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In this Help Centre, you can find content for both Merchant Center Next and the classic Merchant Center experience. Look for the logo at the top of each article to make sure that you're using the article for the Merchant Center version that applies to you. 

Promotion destination [promotion_destination]

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The promotion destination [promotion_destination] value indicates where a promotion appears.

When to use

Required Required for all promotions.

These are the supported values for this attribute:

  • Local inventory ads [Local_inventory_ads]
  • Shopping ads [Shopping_ads]
  • Buy on Google listings [Buy_on_Google_listings]
  • Free listings [Free_listings]

Format

Follow these formatting guidelines to make sure that we understand the data that you're submitting.

Supported values Local_inventory_ads, Shopping_ads, Buy_on_Google_listings, Free_listings
Repeated field Yes
File format Example entry
Text feeds

Supported values:

  • [Local_inventory_ads]
  • [Shopping_ads]
  • [Buy_on_Google_listings]
  • [Free_listings]
XML feeds <g:promotion_destination>Local_inventory_ads</g:promotion_destination>

To format your data for Content API, see the Content API for Shopping resource.

Minimum requirements

These are the requirements that you'll need to meet to show your product. If you don't follow these requirements, we'll disapprove your product and let you know in your Merchant Center account.

  • If you don't specify a destination by including a supported value in your feed, your promotion will be displayed in Shopping ads and free listings by default.
  • The [Buy_on_Google_listings] value is only applicable to advertisers enrolled in Buy on Google.
  • The [free_listings] value is only available in the US, and requires an approved offer for free listings.

Best practices

These best practices can help you to go beyond the basic requirements to optimise your product data for performance.

  • We recommend that offers submitted via a promotions feed be in structured format to help ensure faster approval.
  • To submit your promotion to more than one destination, submit each destination value as a separate column.

Examples

Promotion data for an anniversary sale set to run on local inventory ads and Shopping ads
Attribute Value
ID [id] anniversary_sale
Title [title] Anniversary sale
Promotion destination [promotion_destination]
  • [Local_inventory_ads]
  • [Shopping_ads]

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