What is Google Merchant Center?

Google Merchant Center allows you to manage your online inventory. Put all the products you sell online using the Merchant Center. List products directly via Google, including images, price and product information. If you sell products directly to your consumer and want to show them in Google Shopping, you’ll need Google Merchant Center. 

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Do I need Google Merchant Center to run Google Ads?

Yes. If you want to run sponsored promotions for your website and appear on Google Shopping, you need to set up Google Merchant Center. List your products in the Merchant Center, then run ads for when people make related searches. You need to link the two accounts for it to work. 

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Why do you need to give or request access to your Google Merchant Center?

If a marketing agency or freelancer takes care of your Google Ads, they will need access to your Merchant Center. 

Does your business hire people to run your Google Ads? Check out section 1 of this article. Follow the steps to grant somebody else access to your Google Merchant Center. 

Are you a marketing agency or freelancer who needs access to their clients’ Google Merchant Center? Skip to section 2 to find out how to get speedy access to their account. 

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1. How to give access to Google Merchant Center

If you want to give access to someone to manage your Google Merchant Center, follow these steps: 

1) Head over to https://merchants.google.com/

2) If you don’t already have a Merchant Center account, you’ll need to set one up (all you need is a google account)

3) Click the cog in the top right corner and select Account access:

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4) Click on +Add user

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5) Enter the email address of the person you want to give access to:

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6) Choose the permissions you want to give that person: 

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7) Click on Add user at the bottom of that page

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8) The person you added will receive an email like this: 

They click on Accept invitation and have the access they need to start running your ads on Google.

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2. How to request access to Google Merchant Center? 

Are you an agency or freelancer who needs access to your client’s Google Merchant Center account? To get access, you need to ask your client to add you as a user using the steps above. There is no way to "request access" within Google Merchant Center.

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Need access to multiple Google accounts? 

Making manual requests whenever you need access is time-consuming and wastes your resources. 

Leadsie has a super simple solution: it allows you to request access to multiple Google business assets at the same time.  

With Leadsie, you can send a personalised Leadsie request link to your client. The client clicks on the link, logs in to their Google account and grants you the access you’re requesting. 

Leadsie does the work in the back end and adds you as a manager to the account. It removes steps from the manual process and makes your client onboarding smooth and easy.

You can even request Google Analytics and Google Business Profile access with the same link. 

If you manage multiple assets for your clients, you can quickly request access to their Facebook pages, Facebook Ad accounts and Instagram accounts via Leadsie. 

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