How do I activate Free Listings?

Free listings allow you to show your products to customers for free. If your products are eligible for free listings, they may appear in different places across Google.

Activating Free Listings (and other apps) in GMC Next

If you want advanced functionality for your business, you can activate add-ons, such as listings, promotions, and API calls. 

1. In your Merchant Center account, click the Settings & tools icon  and then click Add-ons. You'll view a list of all available options.
2. Click Activate for the add-on you want to activate to get started.

Note that only add-ons that are compatible with your Merchant Center account will be available. You may see others marked as "unavailable."

New add-ons will become available periodically. Check back often to find the ones that work best for your business. Available add-ons:

• Advanced data source management
• API calls
• Automated discounts
• Custom reports and dashboards
• Local inventory ads and free local listings overview
• Promotions
• Regions
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Setting up Free Listing

In order for you to be able to run free listings inside your Cobiro CSS Merchant Center account, you will need a parallel Merchant Center account running with Google Shopping CSS that has claimed and verified the exact same URL as your current Cobiro CSS account.

This is because Merchant Center accounts running with Cobiro CSS do not have the same settings as those running with Google Shopping CSS and, as such, a Google Shopping CSS account is required to turn on free listings inside a Cobiro CSS account.

Making Cobiro CSS the chosen CSS for free listings in Europe

In order to turn on free listings for your Cobiro CSS Merchant Center account, please follow these instructions:

1. Navigate to Google's Merchant Center website;

2. Create a new account. We recommend using an incognito window or using a different e-mail than the one you use to log into your Cobiro CSS Merchant Center account;

3. Claim and verify the exact same URL inside the new account as is in the Cobiro CSS Merchant Center account. We recommend copying and pasting the URL to ensure that it's the exact same in both accounts;

4. Inside the new account, navigate to Settings -> Shopping ads setup;

5. Click the "Comparison Shopping Services" tab;

6. Scroll down, find Cobiro CSS, move your mouse over Cobiro CSS and click the 3 dots that appear;

7. Choose Cobiro CSS to show free listings.

Please note: It can take a few hours before products start to gradually become active in free listings.