Google product taxonomy · 2021-09-21
Wrestling Protective Gear
The Google product category ID for Wrestling Protective Gear is 3057. It sits under Wrestling and has 2 subcategories of its own, so it is a predefined value you can send as it stands — but one of those 2 is usually the closer answer, and an interior category fits when a product genuinely spans the ones below.
This branch3
Wrestling Protective Gear3057
Wrestling Headgear499791Wrestling Knee Pads499790- Category ID
- 3057
- Direct subcategories
- 2
- Categories below it in total
- 2
- Depth, on a branch that runs 5
- 4 / 5
- Others at this level
- 0
- Parent category
- Wrestling
- Taxonomy version
- 2021-09-21
- Sent in your feed as
- google_product_category
Where this sits in the taxonomy
Wrestling Protective Gear is the only category at its level under Wrestling, so there is no neighbour to weigh it against.
Wrestling Protective GearWrestling Headgear
The longest route down from here runs 1 more level, ending at Wrestling Headgear (499791) on level 5: Wrestling Protective Gear › Wrestling Headgear. 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.
Using this value
Either form of this value goes in the google_product_category attribute: the numeric ID (3057) or the full path ("Sporting Goods > Athletics > Wrestling > Wrestling Protective Gear"). 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 2 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 | 3057 |
| SKU-1001 | Your product title | Sporting Goods > Athletics > Wrestling > Wrestling Protective Gear |
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, 3057, is the form that does not depend on how the file is quoted.
What sits under Wrestling Protective Gear
2 subcategories. A narrower category groups the product with fewer, closer things, so prefer one of these when it fits.
All 2 of them are leaves: none of the subcategories under Wrestling Protective Gear continues any further, so one of those 2 names is the most specific value this branch can give you.
Questions about Wrestling Protective Gear
What is the Google product category ID for Wrestling Protective Gear?
3057. The full path, "Sporting Goods > Athletics > Wrestling > Wrestling Protective Gear", 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 Wrestling Protective Gear or one of its subcategories?
Prefer a subcategory when one fits: Wrestling Protective Gear has 2 directly below it, starting with Wrestling Headgear (499791), Wrestling Knee Pads (499790), and 2 in total further down. 3057 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 Wrestling Protective Gear sit in the taxonomy?
At level 4, under Wrestling (1068). The chain from the top is Sporting Goods → Athletics → Wrestling → Wrestling Protective Gear. If your product does not belong under Wrestling, it does not belong here either — check the level above before going deeper.
How much more specific can I get than Wrestling Protective Gear?
1 level more. The longest route down from Wrestling Protective Gear is Wrestling Protective Gear > Wrestling Headgear, ending at Wrestling Headgear (499791) on level 5. Not every branch below Wrestling Protective Gear runs that far, so the category that fits your product may stop earlier than this one does.
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