By making it simple to connect Shopify stores with channels, YouTube is enabling content producers and companies to showcase their products throughout the platform. With this introduction, qualifying channels can advertise their goods and services, which viewers can purchase without leaving YouTube. With this Shopify to Youtube channel integration, viewers can make purchases without going to an external link, unlike earlier integrations.
Any channel that satisfies the requirements below is qualified to connect Shopify to a YouTube account:
- The channel is eligible to be monetized.
- The author resides in an acceptable nation or region.
- Whether a channel is an official artist channel or has 10,000 subscribers
- The channel is not designated as being “Made for Kids”.
- The channel complies with YouTube’s monetization guidelines
If you meet the requirements listed above, you can proceed with the procedures in the following section to connect your accounts.
How to Connect Shopify to Youtube?
Connecting your Shopify store to YouTube is the first step in selling your products there:
- Sign in to YouTube Studio.
- Choose Monetization from the menu on the left.
- Click Shopping
- Click Connect Store
- Go to Shopify
- Choose “Continue”
- In order to complete the setup process, Shopify will direct you from YouTube.
- The Google channel can be added to Shopify by selecting Add App and logging in when required.
You must next perform the subsequent actions in Shopify:
- Click Add sales channel in the top right corner of Shopify after adding the Google app.
- Sign in after selecting Connect Google Account.
- On the following page, complete all the store requirements.
- Just a few more steps will bring you to completion.
Next, implement the following actions while still in Shopify:
- Add your Google Merchant Center account (you’ll need to create one if you don’t already have one).
- Accept the terms of service for Google.
- Choose Finish setup.
- The final step is to sync your products with YouTube after your accounts are linked.
- Click Get Started on the following screen.
- Make sure your channel complies with the standards before clicking Continue.
- From the drop-down menu, choose your channel.
- Click Complete Setup after agreeing to the YouTube Shopping terms of service.
Following setup, YouTube will check your products to make sure they adhere to its and Google Merchant Center’s regulations. It is reported that it will take several business days to complete the approval process. You can choose which YouTube videos you want your products to appear in when they are authorized.
What are the Benefits when you connect Shopify to YouTube?
- Visibility: On end screens, beneath videos, and elsewhere on YouTube, you can highlight products.
- Automation: YouTube and your product catalog automatically sync. When you add or remove products from Shopify, the adjustments will be applied to your channel.
- Additional characteristics: Obtain access to YouTube Shopping’s functionalities, including live shopping.
- On-site checkout: Customers can purchase your goods on-site without leaving YouTube. Only channels in the US have access to on-site checkout at this time.
- Shop tab: Channels can access the Store tab, which acts as a Virtual Storefront when they link their Shopify account to their YouTube channel.
If you still have any queries about the procedures to connect Shopify to the youtube channel, then you can contact our Shopify developers for guidance.