loyalty_points: Definition

 

Use the loyalty_points attribute to specify how many and what type of loyalty points a customer receives when buying your product.

When to use

Optional for products targeting Japan

If you’re targeting Japan and you offer loyalty points for purchasing your product, submit information about these points using the loyalty_points attribute.

The loyalty_points attribute uses 3 sub-attributes:

• name (optional)
  The name of the loyalty points program (Up to 12 full-width characters or 24 roman characters, e.g., Program A).
• points_value (required)
  Number of loyalty points a customer receives when purchasing your product (e.g., 100).
• ratio (optional)
  The ratio of a point when converted to currency (e.g., 0.5). If you don’t include a value, the default is 1.0.

Format

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

Type	Unicode characters (Recommended: ASCII only)
Repeated field	No

 

File format	Example entry
Text feeds	Format the value by submitting the name, points_value, and ratio each separated with a colon ( : ). Don’t use quotation marks. All colons, even for blank values, are required, i.e. two colons are required. You should include attributes in the order of priority. For example, for Program A with 100 points and equal to 0.5 currency units, submit: Program A:100:0.5 To default to 1.0 currency unit, still include the colon, but leave the value blank: Program A:100: To submit only 100 points, include the colons, and leave the other 2 values blank: :100:
XML feeds	<g:loyalty_points>   <g:name>Program A</g:name>   <g:points_value>100</g:points_value>   <g:ratio>1.0</g:ratio> </g:loyalty_points>

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

Guidelines

Follow these guidelines to make sure you submit high-quality data for your products.

Minimum requirements

These are the requirements 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 the Diagnostics page in your Merchant Center account.

• There are no minimum requirements for this attribute. Keep in mind that you still need to follow the formatting guidelines or the information you submit can't be used.

Best practices

To optimize your product data's performance, follow these best practices:

• Submit loyalty points that have a specific monetary value. Loyalty points are supported only if they have a monetary value. For example, the following types of points aren’t supported: mileage and loyalty points that are only exchangeable with goods. 
• Submit points that are issued by you. You can also submit cross-industry points as long as you issue the points. For example, the following types of points aren’t supported: points associated with credit cards and electronic money. 

Examples

Text feed

Format the value by separating each sub-attribute (name, points_value, and ratio) with a colon ( : ). 

For example, for Google loyalty program with 100 points where 1 point equals 0.5 currency unit, submit:

Google loyalty program:100:0.5

To default to 1 point equals 1.0 currency unit, still include the colon, but leave the value blank:

Google loyalty program:100:

To submit only 100 points, include the colons, and leave the other 2 values blank:

:100: