Custom labels 0 through 4 are five free-text fields in Google Shopping feeds used to segment products for bidding — typically populated from Google Analytics 4 performance data so high-revenue products can be bid on differently from low-revenue ones.
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Google Shopping accepts five custom_label fields (custom_label_0 through custom_label_4) per product. The values are arbitrary strings — Google does not interpret them, but Performance Max and Shopping campaigns can filter and bid by them. This is the primary mechanism for applying advanced bidding strategies to a feed without restructuring the campaign hierarchy.
The most effective pattern is revenue-tier segmentation derived from GA4. Pull last-30-days revenue per product, then bucket products into Hero (top 20% by revenue), Sidekick (next 30%), and Zombie (bottom 50%). Tag each product with custom_label_0=Hero / Sidekick / Zombie. In Performance Max, create asset-group filters or campaign segments that bid Hero products aggressively and exclude Zombies entirely. Empirical results from feed-management practitioners show 30-60% efficiency gains within 4 weeks of activation.
Other useful segmentations include seasonality (custom_label_1=Spring, Summer), margin tier (High / Mid / Low), stock status (Overstock, Normal, Low), and lifecycle (New, Mature, Clearance). FeedArc populates custom labels automatically from GA4 revenue data, COGS, and stock levels — the segments refresh on every feed export so bidding always reflects current performance.
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Google’s official definition of the five custom label attributes: one value per label, up to 1,000 unique values per label account-wide, used for campaign segmentation and bidding.
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