Learn about setting up shipping services in the classic Merchant Center.

Shipping costs can be provided via the shipping attribute or at the account level. The shipping attribute can also be used to specify the countries to which your product ships for programs that don’t require shipping costs. Shipping speed and cost are the most common reasons for users abandoning their shopping choices, so showing accurate information can help the performance of your ads and free listings. Transit time is the time from when an order has been handed off to a shipping carrier to when the customer receives it. Handling time is the time from when an order is placed to when it’s handed off to the shipping carrier. Shipping speed includes both handling time (sometimes referred to as processing time) and transit time. Shipping also covers speed, or the time from when a customer places an order to when they receive it. Shipping should also include insurance costs related to any of the 5 terms above.

' Shipping can include cross-border charges if the cost is included under a shipping term on your website. A charge is considered to be a shipping cost if it includes the words 'handling', 'delivery', 'shipping', 'logistics', or 'carrier'.

Shipping covers the cost charged by a shipping carrier or other costs directly related to shipping. It depends: You may or may not need to submit this attribute depending on the product or the countries in which your products show. Use this attribute when the account shipping settings for your product are not defined in Merchant Center or when you need to override the shipping settings that you set up in Merchant Center.įor example, use the shipping attribute if you need to override your shipping settings for bulky or fragile products. The shipping attribute lets you provide shipping speed and cost for a product.

Flat rate shipping time