Google product taxonomy · 2021-09-21
Craft Paint, Ink & Glaze
The Google product category ID for Craft Paint, Ink & Glaze is 505378. It sits under Art & Crafting Materials and has 7 subcategories of its own, so it is a predefined value you can send as it stands — but one of those 7 is usually the closer answer, and an interior category fits when a product genuinely spans the ones below.
- Category ID
- 505378
- Direct subcategories
- 7
- Categories below it in total
- 7
- Depth, on a branch that runs 6
- 5 / 6
- 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, Craft Paint, Ink & Glaze is third largest of the 16 categories under Art & Crafting Materials, with 7 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.
Craft Paint, Ink & GlazeArt & Craft Paint
The longest route down from here runs 1 more level, ending at Art & Craft Paint (505417) on level 6: Craft Paint, Ink & Glaze › Art & Craft Paint. 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 | 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 — this page | 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 (505378) or the full path ("Arts & Entertainment > Hobbies & Creative Arts > Arts & Crafts > Art & Crafting Materials > Craft Paint, Ink & Glaze"). 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 7 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 | 505378 |
| SKU-1001 | Your product title | "Arts & Entertainment > Hobbies & Creative Arts > Arts & Crafts > Art & Crafting Materials > Craft Paint, Ink & Glaze" |
This path contains a comma, so the cell has to be quoted: unquoted, a CSV reader splits "Arts & Entertainment > Hobbies & Creative Arts > Arts & Crafts > Art & Crafting Materials > Craft Paint, Ink & Glaze" into 2 columns and the row stops lining up with its header. The numeric ID, 505378, contains no comma.
What sits under Craft Paint, Ink & Glaze
7 subcategories. A narrower category groups the product with fewer, closer things, so prefer one of these when it fits.
All 7 of them are leaves: none of the subcategories under Craft Paint, Ink & Glaze continues any further, so one of those 7 names is the most specific value this branch can give you.
Easy to mix up with
These sit under the same parent and start with the same word, which is exactly when the wrong one gets picked.
Questions about Craft Paint, Ink & Glaze
What is the Google product category ID for Craft Paint, Ink & Glaze?
505378. The full path, "Arts & Entertainment > Hobbies & Creative Arts > Arts & Crafts > Art & Crafting Materials > Craft Paint, Ink & Glaze", 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 Craft Paint, Ink & Glaze or one of its subcategories?
Prefer a subcategory when one fits: Craft Paint, Ink & Glaze has 7 directly below it, starting with Art & Craft Paint (505417), Art Fixatives (500094), Art Ink (505416), and 7 in total further down. 505378 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 Craft Paint, Ink & Glaze 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 → Craft Paint, Ink & Glaze. 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 Craft Paint, Ink & Glaze 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 Shapes & Bases (505381), Crafting Adhesives & Magnets (505376), Crafting Fibers (505382), Crafting Wire (505377), 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 Craft Paint, Ink & Glaze?
1 level more. The longest route down from Craft Paint, Ink & Glaze is Craft Paint, Ink & Glaze > Art & Craft Paint, ending at Art & Craft Paint (505417) on level 6. Not every branch below Craft Paint, Ink & Glaze runs that far, so the category that fits your product may stop earlier than this one does.
How big is Craft Paint, Ink & Glaze compared with the categories next to it?
It is third largest of the 16 at its level, carrying 7 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.
What is the difference between Craft Paint, Ink & Glaze and Craft Fasteners & Closures?
They sit side by side under Art & Crafting Materials and start with the same word, which is why they get swapped. Craft Paint, Ink & Glaze is 505378; Craft Fasteners & Closures is 505380. The paths are the reliable way to tell them apart — compare "Arts & Entertainment > Hobbies & Creative Arts > Arts & Crafts > Art & Crafting Materials > Craft Paint, Ink & Glaze" with "Arts & Entertainment > Hobbies & Creative Arts > Arts & Crafts > Art & Crafting Materials > Craft Fasteners & Closures" before you submit.
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