Google product taxonomy · 2021-09-21
Piercing Needles
The Google product category ID for Piercing Needles is 4122, written as a path "Business & Industrial > Piercing & Tattooing > Piercing Supplies > Piercing Needles". It is a leaf: the taxonomy does not continue below it, so this is the most specific value on this branch, and if your product fits here there is nothing more precise to pick. It sits under Piercing Supplies.
This level1
- Category ID
- 4122
- Subcategories (none, this is a leaf)
- 0
- Categories below it in total
- 0
- Depth, on a branch that runs 4
- 4 / 4
- Others at this level
- 0
- Parent category
- Piercing Supplies
- Taxonomy version
- 2021-09-21
- Sent in your feed as
- google_product_category
Where this sits in the taxonomy
Piercing Needles is the only category at its level under Piercing Supplies, so there is no neighbour to weigh it against.
Using this value
Either form of this value goes in the google_product_category attribute: the numeric ID (4122) or the full path ("Business & Industrial > Piercing & Tattooing > Piercing Supplies > Piercing Needles"). 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.
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 | 4122 |
| SKU-1001 | Your product title | Business & Industrial > Piercing & Tattooing > Piercing Supplies > Piercing Needles |
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, 4122, is the form that does not depend on how the file is quoted.
Questions about Piercing Needles
What is the Google product category ID for Piercing Needles?
4122. The full path, "Business & Industrial > Piercing & Tattooing > Piercing Supplies > Piercing Needles", 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.
Is anything more specific than Piercing Needles available?
No. Piercing Needles is a leaf of Google's taxonomy at level 4, so 4122 is the most precise value this branch offers. If it does not describe your product closely enough, the answer is a different branch, not a deeper one.
Where does Piercing Needles sit in the taxonomy?
At level 4, under Piercing Supplies (4350). The chain from the top is Business & Industrial → Piercing & Tattooing → Piercing Supplies → Piercing Needles. If your product does not belong under Piercing Supplies, it does not belong here either — check the level above before going deeper.
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