Google & YouTube Shopify App Sync May Cause Mess After August 18th

Those of you who usage the Google and YouTube Shopify app to sync your products automatically from Shopify to Google Merchant Center whitethorn person a immense headache to woody pinch aft August 18, 2026. The rumor is that you will request to reinstall the app by this day and erstwhile you do this, each merchandise ID gets rewritten.

Emmanuel Flossie covered this rumor backmost successful January, but Google has not acknowledged the rumor until precocious and still has not confirmed it has dealt pinch it. Emmanuel Flossie posted a video connected this and said, if you're readying to migrate the Google & YouTube app for Shopify by uninstalling and reinstalling, don't do it. The problem is that erstwhile you migrate the app, your merchandise IDs will alteration from:

• OLD: Shopify_US_12345_67890 (or AU, GB, etc.)
• NEW: Shopify_ZZ_12345_67890

This is erstwhile the Google Merchant API is replacing the Content API, this is tied to this migration.

Here is his video explaining this:

Emmanual thought that possibly it was fixed but based connected the comments connected his LinkedIn station connected Friday, it was not fixed.

Ginny Marvin, the Google Ads Liaison, yet responded to the concerns connected this and posted connected LinkedIn saying:

The rumor pinch this happening, is that each your capacity history will vanish and it mightiness return for your Google Ads capacity information to drawback backmost up. Losing those IDs tin origin issues pinch your campign performance.

Matinique Roelse wrote connected LinkedIn said the hole is to "stop utilizing the Shopify app for your merchandise provender earlier the deadline. Move to a provender guidance instrumentality for illustration Channable. That measurement you power your ain merchandise IDs and thing changes erstwhile the app reinstalls."

Emmnual besides posted this connected the Google Merchant Center Forums and connected LinkedIn.

I'll support you posted connected whether Google will really hole this aliases what the solution is for this. As you know, August 18th is simply a spot complete a period away.

Forum chat astatine LinkedIn.