Shopping
Catch Shopping problems before the feed wastes the budget.
Shopping performance depends on the feed, Merchant Center, conversion tracking, and product economics lining up. If one layer is wrong, the campaign can spend while reporting a misleading version of reality.
What this covers
Check the feed before trusting the campaign.
Shopping problems often live outside the campaign settings.
What breaks
Shopping can look active while the foundation is broken.
- Products are disapproved or limited without a clear fix path.
- Feed titles fail to match how buyers search.
- Low-margin products get the same push as profitable products.
- Conversions are missing, duplicated, or imported incorrectly.
- Budget goes to products the business does not actually want to scale.
- Merchant Center warnings sit unresolved because nobody owns them.
How it proves itself
The audit separates feed issues from campaign issues.
Eligibility check. Merchant Center status gets reviewed first.
Feed read. Product data is checked for search usefulness.
Tracking check. Conversion signals are verified before optimization.
Priority review. Product groups are compared against business value.
Go/no-go clarity. The recommendation can be fix, pause, or scale.
How I think about it
Shopping only works when product data, tracking, and economics agree.
I treat Shopping as a system, not a campaign type. A good bid strategy cannot rescue a bad feed, a bad margin, or a conversion action that does not mean money. The audit checks those layers before making campaign recommendations.
The labels are technical. The decisions are not.
| Signal | What it tells you | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| Merchant status | Whether products can serve | Eligibility comes before optimization. |
| Feed quality | How products are described | Controls search relevance and click quality. |
| Product priority | What the business should actually scale | Keeps budget tied to economics. |
| Tracking | Whether outcomes are measured | Prevents Shopping from learning from bad data. |
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