Google Shopping Feed for JTL-Shop 5
JTL-Shop is a shop system widely used in the DACH market. Its maker publishes the Exportformat Google Shopping plugin, listed as free of charge on the store product page. When a paid extension is worth it beyond that, what it costs, and how the AI layer sharpens your product copy.
Start feed checkHow the feed gets from JTL-Shop 5 into Merchant Center
JTL ships the path itself: the Exportformat Google Shopping plugin comes from JTL-Software, and its store product page states the price as Kostenfrei, free of charge (as of August 2026). It requires JTL-Shop 5.5.0 through 5.7.x; per the store listing it has no dependency on JTL-Wawi. As with Shopware, your store publishes an export file that you register in Merchant Center.
- 1Get the Exportformat Google Shopping JTL-Shop 5 extension from the JTL extension store.
- 2Install it in the backend under Plugins, Meine Käufe (my purchases).
- 3Configure it under Plugins, Installierte Plugins (installed plugins).
- 4Edit the export format under Export, Weitere Formate (further formats).
- 5Set up a daily export, either manually or through the task scheduler.
- 6Register the export URL in Merchant Center so Google fetches the file.
Source for the steps: guide.jtl-software.com, setting up Google Shopping for JTL-Shop, retrieved August 2026. Source for the price: the extension's store product page.
When is the free path enough, and when does a feed tool pay off?
A feed tool pays off when your catalog has requirements the standard path does not cover. Five criteria decide it in practice.
| Criterion | Free path is enough | Feed tool pays off |
|---|---|---|
| Catalog size | Up to a few thousand products with no special cases | Large catalogs that need rules per category |
| Variants | Variants should reach the feed the way your store keeps them | Variants need to be grouped or remapped |
| Countries and languages | One target country, one language | Several countries, currencies, or language feeds |
| Channels | Google Shopping only | Marketplaces, price comparison sites, and social on top |
| Rules and mapping | Titles and categories work as they are in your store | Attributes need rewriting, enriching, or filtering |
For a JTL-Shop 5 store selling into one country, the export format from JTL-Software is enough. A paid extension gets interesting when you want a running sync with Merchant Center instead of a file fetch.
Feed generators for JTL-Shop 5: prices per the vendor pages
| Tool | Entry price | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Exportformat Google Shopping (JTL-Software) | Listed as free of charge on the store product page, as of August 2026 | Requires JTL-Shop 5.5.0 through 5.7.x; no dependency on JTL-Wawi per the store listing. |
| Google Shopping Pro (WebStollen) | € 189.00 per the JTL extension store; no billing period is stated there, as of August 2026 | Syncs with Merchant Center instead of only publishing a file to be fetched. |
| Channable | Amounts on channable.com | The pricing page cannot be retrieved automatically, so no amount is listed here. |
Prices verified on August 26, 2026. Amounts come from the linked vendor pages; changes there apply immediately.
What the optimization layer adds on top of your JTL-Shop 5 feed
When JTL-Shop 5 alone is enough
If your JTL items carry written-out titles and descriptions and you only run Google Shopping in one country, the export format is enough. The file is technically complete, and Merchant Center asks for nothing more.
When to add the layer
The export takes your item copy exactly as it sits in the store. Short item names, empty attributes, and coarse categories land in the file unchanged. The optimization layer starts after that: it scores every product, rewrites titles and descriptions, and fills in missing attributes, in a single run across the whole catalog.
How the two work together
The layer writes a supplemental feed into Merchant Center. Your JTL export stays the source, the task scheduler keeps running, and you approve every change before it goes live and can roll it back at any time.
Frequently asked questions
No. The Exportformat Google Shopping plugin from JTL-Software is listed as free of charge on its store product page (as of August 2026). A paid extension pays off when you need a running sync instead of a file fetch.
The store product page lists JTL-Shop 5.5.0 through 5.7.x as compatible and states no dependency on JTL-Wawi (as of August 2026). For older shop versions this path is not documented.
The JTL extension store runs free extensions through the same ordering flow. What counts is the price on the product page, and that reads Kostenfrei, free of charge (as of August 2026).
No. The layer works through a supplemental feed in Merchant Center. Your JTL export stays untouched as the primary feed.
The feed check scores every product in your feed. The optimization that follows is included in the free plan for up to 200 products.
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The feed check reads your Merchant Center and scores every product. No rebuild, no switching.
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