Marketing methods (previously known as destinations or programme) are used in Merchant Center to allow you to determine which Google products can show the items that you uploaded in your data source. You select the marketing method(s) for your data source when you first upload the data source to Merchant Center.
Before starting
- A Google Ads account is necessary to use Dynamic Remarketing for retail. Learn more about Dynamic Remarketing in Google Ads.
- If you are adding Dynamic Remarketing to your product data sources, note that Dynamic Remarketing is called 'Display ads' in product attribute specifications.
Activate Dynamic Remarketing in Merchant Center
The Dynamic Remarketing marketing method is available to advertisers with Merchant Center accounts as an add-on. To enable the Dynamic Remarketing add-on:
- In your Merchant Center account, click the settings and tools icon
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- Select Add-ons.
- Click Add-on Dynamic Remarketing card.
- Click Activate.
- If your Merchant Center account is already opted in to Dynamic Remarketing, the Dynamic Remarketing card will be present under Settings and tools
Your add-ons can look into the tab 'Your add-ons'
- If you cannot see the Dynamic Remarketing card in Merchant Center, it is possible that:
- Display ads are disallowed by the CSS.
- the account type does not support this method. For example, it is a vehicle listing ads-only account.
Deactivating Dynamic Remarketing in Merchant Center
To disable Dynamic Remarketing.
- In your Merchant Center account, click the settings and tools icon
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- Select Add-ons.
- Under Your add-ons.
- Click Add on Dynamic Remarketing card.
- Click Remove.
View data on the Dynamic Remarketing marketing method in your Merchant Center account
If you have enabled Dynamic Remarketing, the following information will appear in your Merchant Center account:
- List section on the Products page: You'll be able to filter the data on the Products tab to show items that use the Dynamic Remarketing marketing method. When you click onto the product details page for an item, you'll view the status of the item for the Dynamic Remarketing marketing method.
- Data sources page: Each time that you register a new product data source, you'll view the Dynamic Remarketing marketing method as an option for the products that can use the product data in that data source. If your data source contains any processing errors, you'll view an indication next to each error of whether or not the Dynamic Remarketing marketing method is impacted by that issue.
Your Merchant Center account may not reflect the most up-to-date information about disapprovals and serving for your items in the Dynamic Remarketing marketing method. For detailed reporting about your items and campaign status, review the reporting available in your Google Ads account.