Google product taxonomy · 2021-09-21
Pottery & Sculpting Materials
The Google product category ID for Pottery & Sculpting Materials is 44. It sits under Art & Crafting Materials and has 4 subcategories of its own, so it is a predefined value you can send as it stands — but one of those 4 is usually the closer answer, and an interior category fits when a product genuinely spans the ones below.
- Category ID
- 44
- Direct subcategories
- 4
- Categories below it in total
- 6
- Depth, on a branch that runs 7
- 5 / 7
- Others at this level
- 15
- Parent category
- Art & Crafting Materials
- 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, Pottery & Sculpting Materials is fifth largest of the 16 categories under Art & Crafting Materials, with 6 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.
Pottery & Sculpting MaterialsClay & Modeling DoughClay
The longest route down from here runs 2 more levels, ending at Clay (543628) on level 7: Pottery & Sculpting Materials › Clay & Modeling Dough › Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art & Craft Paper | 24 | 7 | 9 | 2 |
| Pottery & Sculpting Materials — this page | 44 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| Embossing Powder | 6121 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Filling & Padding Material | 6142 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Wicks | 7402 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wick Tabs | 7403 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Raw Candle Wax | 505375 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Crafting Adhesives & Magnets | 505376 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| Crafting Wire | 505377 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Craft Paint, Ink & Glaze | 505378 | 7 | 7 | 1 |
| Embellishments & Trims | 505379 | 12 | 12 | 1 |
| Craft Fasteners & Closures | 505380 | 6 | 6 | 1 |
| Craft Shapes & Bases | 505381 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Crafting Fibers | 505382 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Leather & Vinyl | 505383 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Textiles | 505384 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
Using this value
Either form of this value goes in the google_product_category attribute: the numeric ID (44) or the full path ("Arts & Entertainment > Hobbies & Creative Arts > Arts & Crafts > Art & Crafting Materials > Pottery & Sculpting Materials"). 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 4 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 | 44 |
| SKU-1001 | Your product title | Arts & Entertainment > Hobbies & Creative Arts > Arts & Crafts > Art & Crafting Materials > Pottery & Sculpting Materials |
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, 44, is the form that does not depend on how the file is quoted.
What sits under Pottery & Sculpting Materials
4 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. Clay & Modeling Dough (3692) is the largest with 2 categories beneath it, so most of what sits under Pottery & Sculpting Materials sits under that one name. 1 of the 4 carry subcategories of their own and the remaining 3 are leaves, which is worth knowing before you go looking for a narrower value that is not there.
Questions about Pottery & Sculpting Materials
What is the Google product category ID for Pottery & Sculpting Materials?
44. The full path, "Arts & Entertainment > Hobbies & Creative Arts > Arts & Crafts > Art & Crafting Materials > Pottery & Sculpting Materials", 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 Pottery & Sculpting Materials or one of its subcategories?
Prefer a subcategory when one fits: Pottery & Sculpting Materials has 4 directly below it, starting with Clay & Modeling Dough (3692), Papier Mache Mixes (505401), Plaster Gauze (505804), and 6 in total further down. 44 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 Pottery & Sculpting Materials sit in the taxonomy?
At level 5, under Art & Crafting Materials (505372). The chain from the top is Arts & Entertainment → Hobbies & Creative Arts → Arts & Crafts → Art & Crafting Materials → Pottery & Sculpting Materials. If your product does not belong under Art & Crafting Materials, it does not belong here either — check the level above before going deeper.
What should I use if Pottery & Sculpting Materials is not quite right?
Look across the rest of Art & Crafting Materials first — there are 15 other categories at this level: Art & Craft Paper (24), Craft Fasteners & Closures (505380), Craft Paint, Ink & Glaze (505378), Craft Shapes & Bases (505381), Crafting Adhesives & Magnets (505376), Crafting Fibers (505382), and 9 more. If none of them fits either, the problem is higher up: go back to Art & Crafting Materials (505372) 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 Pottery & Sculpting Materials?
2 levels more. The longest route down from Pottery & Sculpting Materials is Pottery & Sculpting Materials > Clay & Modeling Dough > Clay, ending at Clay (543628) on level 7. Not every branch below Pottery & Sculpting Materials runs that far, so the category that fits your product may stop earlier than this one does.
How big is Pottery & Sculpting Materials compared with the categories next to it?
It is fifth largest of the 16 at its level, carrying 6 categories below it. Inside it, Clay & Modeling Dough (3692) is the biggest branch with 2 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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