{"id":5833,"date":"2022-09-08T12:01:48","date_gmt":"2022-09-08T12:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craighordlow.com\/index.php\/2022\/09\/08\/top-5-data-feed-errors-that-can-sabotage-your-ecommerce-campaigns\/"},"modified":"2022-09-08T12:01:48","modified_gmt":"2022-09-08T12:01:48","slug":"top-5-data-feed-errors-that-can-sabotage-your-ecommerce-campaigns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craighordlow.com\/index.php\/2022\/09\/08\/top-5-data-feed-errors-that-can-sabotage-your-ecommerce-campaigns\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 5 data feed errors that can sabotage your ecommerce campaigns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since the start of the pandemic, supply chain issues have caused panic among retailers. On average, 16% of products are out of stock and cannot be purchased. Industries such as vehicles (57%) and sporting goods (40%) are hit especially hard. There are also large differences in geographic locations, with Latin America experiencing one of the lowest levels of stock availability. <\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, when excluding those out-of-stock items from a Google search campaign, advertisers typically see a 181% ROAS increase. <\/p>\n<p>These statistics come from a new DataFeedWatch report based on insights from 4.5 million products, 15,000 shops and more than 60 countries. Uncovering industry trends, common errors and optimization tactics, the report provides retailers and advertisers with actionable data to evaluate their feeds, channels and strategy. <\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_81 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/craighordlow.com\/index.php\/2022\/09\/08\/top-5-data-feed-errors-that-can-sabotage-your-ecommerce-campaigns\/#Data_feed_errors_and_common_pitfalls\" >Data feed errors and common pitfalls<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/craighordlow.com\/index.php\/2022\/09\/08\/top-5-data-feed-errors-that-can-sabotage-your-ecommerce-campaigns\/#Feed_tactics\" >Feed tactics<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Data_feed_errors_and_common_pitfalls\"><\/span>Data feed errors and common pitfalls<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The most common feed issues often included missing or incorrect data and wrongly formatted attributes. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Magento merchants struggle with almost 10% of products affected by feed errors. <\/strong>Merchants using Magento struggle with having almost 10% of their advertised products affected by errors. This number exceeds the industry average of 7%.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/WGXztSikR8TUACse9M4VNSafN4F0_o_hqDU0f3PM_im5yLuRBpra5AYW4nSkHJ1slBl1U7I-HLiKN9gSke2aSlR6BdUqujmpW2D0sXyj1X1F2o-XwucT73jnw3VZnU3xkXsDZ_0IpxGSMp7Xr4nPH7BkmVFCbrs8OTUOGDpmNI3-mABz56HBiZVMuA\" alt=\"| Craig Hordlow\" title=\"| Craig Hordlow\"><\/figure>\n<p>BigCommerce and WooCommerce pull in 7.03% and 8.27% of all feed errors, respectively. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Shopify sellers record the best result of data feed health with only 5.47% disapproved listings. <\/strong>Interestingly, DataFeedWatch speculates that the volume of feed errors is likely an indicator of the level of data management complexity within the platform.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Shipping and issues are responsible for 23.49% of all product ad disapprovals.<\/strong> Shipping is the most troublesome aspect of product data setup. The most common errors are too-high values and unspecified attributes like missing shipping country.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"499\" src=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2022\/08\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-29-at-1.53.43-PM-800x499.png\" alt=\"| Craig Hordlow\" class=\"wp-image-387603\" title=\"| Craig Hordlow\"><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Image attribute issues are responsible for 20.32% of all disapprovals. <\/strong>This is likely due to having a relatively high number of requirements. Top image errors include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Promotional overlays on images.<\/li>\n<li>Images that are too small.<\/li>\n<li>Missing or invalid images.<\/li>\n<li>Generic visuals.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>GTIN issues account for 5.5% errors.<\/strong> Submitting incorrect GTIN values, or skipping GTINs altogether accounts for just over 5% of issues.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Title issues.<\/strong> 25.82% of titles across Google Shopping listings go above 70 characters. This means that reduced visibility can be an issue if titles are trimmed. <\/p>\n<p>In Google Shopping, product titles have a total character allowance of 150, but are trimmed after 70 characters. Since 25.82% of titles across Shopping listings go above 70 characters, important product data may not be visible.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"223\" src=\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/WX1O6w05vffZwHiAiACINguf_CxnsjWzUF-1AkVEFhWi7FQ8eAyciuJYQbaNJUMJWjyJBT4a-1O_oMniDOeP9L_SB-sAp0ucKpEy1_5Eqwg38w5Zgm_7fpRAA3RH8sUHxLBexmWrowJq1fBZvKqLXfZ2lgFXLXd_oEYNGPTAxmPNgjumG1pvFSByhQ\" alt=\"| Craig Hordlow\" title=\"| Craig Hordlow\"><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Feed_tactics\"><\/span>Feed tactics<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Most retailers use feed tactics to increase their campaign performance.\u00a0When retailers advertise on multiple channels, different feed data may be required, increasing the likelihood of advertisers needing to leverage secondary data sources. <\/p>\n<p>Whether you\u2019re creating new titles or segmenting based on \u201cbestsellers\u201d or margins, optimizing data feeds has a positive effect on campaign performance.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Product titles are the most optimized pieces of data in a product feed.<\/strong> Out of all shops that had overwritten data, 14% of those changes were to the product titles. Advertisers either changed several keywords or rewrote the titles from scratch.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Two out of five ecommerce advertisers use custom_labels to optimize their campaigns. <\/strong>13% of those advertisers create product groups based on if the product is in an ongoing sale. <\/p>\n<p>When advertisers segmented their feeds based on margins, they saw a 96% increase in ROAS.<\/p>\n<p><strong>64% of ecommerce businesses filter less profitable products. <\/strong>In almost all occurrences of merchants cutting products it\u2019s because the prices drop below a certain threshold.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/DvqV5HCqAQVNuyqxZlSr8AmLdzT2zmt4_4C3jchz1KSqjbjmlofRy4L4OQXI0g6tAZ7FeKFLroOTAMt5ZxelbLRFumB4NEpz5TM_Wx4YrtxrpEwGxdFrkb9JVnAlO2xVDB8wYugZ0PgbLHaYqqdGFbk\" alt=\"| Craig Hordlow\" title=\"| Craig Hordlow\"><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Price is the #1 reason for removing products from campaigns. <\/strong>When excluding products from paid ads based on the item price, 90.92% of marketers choose to remove goods below a specified price point. <\/p>\n<p>Only 9% of marketers filter products based on highest price points.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Over 25% of online merchants provide ad platforms with additional images. <\/strong>Additional images usually show the product from a different angle or with staging elements. This gives shoppers the best possible idea of what they\u2019re buying and how the product can be used.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/wuI0PCc8rAXgHLHx_iFitiAFqB_OaiUFu2oee6ZogvHSsRS1uwnoQmBxhuRtVjdutBOoqQJV5MDDPU8gNaza0DfDtglK2mwa7yUKUAAbu1Q5ygR5NSPjivNuPA57tPKmh2aqlY5zZspbu36qqhxWJt143bHEZnpSbjhup9GPPAxqIhUNNyPhIiDhkA\" alt=\"| Craig Hordlow\" title=\"| Craig Hordlow\"><\/figure>\n<p><strong>At least one in 10 ecommerce advertisers supply additional product info in the feed by leveraging secondary data sources. <\/strong>Types of secondary data sources used include: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Inventory management systems<\/li>\n<li>Analytics<\/li>\n<li>Google Sheets<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/zJTzdCEEjXddkuptoGmiToMx_68ucasg2sUyMsUzy1zn0MR4QtWPeelPrq52RfoPT6bAnzskC1J5F8_hcPx9GrMSF2OydJZCtBqzG-z3NvqbiZ7NFhZRRAJKTofFzbkUPfIBIAAWj6dDxj9-o0YDyXFG6bWd0d5rWtUlpKoRQUO9V0Z_2gVpTppwfQ\" alt=\"| Craig Hordlow\" title=\"| Craig Hordlow\"><\/figure>\n<p>You can download the full PDF report from DataFeedWatch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.datafeedwatch.com\/feed-marketing-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>. It includes more information on the current state of ecommerce shopping including tips for advertisers to optimize and enhance their feeds, choosing the right platforms and best practices for paid ad campaigns.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/data-feed-errors-report-387598\" target=\"_blank\">Top 5 data feed errors that can sabotage your ecommerce campaigns<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Search Engine Land<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since the start of the pandemic, supply chain issues have caused panic among retailers. On average, 16% of products are out of stock and cannot be purchased. Industries such as vehicles (57%) and sporting goods (40%) are hit especially hard. There are also large differences in geographic locations, with Latin America experiencing one of the lowest levels of stock availability. Interestingly, when excluding those out-of-stock items from a Google search campaign, advertisers typically see a 181% ROAS increase. These statistics come from a new DataFeedWatch report [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"h5ap_radio_sources":[],"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-best-seo-blogs"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":false,"author_link":"https:\/\/craighordlow.com\/author\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/craighordlow.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/craighordlow.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/craighordlow.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craighordlow.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/craighordlow.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5833\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/craighordlow.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craighordlow.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craighordlow.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}