The account setup is the first imperative step to meet our Free Listing and Paid
ads requirements. Specifically, these features allow new and existing merchants
to seamlessly meet our Merchant Center account requirements.
All of these features listed in the account setup are mandatory and setting up a
seamless experience to integrate with these requirements is highly recommended.
Initially, a merchant needs to decide if they create or use an existing
Merchant Center Account. Afterwards, they need to walk through the following
steps to complete the Merchant Center account setup.
New Merchant Center Account Creation:
Create or use existing Google Account
Create a Merchant Center Account
Add Business details
Website Claiming
Phone Verification
Use existing Merchant Center Account:
Connect existing Google Account and select which Merchant Center Account they
want to use
Website Claiming Check: Verify if website is claimed and claim if need to
Verify business Information and update if needed
Phone verification Check: Need to verify if phone number is verified. If not,
then allow the merchant re-verify through your integration
For the remaining steps, all accounts need to perform the following:
Account Linking
Implement Shipping settings
Tax settings - only for merchants who target the US
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