Google product taxonomy · 2021-09-21
Shipping Supplies
The Google product category ID for Shipping Supplies is 2636. It sits under Office Supplies and has 3 subcategories of its own, so it is a predefined value you can send as it stands — but one of those 3 is usually the closer answer, and an interior category fits when a product genuinely spans the ones below.
This branch4
Shipping Supplies2636
Moving & Shipping Boxes973Packing Materials974Packing Tape975- Category ID
- 2636
- Direct subcategories
- 3
- Categories below it in total
- 3
- Depth, on a branch that runs 3
- 2 / 3
- Others at this level
- 13
- Parent category
- Office Supplies
- 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, Shipping Supplies is 9th largest of the 14 categories under Office Supplies, with 3 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.
Shipping SuppliesMoving & Shipping Boxes
The longest route down from here runs 1 more level, ending at Moving & Shipping Boxes (973) on level 3: Shipping Supplies › Moving & Shipping Boxes. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Filing & Organization | 923 | 18 | 29 | 3 |
| General Office Supplies | 932 | 12 | 37 | 2 |
| Office Equipment | 950 | 10 | 15 | 2 |
| Presentation Supplies | 964 | 10 | 17 | 3 |
| Paper Handling | 2014 | 6 | 6 | 1 |
| Name Plates | 2435 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shipping Supplies — this page | 2636 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Office Instruments | 2986 | 11 | 32 | 5 |
| Impulse Sealers | 5829 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Book Accessories | 6174 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Office Carts | 6373 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| Office & Chair Mats | 6519 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Desk Pads & Blotters | 8078 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lap Desks | 8499 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Using this value
Either form of this value goes in the google_product_category attribute: the numeric ID (2636) or the full path ("Office Supplies > Shipping Supplies"). 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 3 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 | 2636 |
| SKU-1001 | Your product title | Office Supplies > Shipping Supplies |
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, 2636, is the form that does not depend on how the file is quoted.
What sits under Shipping Supplies
3 subcategories. A narrower category groups the product with fewer, closer things, so prefer one of these when it fits.
All 3 of them are leaves: none of the subcategories under Shipping Supplies continues any further, so one of those 3 names is the most specific value this branch can give you.
Questions about Shipping Supplies
What is the Google product category ID for Shipping Supplies?
2636. The full path, "Office Supplies > Shipping Supplies", 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 Shipping Supplies or one of its subcategories?
Prefer a subcategory when one fits: Shipping Supplies has 3 directly below it, starting with Moving & Shipping Boxes (973), Packing Materials (974), Packing Tape (975), and 3 in total further down. 2636 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 Shipping Supplies sit in the taxonomy?
At level 2, under Office Supplies (922). The chain from the top is Office Supplies → Shipping Supplies. If your product does not belong under Office Supplies, it does not belong here either — check the level above before going deeper.
What should I use if Shipping Supplies is not quite right?
Look across the rest of Office Supplies first — there are 13 other categories at this level: Book Accessories (6174), Desk Pads & Blotters (8078), Filing & Organization (923), General Office Supplies (932), Impulse Sealers (5829), Lap Desks (8499), and 7 more. If none of them fits either, the problem is higher up: go back to Office Supplies (922) 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 Shipping Supplies?
1 level more. The longest route down from Shipping Supplies is Shipping Supplies > Moving & Shipping Boxes, ending at Moving & Shipping Boxes (973) on level 3. Not every branch below Shipping Supplies runs that far, so the category that fits your product may stop earlier than this one does.
How big is Shipping Supplies compared with the categories next to it?
It is 9th largest of the 14 at its level, carrying 3 categories below 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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