[quantity]
attribute to show the quantity of in-stock products in your shop.In this article
When to use
Optional for Shopping ads, local inventory ads and free local listings.
Format
Follow these formatting guidelines to make sure that Google understands the data that you're submitting.
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Type | Integer |
Text/tab-delimited example | 4 |
XML example | <g:quantity>4</g:quantity> |
Minimum requirements
These are the requirements that you need to meet to show your product in local inventory ads and free local listings. If you don't follow these requirements, your local products won't be eligible to serve.
-
Provide the quantity
[quantity]
attribute for each product and shop combination. - For inventory feed, quantity must be
0
or more.
Best practices
These best practices can help you to go beyond the basic requirements to optimise your product data for performance.
Availability
[quantity]
is optional, availability [availability]
is mandatory for ads to run.Availability [availability]
must be submitted as a text string with one of four accepted values:
- 'in stock'
- 'out of stock'
- 'limited availability'
- 'on display to order'
If you decide to submit quantity [quantity]
, this is how you match your availability [availability]
: if there are three or more available, the product is considered to be 'in stock'. If there are one to two available, the product is considered to have 'limited availability'. If there are none available, the item is considered to be 'out of stock'.
Availability | Number |
In stock | 3+ |
Limited availability | 1–2 |
Out of stock | 0 |
Temporarily out of stock | 0 |
On display to order | 1 |
Examples
Feed | Field | Description | Type | Examples |
Sales | quantity [quantity] |
The number of products of this kind that are sold and returned in a transaction. |
Integer ' |
|
Inventory | quantity [quantity] |
The quantity of the product. |
Integer >= 0 |
5 |