Lightspeed Retail – Google Local Inventory
Google Local Inventory, helps you turn online searchers into in-store shoppers. Make your products more discoverable and attract in-store visits with or without a website. Your inventory will be automatically synced and shown to potential customers searching for products near them on Google Local Listings.
Be discovered by local customers easily and at no cost to you
- Build your online presence with no extra work
- Get a free online home for your in-store products
- Focus on what matters most to your business
Drive in-store visits from local customers searching for what you sell
- Keep up with how your customers are shopping locally
- Show up at the right moment
- Go even further with local inventory ads
Easily add your in-store products to Google
- Product images and descriptions are automatically pulled from the manufacturer barcodes listed in your Lightspeed POS and added to Google. You don’t need to worry about doing any time-consuming manual work.
- When customers search for products near them, your products can appear on Google Search, Maps, and the Shopping tab, alongside your contact details and opening hours.
Getting started with Google Local Inventory
Before your products can appear in Google Local Inventory, you’ll need:
- A physical retail storefront where customers can visit and purchase products.
- A verified Google Business Profile to direct customers to the right store location.
- Products with manufacturer (UPC/EAN) barcodes.
How it works
Lightspeed Retail merchants are auto-enrolled in Local Inventory. Here’s how it works:
- A Merchant Center account will be automatically created for you and linked to your Google Business Profile.
- Products and store locations from Retail POS will sync with your Merchant Account and Business Profile.
- Local Inventory will enabled and Google will start showing your products across Local Listings.
- Product prices will be hidden by default.
