Google Merchant Center Shipping Info

Hello,
I’m trying to set up Google Merchant Center Shipping rates for the product feed. Google is asking for some information that only Spreadshirt can provide and I have not found that information anywhere… so I’m asking here.

  1. Do orders placed with Spreadshirt after a certain time of day, get processed the next day? Google calls this “Order Cutoff Time”

  2. What is Spreadshirt’s “Handling Time”? That is the time it takes between when an order is placed and it is shipped.

  3. For Standard Shipping, it looks like Transit time is about 8-15 days according to what I’m seeing here: https://help.spreadshirt.com/hc/en-us/articles/207165489-Shipping-Times-and-Costs

Any help is much appreciated.
I am located in the US.

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Hey there!
Luckily the GMC does not require to fill in super-accurate data or multiple shipping tiers.
It’s fine to fill in only standard shipping. The info you are giving there is displayed at Google’s shopping PLAs.
For example here: Bildschirmfoto 2020-07-27 um 15.59.55

1. Here´s how to collect the needed informations:
The easiest thing to check is the ETA for shipping. You’ll find the current estimation listed on each product’s detail page, and by adding a product to the cart.
Bildschirmfoto 2020-07-27 um 15.55.24

An alternative way:
Go to your shop’s footer section and click the “Shipping Costs & Shipping Times” link.
there you´ll find all required informations:

2. Data input
Chose any time in the evening for Cutoff time.
Handling time might currently take 3-5 days.
Shipping time/Transit time can be taken from the shipping calculator, here:

3. Setting Shipping prices
Go to your shop, add an item to your cart and go to the cart page.
Now you can see the product price for 1 item is $4.99. Add this price to your pricing table in GMC.
Add another shirt to the cart and the shipping cost is $6.49. Type that in to GMC.
The majority of shop customers is buying 1.7 items per visit. So you probably would not need to set more prices in GMC. As said, the pricing there does not need to be accurate. Google only displays the price for buying 1 item at all.

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Thanks for the info Thomas.

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