Google Shopping and search
Shopping campaigns that stop being mistaken for alcohol
The recurring problem in this niche is listings and ads disapproved under alcohol policy for a product that contains none. It usually comes from titles built on borrowed words, where the category term for a spirit appears before any clarification. Titles that lead with the product as it is, naming it as an alcohol-free or zero proof drink with the botanical description afterwards, along with the correct product category, prevent most of it.
Campaign structure then follows format, because a case of cans and a bottle of distilled non-alcoholic spirit attract different searches and different prices. Case listings carry the count and volume in the title so a shopper can compare cost per can from the results page.
Seasonality is severe. January demand can dwarf the rest of the year, so campaigns are built and tested in the autumn rather than in the first week of the month when auction prices are highest, and the budget plan assumes a long quiet summer where functional and soft drink terms carry the account.
