Google product taxonomy · 2021-09-21
Cash Registers & POS Terminals
The Google product category ID for Cash Registers & POS Terminals is 505824. It sits under Money Handling 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
Cash Registers & POS Terminals505824
Cash Registers543647POS Terminals543648- Category ID
- 505824
- Direct subcategories
- 2
- Categories below it in total
- 2
- Depth, on a branch that runs 5
- 4 / 5
- Others at this level
- 6
- Parent category
- Money Handling
- 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, Cash Registers & POS Terminals is second largest of the 7 categories under Money Handling, with 2 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.
Cash Registers & POS TerminalsCash Registers
The longest route down from here runs 1 more level, ending at Cash Registers (543647) on level 5: Cash Registers & POS Terminals › Cash Registers. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Money Changers | 3273 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paper Coin Wrappers & Bill Straps | 4055 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coin & Bill Counters | 4151 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Banknote Verifiers | 4290 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Money Deposit Bags | 4329 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cash Registers & POS Terminals — this page | 505824 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Cash Register & POS Terminal Accessories | 505825 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Using this value
Either form of this value goes in the google_product_category attribute: the numeric ID (505824) or the full path ("Business & Industrial > Retail > Money Handling > Cash Registers & POS Terminals"). 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 | 505824 |
| SKU-1001 | Your product title | Business & Industrial > Retail > Money Handling > Cash Registers & POS Terminals |
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, 505824, is the form that does not depend on how the file is quoted.
What sits under Cash Registers & POS Terminals
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 Cash Registers & POS Terminals continues any further, so one of those 2 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 Cash Registers & POS Terminals
What is the Google product category ID for Cash Registers & POS Terminals?
505824. The full path, "Business & Industrial > Retail > Money Handling > Cash Registers & POS Terminals", 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 Cash Registers & POS Terminals or one of its subcategories?
Prefer a subcategory when one fits: Cash Registers & POS Terminals has 2 directly below it, starting with Cash Registers (543647), POS Terminals (543648), and 2 in total further down. 505824 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 Cash Registers & POS Terminals sit in the taxonomy?
At level 4, under Money Handling (4181). The chain from the top is Business & Industrial → Retail → Money Handling → Cash Registers & POS Terminals. If your product does not belong under Money Handling, it does not belong here either — check the level above before going deeper.
What should I use if Cash Registers & POS Terminals is not quite right?
Look across the rest of Money Handling first — there are 6 other categories at this level: Banknote Verifiers (4290), Cash Register & POS Terminal Accessories (505825), Coin & Bill Counters (4151), Money Changers (3273), Money Deposit Bags (4329), Paper Coin Wrappers & Bill Straps (4055). If none of them fits either, the problem is higher up: go back to Money Handling (4181) 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 Cash Registers & POS Terminals?
1 level more. The longest route down from Cash Registers & POS Terminals is Cash Registers & POS Terminals > Cash Registers, ending at Cash Registers (543647) on level 5. Not every branch below Cash Registers & POS Terminals runs that far, so the category that fits your product may stop earlier than this one does.
How big is Cash Registers & POS Terminals compared with the categories next to it?
It is second largest of the 7 at its level, carrying 2 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 Cash Registers & POS Terminals and Cash Register & POS Terminal Accessories?
They sit side by side under Money Handling and start with the same word, which is why they get swapped. Cash Registers & POS Terminals is 505824; Cash Register & POS Terminal Accessories is 505825. The paths are the reliable way to tell them apart — compare "Business & Industrial > Retail > Money Handling > Cash Registers & POS Terminals" with "Business & Industrial > Retail > Money Handling > Cash Register & POS Terminal Accessories" before you submit.
Not sure this is the one?
Describe the product and get the category with its ID, a confidence figure and the runners-up it was weighed against.
Free, no account. Or map a whole catalog