report can be created. After the report is compiled, the feed URL can be generated by clicking "Export". Then click on JSON-LD or XML. The feed URL will then open in a new window. The URL will remain the same and the feed will be automatically updated when new data is available.

The Price Monitoring Tool has some conditions:

  • You must provide a working feed. You are responsible for this. With a non-working feed, the tool will not be able to retrieve adequate data.
  • You can put together a package yourself in the Bigshopper Dashboard with a corresponding price. You will never pay more than the selected package price.
  • Would you like to select a different package? You can easily make changes to your package yourself in the Dashboard. You can increase your subscription at any time. Increases are applied in proportion to the number of days. Decreasing your subscription is possible from the first day of the new month.
  • For packages of up to 5,000 products, you can collect up to 20% more products per day than your package allows.
  • A package comprises an identical country/domain combination. A separate package must be purchased for each specific domain or country. It is not possible to purchase one package for several domains/countries.
  • The prices from Google Shopping are spidered by us once a day. You can find the exact time in the product overview for the specific product.
  • The reliability of the data from Google Shopping cannot be 100% guaranteed as we are dependent on crawls from Google Shopping. Google regularly changes its layout, as a result of which (temporary) crawl errors can occur. Also, the data displayed by Google is not always 100% correct. Please take this into account.
  • Credits are not transferable to the next month and can only be used in the month in which they were purchased. For each month, the number of credits is equal to the number of products in the purchased package, multiplied by 31.
  • Bigshopper uses a minimum notice period of 14 days before the next invoice date. This means that if the invoice is sent out on 1 January, you have until 18 December to cancel your contract. Once this deadline has passed, the contract will automatically be extended by one full month.
  • It is not possible to lower a package before the last month after cancelling. It is also not possible to lower a package and then cancel, the lowering of the package will be undone.
  • New connection charges apply for each new registration. Do you use the tool, cancel your subscription, but use it again later? Then new connection fees will apply.

In the dashboard, you can set up daily updates. It displays all products that have changed in position, number of competitors, or competition score compared to the previous crawl. In this module, you can also activate email notifications. Once there has been a change, you will receive an email with the top 10 important modifications. If you want to see all changes, you can click further into the dashboard from the email.

To activate daily updates, navigate to Dashboard > Select website > Updates > Modify > Add email addresses > Activate Updates > Update preferences.

Connecting to Bigshopper CSS is very easy. We will switch your Merchant Center account from Google to Bigshopper. This means that everything stays the same, only under the Google Shopping ads it doesn't say "From Google" anymore, but "From Bigshopper". Switches can be done every day, within 24 hours your account will be transferred to Bigshopper. Switching is very simple: you send us a so called "consent mail", in which you agree to the switch from Google to Bigshopper. You will then keep your own account and Bigshopper will not have access to your Merchant Center. Under no circumstances will Bigshopper have access to your Google Ads account.

There are important exceptions. This concerns TROAS, if you are using campaigns with the TROAS bidding strategy, then with every switch (both to and from a CSS) the learning period will start anew. This can temporarily have a negative effect on your campaigns. In that case we advise you to switch in a quiet period for you.

If you now have one Google Merchant Center with multiple product feeds focused on multiple countries (e.g. because you have a .com domain, where you target the Netherlands, Germany and France), we can easily switch your Merchant Center without having to split it by country. Bigshopper has developed a unique detection system that ensures that the user gets to the right landing page within Bigshopper (in the right country) when clicking on "From Bigshopper" under the advertisement.

To upload your products to the Bigshopper platform, we need an API connection with the Merchant Center in which the products are located. To make this connection, the Google Merchant Center needs access to a specific Bigshopper API mail address (the exact mail address can be obtained from our support department). In combination with the Merchant Center ID, we can then retrieve all products and make them visible on Bigshopper. Bigshopper has an extensive algorithm for grouping similar products. To do this as well as possible, we advise you to include the EAN in the feed as a variable (within the Google Shopping feed, this variable is called GTIN). It is also important to include "brand" as a variable. A number of variables are mandatory, these are title, price, image URL and destination URL.

Would you rather not have an API connection? No problem, we can also upload the products using a product feed. In this case, you do not need an API connection and we retrieve products directly from the product file.

In exceptional cases, it is possible to upload the products by using a product feed. This is an XML, CSV or TXT file containing all the data of all your products. It is also possible to provide a Google Docs document containing your products. It is important that the Google Docs document is publicly accessible (and not password protected). If you are using Google Shopping, you probably will have a product feed uploaded in the Google Merchant Center. It is possible to use this feed for Bigshopper. Of course, it is also possible to create a new feed and tag the landing page URLs (so you can measure the traffic from Bigshopper in for example Google Analytics). Bigshopper can import almost any kind of feed, preferably one that is as extensive as possible and meets the Google Shopping feed specifications.

Starting is easy. Get in contact with our team (contact below) and we will send you a digital agreement. Once signed, we will make an API connection to your product feed in Google Merchant Center (which contains all the products we can upload Bigshopper). Finally, we need the Google Merchant Center ID to make the switch to Bigshopper CSS. The Merchant Center ID can be found in the top right corner of the Google Merchant Center. Switches can be made on a daily basis. It takes up to 24 hours to switch to Bigshopper CSS. Do you only want to use Bigshopper without CSS, then all we need is an order confirmation and a product feed.

The cost of Bigshopper CSS depends on a number of factors, including the number of countries in which you advertise. Please contact Bigshopper to receive a tailor made proposal. You can contact us by clicking on "Register Webshop" at the bottom of this page and filling out the form on that page.

At Bigshopper we understand the importance of maintaining access to the Merchant Center after switching to Bigshopper CSS. For this reason, we are very careful during the transition to Bigshopper. To ensure that access will not be lost, additional users (administrators) may need to be added to the Merchant Center. The extent to which it is necessary to add extra users depends on the type of Merchant Center you are using as a merchant. We will always check this during the switch to Bigshopper CSS and communicate it to the customer before the CSS switch is made.

Multi Client Account
A Multi Client Account (MCA) makes it possible to submit data feeds for multiple accounts for multiple website domains. Each sub-account of the MCA can have a separate shop name or unique website URL. Switching from a Multi Client Account is completely safe. There are no complications involved.

Stand-alone account
With a Stand-alone account it is possible to submit data feeds for one website domain. Switching from a Stand-alone account is also completely safe. There are no complications involved.

MCA sub-account
This is a sub-account of a Multi Client Account. With a sub-account it is possible to submit datafeeds for one website domain. Sub-accounts are always part of a Multi Client Account. When switching from one sub-account to another, it is important to know that the sub-account will be separated from the current Multi Client Account and will become a Stand-alone account. After the switch there will be no more access through the old Multi Client Account, therefore it is important to always add an administrator to the sub-account before switching to Bigshopper, so that access is always maintained.

Don't know which type of Merchant Center you are using? Don't worry, we will always check this before the CSS switch is requested.

Are you a self-employed person, online marketing agency, web builder or other organization that wants to bring multiple customers to Bigshopper CSS, then we work with a partner model. Check out our partner page for more information and affiliated partners. If you are interested, we advise you to contact our Bigshopper support team (this can be done via the partner page, but also via the contact page).

As a partner of Bigshopper (for an overview of all our partners see the partner page) it is possible to place a partner logo on your own website. There are 2 different partner logos available in different formats. If you have signed the partner agreement and connected the first customer, you meet the requirements to be allowed to use the partner logo. Do you have questions about the Bigshopper Partner Program or would you like to become a Partner? Please contact with us.
See the different formats on the Bigshopper Certified Partner Logo page.

By switching from Google CSS (or another CSS) to Bigshopper CSS, nothing changes in Google's policy. This can mean that if you want to advertise with products that do not meet Google's requirements, these products will be rejected. In some cases it may even happen that your entire account is rejected.

When your account has been disapproved or when specific products have been rejected, please contact the Google Ads helpdesk if you have any questions about this. They can be reached on workdays until 5pm on 0800-0202736. Please keep your AdWords account ID and the Merchant Center account ID at hand.

Surfaces across Google (also known as Google Platforms) is available in all countries in Europe where Google Shopping is active. Surfaces across Google means that products in the Google Merchant Center may be eligible for display in unpaid listings on Google platforms (such as the Google Shopping tab, Google Search, Google Images, Google Maps and Google Lens). These are therefore free listings. This has been available in Europe since mid-October 2020.

In Europe, given the Google CSS program, it is possible that there are multiple accounts that advertise for one domain (namely through multiple CSS partners). This creates a conflict: the free screenings can only be linked to one Merchant Center. Google automatically grabs the Merchant Center with the most products.

The status of your registration for Google Platforms can be found in the Google Merchant Center under settings > Google Platforms. Do all steps have a green checkmark? Then the products are eligible for free screenings and you don't have to do anything else. Go through all the necessary steps until there are green tick marks. Having problems or want to know more?

Tip: create a CSS Checker

Every CSS partner has the possibility to claim/verify a domain, even if that CSS partner has not received permission from a webshop. CSS partners can therefore claim any domain name they want and advertise it in Google Shopping if they have a feed.

In addition to the Bigshopper CSS Merchant Center, we therefore recommend keeping a Google CSS account active. We call this a CSS checker, because only in this account can you see two important settings:
1.\tWhich CSS-en have the possibility to advertise on behalf of your webshop.
2.\tWhich CSS is used for the program Platforms of Google.

How to create a CSS Checker?
1.\tCreate a new Google email address. For example [email protected].
2.\tUse this email address to create a new Google Merchant Center account.
3.\tClaim the domain in this Google Merchant Center account. You now get the message that only one domain can be claimed. You can ignore this message: the claim of your Bigshopper Merchant Center account will be maintained.

Where can I find the CSS settings in the CSS Checker?
Log in to your CSS Checker. Under Settings you can go to "Affiliates & CSS". Then you will see a number of tabs including "CSS and". Here you get an overview of CSS parties who have claimed your domain name. Do you want to prevent affiliates or other CSS parties from advertising your domain name on your behalf? Then turn it off. CAUTION: make sure Bigshopper and Google are always active. You can also select Bigshopper CSS for Platforms from Google.

Many problems
For many Google Merchant Center accounts, the products are rejected for Platforms from Google. A reason is always given and some are common such as:

CSS not selected for this destination
This problem can be solved by selecting Bigshopper for Google Platforms in your CSS Checker (see above). Go to Settings > Affiliates & CSS and click on the CSS tab. If you click on Bigshopper 3 dots will appear on the right, this will open a menu where you can select Bigshopper for Google Platforms (see image above). NOTE: make sure that Bigshopper and Google Shopping are always marked with a green check mark!

Missing product data
Make sure you meet all additional requirements and that your feed is complete. You can read more about it in the Google help center

One domain name with multiple Merchant Center accounts (split by country)
Do you have a single domain name (e.g. a .com domain) that serves multiple countries from multiple Google Merchant Center accounts? (One Merchant Center per country for the same domain). Please contact us, we can make sure that instead of multiple options, only one option emerges for Google platforms within your account.

If you cannot login to your Merchant Center account, please check that you are using the correct email address and password. If the username and password are correct, delete the cookies and cache and try accessing the Merchant Center again. Please also allow SSL 2.0 and cookies and check that the cookies are not being blocked by an automatic configuration script or a proxy.

Have you forgotten your password? Then follow these steps.

Get in touch with Google if you no longer have access or if you want to change the e-mail address you use to log in. You cannot do that yourself.

Want to know more? Read the full article here.

Google wants to provide customers with a safe and positive experience. Therefore, merchants must comply with the Shopping Ads Policy and all applicable laws and regulations. It is important that you are familiar with and regularly review these for the areas in which your business operates and for all other areas where Shopping Ads and free listings are shown. Google may block the display of content if it violates the given requirements. In the case of repeated or very serious violations Google may decide to permanently stop the display of all Shopping ads.

Here you will find the conditions you need to meet if you want to advertise in the Google Shopping network.

Prohibited content
Prohibited practices
Limited content
Switching from Google CSS (or any other CSS) to Bigshopper CSS does not change Google's policy. This can mean that if you want to advertise with products that do not meet Google's requirements, these products will be rejected. In some cases, it can even mean that your entire account will be rejected.

If your account or specific products have been rejected, you can contact Google's helpdesk if you have any questions. They can be reached on weekdays until 17.00 on 0800-0202736 or via https://support.google.com/merchants/gethelp. Please have your Google Ads ID and Merchant Center ID ready.

Once an adjustment has been made, a "Review" can be requested from the Policy Team. Note: This can take up to 7 working days.

The policy team is a separate entity within Google, therefore it is difficult for our account managers to provide additional information to resolve these issues more quickly. We ask for your understanding and patience here.

Google Support or your current contact at Google may not be able to request certain items, in which case this can be done through the 2 regular contacts at Google that Bigshopper has been assigned.

If you are a member of a CSS such as Bigshopper, you need to pass on the "Branded" keywords that you can exclude to your CSS.

This can easily be done by using the following template. Once you have opened the file, click "File" and then "Download as (xlsx.) file"..

Have you filled in the Excel file completely? Then you can mail the request to [email protected]

Let op: Add a maximum of 30 campaigns to your application. Do you want more than 30 campaigns added? Then create a new request with the surplus. Use this file only for brand safety, please do not use it to add hundreds of negative keywords to SSC or pMax campaigns.

At Bigshopper we offer a free Uptime Robot Service to all Premium CSS customers. This robot checks your website every 1 minute and scans it for errors and downtime. It is also possible to set up a notification when your SSL certificate expires.

Would you like to activate this tool? Sign in to the Bigshopper dashboard. You can find the tool under the menu of your website.

Google has introduced a new tool that we, as CSS Partner, can offer to our customers, namely the Feed Translation Service. This automatic translator is specially designed for Google Shopping and creates translations that match Shopping feeds. The first test results show a 20% increase in clicks and views compared to other translation tools (e.g. Google Translate).

The tool can be used for, among other things:
  1. Discovering new markets.
  2. Expanding a current market through a new language.
  3. Improving a current translation.
At the moment, the tool is still a beta version. This means that it can only be translated from English to German, French and Spanish. There are no costs involved in using the tool. However, there is a criterion: the Merchant Centre (where the feed is located) must at least have a spend of $500 USD per month on paid advertisements.

Do you meet the criteria and do you want to try the Feed Translation Service? Then get in touch via [email protected]

You will receive a customised feed analysis for your Shopping ads or local inventory ads, in pitch format. This audit includes a full overview of Merchant Center feed health, recommendations and tools to help you improve the overall quality of your Shopping data and maximise feed performance.

Criterium: Vendors can apply for this service for any account with a spend of at least $500 USD per month in Shopping ads.

How do I request this feed audit?

Get in contact with Bigshopper and provide the following information:
  • Google Ads ID
  • Merchant Center ID
  • Merchant Center name
  • Shopping-ads or local inventory ads audit
  • Which country does the feed operate in?
We aim to send out a full feed audit within 2 working days.