Sale price effective date [sale_price_effective_date]

Use the sale price effective date [sale_price_effective_date] attribute to tell us how long you want a specific sale price to be shown to users.

When to use

Optional for each product

If you used the sale price [sale_price] attribute to indicate that a product is on sale, you can tell us how long the sale will run using the sale price effective date [sale_price_effective_date] attribute.

Format

Follow these formatting guidelines to make sure Google understands the data you're submitting.

For details on when and how to submit values in English, learn more about submitting your product data

Type	Date range (use ISO 8601 standard). Submit a start date and an end date with time and timezone of format `YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm[±hhmm]` or `YYYY-MM-DDThh:mmZ`, separated by slash ( `/` ) (for example,`2016-02-24T13:00-0800/2016-02-29T15:30-0800`)
Limits	0-51 characters
Repeated field	No

File format	Example entry
Text feeds	`2016-02-24T13:00-0800/2016-02-29T15:30-0800`
XML feeds	`<g:sale_price_effective_date>2016-02-24T13:00-0800/2016-02-29T15:30-0800</g:sale_price_effective_date>`

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

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

Include start and end times (including time zones) along with the date. If you don’t include a time, the sale price will start at 12 AM, midnight, on the start date and end at 11:59 PM on the end date. If you don’t include a timezone, we'll default to the UTC timezone.

Examples

Variants

If your product comes in multiple colors or sizes, you might also have different prices for each of these variants. For example:

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Product data for small green Google T-shirt priced at 10.99 USD, on sale for 9.99 USD
Attribute	Value
Title `[title]`	Google T-shirt - Green - Small
Price `[price]`	10.99 USD
Sale price `[sale_price]`	9.99 USD
Sale price effective date `[sale_price_effective_date]`	2018-02-24T13:00-0800 / 2018-02-29T15:30-0800
Color `[color]`	green
Size `[size]`	s
ID`[id]`	9876-S-GRN
Item group ID `[item_group_id]`	9876


Product data for small blue Google T-shirt priced at 8.99 USD, on sale for 5.99 USD
Attribute	Value
Title `[title]`	Google T-shirt - Blue - Small
Price `[price]`	8.99 USD
Sale price `[sale_price]`	5.99 USD
Sale price effective date `[sale_price_effective_date]`	2018-06-23T13:00-0800 / 2018-02-29T15:30-0800
Color `[color]`	blue
Size `[size]`	s
ID`[id]`	9876-S-BLU
Item group ID `[item_group_id]`	9876


Product data for small yellow Google T-shirt, priced at 10.50 USD, on sale for 8.99 USD
Attribute	Value
Title `[title]`	Google T-shirt - Yellow - Small
Price `[price]`	10.50 USD
Sale price `[sale_price]`	8.99 USD
Sale price effective date `[sale_price_effective_date]`	2016-06-23T13:00-0800 / 2016-02-29T15:30-0800
Color `[color]`	yellow
Size `[size]`	s
ID`[id]`	9876-S-YELLOW
Item group ID `[item_group_id]`	9876

Phone or tablet with a contract

You can submit a price as low as 0 for mobile phones or tablets that come with a contract. Learn more about the requirements.

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Product data for Google Nexus 6, 32 GB Midnight Blue, with contract
Attribute	Value
Title `[title]`	Google Nexus 6 - 32 GB - Midnight Blue - With contract
Price `[price]`	299 USD
Sale price `[sale_price]`	0 USD
Sale price effective date `[sale_price_effective_date]`	2018-03-14T13:00-0800/2018-04-29T15:30-0800
Google product category `[google_product_category]`	`Electronics > Communications > Telephony > Mobile Phones`

Apparel

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Product data for small black skater dress, priced 45.90 EUR, on sale for 25.00 EUR
Attribute	Value
Title `[title]`	Black Skater Dress - S
Price `[price]`	45.90 EUR
Sale price `[sale_price]`	25.00 EUR
Sale price effective date `[sale_price_effective_date]`	2018-02-24T13:00-0800/2018-02-29T15:30-0800
Color `[color]`	black
Size `[size]`	s

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