Google product taxonomy · 2021-09-21

Party Supplies

The Google product category ID for Party Supplies is 96. It sits under Party & Celebration and has 29 subcategories of its own, so it is a predefined value you can send as it stands — but one of those 29 is usually the closer answer, and an interior category fits when a product genuinely spans the ones below.

Category ID: 96
Direct subcategories: 29
Categories below it in total: 32
Depth, on a branch that runs 6: 3 / 6
Others at this level: 3
Parent category: Party & Celebration
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, Party Supplies is the largest of the 4 categories under Party & Celebration, with 32 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.

Party SuppliesDrinking Games Beer Pong Beer Pong Tables

The longest route down from here runs 3 more levels, ending at Beer Pong Tables (3440) on level 6: Party Supplies › Drinking Games › Beer Pong › Beer Pong Tables. 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.

Every category at the same level as Party Supplies, compared by id, direct subcategories, total categories below and how many levels each one runs.
Category	ID	Direct	Below	Levels
Party Supplies — this page	96	29	32	3
Special Effects	408	5	5	1
Gift Giving	2559	6	11	2
Trophies & Awards	5868	5	5	1

Using this value

Either form of this value goes in the google_product_category attribute: the numeric ID (96) or the full path ("Arts & Entertainment > Party & Celebration > Party Supplies"). 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 29 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.

products.csv3 of your columns

id	title	google_product_category
SKU-1001	Your product title	96
SKU-1001	Your product title	Arts & Entertainment > Party & Celebration > Party Supplies

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, 96, is the form that does not depend on how the file is quoted.

What sits under Party Supplies

29 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. Drinking Games (3735) is the largest with 2 categories beneath it, so most of what sits under Party Supplies sits under that one name. 2 of the 29 carry subcategories of their own and the remaining 27 are leaves, which is worth knowing before you go looking for a narrower value that is not there.

Categories beneath each one2 with anything below

Drinking Games2 Party Favors1

Questions about Party Supplies

What is the Google product category ID for Party Supplies?

96. The full path, "Arts & Entertainment > Party & Celebration > Party Supplies", 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 Party Supplies or one of its subcategories?

Prefer a subcategory when one fits: Party Supplies has 29 directly below it, starting with Advice Cards (328061), Balloon Kits (6311), Balloons (2587), and 32 in total further down. 96 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 Party Supplies sit in the taxonomy?

At level 3, under Party & Celebration (5709). The chain from the top is Arts & Entertainment → Party & Celebration → Party Supplies. If your product does not belong under Party & Celebration, it does not belong here either — check the level above before going deeper.

What should I use if Party Supplies is not quite right?

Look across the rest of Party & Celebration first — there are 3 other categories at this level: Gift Giving (2559), Special Effects (408), Trophies & Awards (5868). If none of them fits either, the problem is higher up: go back to Party & Celebration (5709) 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 Party Supplies?

3 levels more. The longest route down from Party Supplies is Party Supplies > Drinking Games > Beer Pong > Beer Pong Tables, ending at Beer Pong Tables (3440) on level 6. Not every branch below Party Supplies runs that far, so the category that fits your product may stop earlier than this one does.

How big is Party Supplies compared with the categories next to it?

It is the largest of the 4 at its level, carrying 32 categories below it. Inside it, Drinking Games (3735) 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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