Manage your delivery settings

Delivery handling working days [shipping_handling_business_days]

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Use the delivery handling working days [shipping_handling_business_days] attribute when you want to customise your operational days in Merchant Center. Delivery handling working days [shipping_handling_business_days] is distinct from calendar days as this attribute indicates days of the week when your business will fulfil an order.

When to use

Optional

Delivery handling working days [shipping_handling_business_days] should only be used if your business has different working days than Monday to Saturday. When left blank, delivery handling working days [shipping_handling_business_days] will default to Mon–Sat.

This attribute is used with the minimum handling time [min_handling_time] and maximum handling time [max_handling_time] sub-attributes of the delivery [shipping] attribute to show accurate delivery dates. Delivery handling working days [shipping_handling_business_days] is also used with the minimum handling time [min_handling_time] and maximum handling time [max_handling_time] sub-attributes of the carrier delivery [carrier_shipping] attribute to show accurate carrier delivery dates.

For example, the listed minimum handling time [min_handling_time] and maximum handling time [max_handling_time] for your business are one and three days, respectively. When a customer places an order on Wednesday before the cut-off time, by default Google will show that the product will be dispatched by Friday at the latest. However, if the listed handling working days are only Monday to Thursday, Google will show that the product will be dispatched by Monday at the latest. Google will then add the transit time listed in Merchant Center to show customers when their product will arrive. Learn more about how Google calculates delivery speeds based on carrier and how to set up estimated delivery time.

Note: Orders with handling or transit time that overlaps with a public holiday will have the estimated delivery date extended by a day. Learn more about how public holidays affect estimated delivery time.

Format

Follow these formatting guidelines to make sure that Google understands the data that you're submitting. Learn how to submit attributes and attribute values.

Type	Days of the week separated by a semicolon or range separated by a dash.
Supported values	`M, Mon, Monday` for Monday `T, Tue, Tuesday` for Tuesday `W, Wed, Wednesday` for Wednesday `R, Thu, Thursday` for Thursday `F, Fri, Friday` for Friday `S, Sat, Saturday` for Saturday `U, Sun, Sunday` for Sunday
Repeated field (What's this?)	No

File format Example entry

Text (TVS)

File format	Example entry
Text (TVS)	For per-day entries: `M;W;R;F;S Mon;Wed;Thu;Fri;Sat Monday;Wednesday;Thursday;Friday;Saturday` For ranges: `M–F Mon–Fri Monday–Friday` For mixed per-day and range: `Mon;Wed–Fri` With country attribute (optional): `US:MWRFS`
XML (feeds)	`<g:shipping_handling_business_days>M;T;W;R;F</g:shipping_handling_business_days>`

For per-day entries:
M;W;R;F;S Mon;Wed;Thu;Fri;Sat Monday;Wednesday;Thursday;Friday;Saturday

For ranges:
M–F Mon–Fri Monday–Friday

For mixed per-day and range:
Mon;Wed–Fri

With country attribute (optional):
US:MWRFS

XML (feeds) <g:shipping_handling_business_days>M;T;W;R;F</g:shipping_handling_business_days>

To format your data for Content API, view the Content API for Shopping resource.

Note: To ensure that this product data attribute is recognised by our system correctly, remember to submit your data source file in a format that we support.

Minimum requirements

These are the requirements that you'll need to meet to show your product. If you don't follow these requirements, we'll disapprove your product and let you know in your Merchant Center account.

State all active working days of your business in Merchant Center.
Add the country attribute to delivery handling working days[shipping_handling_business_days] if different regions have different handling working days. Leave the country attribute blank if handling working days are the same for all regions.

By default, your handling working days will be set to Monday to Saturday. You can specify different working days, including weekends, in your Merchant Center account.

Best practices

These best practices can help you go beyond the basic requirements to optimise your product data for performance.

Customise working days in Merchant Center to include all active operational days of your business. Make sure that you list operational days during public holidays and weekends.
Provide minimum transit time [min_transit_time], maximum transit time [max_transit_time] and delivery transit working days [shipping_transit_business_days] if they are not the default Monday to Saturday. Add these attributes to show accurate delivery dates to customers.
Use only one type of supported value. For example, if you use M to mean Monday in the feed, use TWRFSU for the other days that you need to specify. Don't mix value types, e.g. M–Sunday.
Use ranges rather than per-day entries if there are no gaps between working days.

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