Google product taxonomy · 2021-09-21
Paintball & Airsoft
The Google product category ID for Paintball & Airsoft is 499834. It sits under Hunting & Shooting 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
- Category ID
- 499834
- Direct subcategories
- 3
- Categories below it in total
- 21
- Depth, on a branch that runs 7
- 4 / 7
- Others at this level
- 5
- Parent category
- Hunting & Shooting
- 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, Paintball & Airsoft is the largest of the 6 categories under Hunting & Shooting, with 21 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.
Paintball & AirsoftAirsoftAirsoft Gun Parts & AccessoriesAirsoft Gun Batteries
The longest route down from here runs 3 more levels, ending at Airsoft Gun Batteries (8005) on level 7: Paintball & Airsoft › Airsoft › Airsoft Gun Parts & Accessories › Airsoft Gun Batteries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archery | 1033 | 8 | 14 | 2 |
| Clay Pigeon Shooting | 3125 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Hunting | 3136 | 7 | 11 | 2 |
| Hunting & Shooting Protective Gear | 7460 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Paintball & Airsoft — this page | 499834 | 3 | 21 | 3 |
| Shooting & Range Accessories | 499840 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Using this value
Either form of this value goes in the google_product_category attribute: the numeric ID (499834) or the full path ("Sporting Goods > Outdoor Recreation > Hunting & Shooting > Paintball & Airsoft"). 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 | 499834 |
| SKU-1001 | Your product title | Sporting Goods > Outdoor Recreation > Hunting & Shooting > Paintball & Airsoft |
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, 499834, is the form that does not depend on how the file is quoted.
What sits under Paintball & Airsoft
3 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. Paintball (1049) is the largest with 10 categories beneath it, so most of what sits under Paintball & Airsoft sits under that one name. Every one of the 3 carries subcategories of its own.
Questions about Paintball & Airsoft
What is the Google product category ID for Paintball & Airsoft?
499834. The full path, "Sporting Goods > Outdoor Recreation > Hunting & Shooting > Paintball & Airsoft", 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 Paintball & Airsoft or one of its subcategories?
Prefer a subcategory when one fits: Paintball & Airsoft has 3 directly below it, starting with Airsoft (2443), Paintball (1049), Paintball & Airsoft Protective Gear (499835), and 21 in total further down. 499834 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 Paintball & Airsoft sit in the taxonomy?
At level 4, under Hunting & Shooting (499824). The chain from the top is Sporting Goods → Outdoor Recreation → Hunting & Shooting → Paintball & Airsoft. If your product does not belong under Hunting & Shooting, it does not belong here either — check the level above before going deeper.
What should I use if Paintball & Airsoft is not quite right?
Look across the rest of Hunting & Shooting first — there are 5 other categories at this level: Archery (1033), Clay Pigeon Shooting (3125), Hunting (3136), Hunting & Shooting Protective Gear (7460), Shooting & Range Accessories (499840). If none of them fits either, the problem is higher up: go back to Hunting & Shooting (499824) 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 Paintball & Airsoft?
3 levels more. The longest route down from Paintball & Airsoft is Paintball & Airsoft > Airsoft > Airsoft Gun Parts & Accessories > Airsoft Gun Batteries, ending at Airsoft Gun Batteries (8005) on level 7. Not every branch below Paintball & Airsoft runs that far, so the category that fits your product may stop earlier than this one does.
How big is Paintball & Airsoft compared with the categories next to it?
It is the largest of the 6 at its level, carrying 21 categories below it. Inside it, Paintball (1049) is the biggest branch with 10 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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