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Microsoft Advertising/Bing Ads

Can you sell products on Microsoft Advertising? Absolutely! Should you do it? Definitely! Read on to find out how to list products on Microsoft Advertising and start boosting your sales today.

What is Microsoft Advertising?

What is Microsoft Advertising
Microsoft Advertising (formerly known as Bing Ads) is a platform for creating and managing online ads. With it, you can reach people on the Microsoft Network and various partner websites, as well as promote your goods to users of popular search engines like Bing and DuckDuckGo.

Businesses selling on Microsoft Advertising have unique opportunities that only Microsoft can offer. Your ads can be seen by people browsing the web with Microsoft Edge, checking email with Outlook, or even those who use Windows computers thanks to ads in Microsoft Start. In addition, Microsoft Advertising is the only platform that lets you advertise on LinkedIn.

How does Microsoft Advertising work?

How Microsoft Advertising works
Microsoft Advertising uses a pay-per-click system, which means that you pay every time users click your ad. And for determining ad placement Microsoft Advertising uses auctions.

To sell products on Microsoft Advertising, you create an ad campaign where you design your ads, choose your target audience and pick relevant keywords that will trigger your ads. For each keyword, you set a bid, which is how much you're willing to pay if a user clicks an ad. When users search for a keyword, Microsoft determines which ads to display through an auction between businesses targeting this word.

Microsoft Advertising auction

Generally, the more money you bid, the higher and more frequently your ads will appear when people search for this keyword. Of course, money isn't the only determining factor: the quality of the ad, its relevance to the keyword, and its past performance all influence where Microsoft will show your ad in the search results.

Benefits of using Microsoft Advertising

1. Unique audience

Microsoft and its partner websites have more than 650 million unique visits every month. Moreover, about 44 million desktop users worldwide search exclusively on Bing. Microsoft’s wide audience is also more educated and financially stable, which means that they’re more likely to make a purchase.

2. Lower competition

Most businesses focus on Google and leave Microsoft out. As a result, you have fewer competitors and more opportunities to stand out. You can push your ads to the top without raising bids as high as you would have to on Google.

3. LinkedIn integration

Only Microsoft Advertising lets you connect with professionals on LinkedIn through ads. You can use LinkedIn data to target people by their job title, industry, interests, and company.

4. Campaign imports

If you already have successful Google, Meta, or Pinterest campaigns, you can easily try them out on Microsoft. But instead of recreating campaigns from scratch, you can save your time by seamlessly importing them directly in Microsoft Advertising.

5. Demographic targeting

Microsoft Advertising can help your ads find the right people. You can show your offers to searchers based on their age, gender, location, device, time zone and more. And by changing your bids, you can even control how often Microsoft displays your ads for each audience.

6. Ad extensions

Engage customers and tell more about your products with Microsoft Advertising’s unique extensions. For example, promote several related products from one ad with Sitelinks, or let your shoppers checkout in one click right from the ad with the Action extension.

How to start selling on Microsoft Advertising

How to start selling on Microsoft Advertising
You can sell on Microsoft Advertising only if you follow Microsoft's product ads policy.

Create and set up a Microsoft Advertising account

Your account is the key to selling online on Microsoft Advertising. And to get this key, click on the "Sign up now" button on the official Microsoft Advertising website. You will need to register on the platform using a Microsoft account. After you've registered, simply follow the setup wizard to quickly configure your new account.

Before you're ready to get products on Microsoft Advertising, you need to connect your Shopify store to your Microsoft Advertising account. This takes only two steps. First, verify your store's website address to show Microsoft that you own it. Then, use this verified site to add a new store in the Microsoft Merchant Center, where you will later upload your products.

Install the Mulwi feed app to create a Bing Shopping feed

Microsoft needs a product feed to know what goods to show on Bing Shopping. However, making one manually is a tedious and time-consuming process. With our product feed software, you can save yourself the trouble of creating a feed from a blank sheet.

Mulwi has a customizable Bing Ads product feed template that includes everything Microsoft has to know. You can modify not just the structure of your feed, but also all the data in it. You're free to change the information in the feed as you like, all while leaving the products in your store intact.

Visit the Shopify app store and try out Mulwi for free with our 7-day trial.

Set up and connect the feed with Microsoft Advertising

Microsoft has strict requirements on how you should organize the Bing Shopping feed. Mulwi knows these rules well and can help you create the ideal Bing product feed.

After you make a feed, you need to upload it to your Microsoft Merchant Center. With Mulwi, you simply give Microsoft a link to your feed, set how often Mulwi should update the file, and relax as Mulwi does the rest for you.

Show products on Bing Shopping

You're one toggle away from success! In your Merchant Center settings, head to the "Product listings" section and enable the "Show free Product Listings" option.

Great job! Your products are now live on Bing Shopping! And you don't have to pay a thing for it.

However, a paid campaign can give your products a big boost. To launch a Microsoft Advertising ad campaign, just click the "Create" button on your dashboard, select the type of your campaign and follow the setup wizard to get your ads up and running.

What is Shopify feed for Microsoft Advertising and how to create one?

Shopify feed for Microsoft Advertising
A Shopify product feed is a list of things that you sell in your Shopify store. It may be an Excel spreadsheet or a simple text file in TXT, CSV, or XML format.

But what makes a Shopify product feed different from a regular file is its structure. Each marketplace has its own rules for how the feed files should look like. Mulwi knows these rules well and can help you create a perfect feed that will boost your sales. All you have to do is quickly fill out the information in our ready-to-use Bing Ads product feed template.

Bing Ads product feed template

Then, simply give Microsoft a link to your feed. Mulwi will automatically upload the feed to your Merchant Center. Our product feed tool works directly in Shopify, taking all changes from your store and delivering them straight to Microsoft Advertising.

With Mulwi, you will forget about outdated information and fall in love with feed management.

Best practices for selling on Microsoft Advertising

Best practices for Microsoft Advertising
Wondering how to sell successfully on Microsoft Advertising? These best practices will help you sell with Microsoft Advertising more effectively:
  • Manage your Shopify feeds with a specialized product feed software.
  • Give each product multiple high-quality images.
  • Include key information, such as size, brand and material, in the title.
  • Add GTINs and product categories to help customers find your goods easier.
  • Show extra information in your ads, such as customer reviews, with Extensions.
  • Analyze your keywords and find new ones with Microsoft Advertising Keyword Planner.
  • Update the product feed in your Microsoft Merchant Center on a daily basis.
  • Regularly check how your ads are performing.

Frequently asked questions

How do I sign up for Microsoft Advertising?

What countries and languages does Microsoft Advertising support?

What is the minimum budget for Microsoft Advertising campaigns?

Can I run Microsoft Advertising campaigns without a website?

How do I update my Microsoft product feed?

Can I sell used items on Microsoft Advertising?

How do I set up shipping in Microsoft Merchant Center?

Can I manage multiple stores in one Merchant Center?

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