Google product taxonomy · 2021-09-21
Gun Care & Accessories
The Google product category ID for Gun Care & Accessories is 2214. It sits under Weapons and has 10 subcategories of its own, so it is a predefined value you can send as it stands — but one of those 10 is usually the closer answer, and an interior category fits when a product genuinely spans the ones below.
- Category ID
- 2214
- Direct subcategories
- 10
- Categories below it in total
- 14
- Depth, on a branch that runs 5
- 3 / 5
- Others at this level
- 12
- Parent category
- Weapons
- Taxonomy version
- 2021-09-21
- Sent in your feed as
- google_product_category
Where this sits in the taxonomy
Measured by how much sits beneath them, Gun Care & Accessories is the largest of the 13 categories under Weapons, with 14 categories below it. Size is not correctness — a small category is the right answer when it is the right answer — but it does tell you how much of the taxonomy you are still choosing between once you pick this branch.
Gun Care & AccessoriesGun CleaningGun Cleaning Cloths & Swabs
The longest route down from here runs 2 more levels, ending at Gun Cleaning Cloths & Swabs (499855) on level 5: Gun Care & Accessories › Gun Cleaning › Gun Cleaning Cloths & Swabs. Most branches stop sooner than that — the figure to compare it against is the seven levels Google's taxonomy allows, not the depth of the branch next door.
| Category | ID | Direct | Below | Levels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mace & Pepper Spray | 726 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stun Guns & Tasers | 727 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Guns | 782 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gun Care & Accessories — this page | 2214 | 10 | 14 | 2 |
| Nunchucks | 3092 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Whips | 3437 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Swords | 3666 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Throwing Stars | 3694 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brass Knuckles | 3833 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Staff & Stick Weapons | 3924 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Combat Knives | 6109 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Spears | 7175 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clubs & Batons | 7567 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Using this value
Either form of this value goes in the google_product_category attribute: the numeric ID (2214) or the full path ("Mature > Weapons > Gun Care & Accessories"). Both are predefined values for the same category. The ID is the sturdier of the two, because renaming any segment above this one changes the path text and leaves the number alone. Before sending it, check whether one of the 10 subcategories below fits — a narrower category groups the product with fewer, closer things.
Bear in mind that google_product_category is an optional attribute. Google assigns a category automatically, and your value is treated as a signal rather than an override. When an override actually applies.
In your feed, it looks like this
Either row below is accepted. The first is the one to send.
| id | title | google_product_category |
|---|---|---|
| SKU-1001 | Your product title | 2214 |
| SKU-1001 | Your product title | Mature > Weapons > Gun Care & Accessories |
This path has no comma, so an unquoted cell holds it as it stands — which is not true of every category in the taxonomy. The numeric ID, 2214, is the form that does not depend on how the file is quoted.
What sits under Gun Care & Accessories
10 subcategories. A narrower category groups the product with fewer, closer things, so prefer one of these when it fits.
They are not the same size. Gun Cleaning (503021) is the largest with 3 categories beneath it, so most of what sits under Gun Care & Accessories sits under that one name. 2 of the 10 carry subcategories of their own and the remaining 8 are leaves, which is worth knowing before you go looking for a narrower value that is not there.
Questions about Gun Care & Accessories
What is the Google product category ID for Gun Care & Accessories?
2214. The full path, "Mature > Weapons > Gun Care & Accessories", is the same category written the other way. The ID is shorter, and renaming a segment above this one changes the path text while leaving the number alone.
Should I use Gun Care & Accessories or one of its subcategories?
Prefer a subcategory when one fits: Gun Care & Accessories has 10 directly below it, starting with Ammunition (781), Ammunition Cases & Holders (505762), Gun Cases & Range Bags (500048), and 14 in total further down. 2214 is itself a predefined value, so an interior category is not an error — it just groups the product more broadly than a subcategory would.
Where does Gun Care & Accessories sit in the taxonomy?
At level 3, under Weapons (780). The chain from the top is Mature → Weapons → Gun Care & Accessories. If your product does not belong under Weapons, it does not belong here either — check the level above before going deeper.
What should I use if Gun Care & Accessories is not quite right?
Look across the rest of Weapons first — there are 12 other categories at this level: Brass Knuckles (3833), Clubs & Batons (7567), Combat Knives (6109), Guns (782), Mace & Pepper Spray (726), Nunchucks (3092), and 6 more. If none of them fits either, the problem is higher up: go back to Weapons (780) and pick a different branch from there rather than settling for the closest thing on this one.
How much more specific can I get than Gun Care & Accessories?
2 levels more. The longest route down from Gun Care & Accessories is Gun Care & Accessories > Gun Cleaning > Gun Cleaning Cloths & Swabs, ending at Gun Cleaning Cloths & Swabs (499855) on level 5. Not every branch below Gun Care & Accessories runs that far, so the category that fits your product may stop earlier than this one does.
How big is Gun Care & Accessories compared with the categories next to it?
It is the largest of the 13 at its level, carrying 14 categories below it. Inside it, Gun Cleaning (503021) is the biggest branch with 3 beneath it. A bigger category is not a better one — it just means more of the taxonomy is still open below you after you pick it.
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