Heard of GTIN? If you haven’t then you should!
Does your eCommerce business use Google Shopping Ads? If it does then there is a good chance you, like so many other people, have overlooked the power of the GTIN.
Global Trade Item Number or GTIN is a unique code that will instantly identify the product. It appears next to the barcode and in submitting this to Google, they will then be able to display this on their Google Shopping database.
In May 2016, Google advised that any items without a GTIN linked to them would not be approved to be displayed on Google Shopping, a heavy punishment for advertisers who skipped this step.
Aside from this, if you are still not sure whether this is something you need to do then here at Viva Digital we have put together some of the reasons why GTIN is your new best friend!
It shows your products to the right people
Even if you like to think of yourself as a Shopping ads whizz, there is a chance at some point you may miss an important keyword that will have an affect on the management of your ads.
By providing Google with the GTIN, your products will be accurately identified and in turn, your ads can be presented to the right people, hopefully ending in more sales.
Your product will be more visible
Having a product on Google Ads will make sure it is seen, fact. Whilst creating this visible presence is important to allow possible customers to see what you can offer, these views then need to be converted into actual sales.
It is thought that supplying a GTIN for your product can improve the conversion rate of the product by up to 20%.
It isn’t hard to do
All the information that you need to complete your GTIN is there in front of you. If you have your products in storage then you can find the box and easily input this into the feed, ready for Google Shopping to identify them.
A really great idea for that business with large volumes of products is to create a spreadsheet with all of the GTIN’s listed, this means that you can instantly access everything you need without having to find the product.
There really is no excuse not to see if GTIN can improve the sales of your products; so get online and input the details, and your sales will thank you for it.
