📦 Google Reader Manager Subscription Bundles — How to Tag Your Content with Product IDs
Google has made it easier for publishers to manage premium content using Reader Manager inside the Google Publisher Center. If you're offering subscription-based access to your content, the Product ID system is the key to unlocking and organizing what your paying readers see.
By using Product IDs, you can associate content across your website with specific subscription plans. Anyone who subscribes to a given bundle can instantly access any article, video, or page tagged with the corresponding Product ID. Think of it like tagging content behind a digital paywall — but Google does the heavy lifting to authenticate access for you.
🔑 How Product IDs Work
To link your content to a specific subscription plan in Reader Manager, all you need to do is:
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Create or edit a subscription bundle in Google Reader Manager.
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Assign one or more Product IDs to that bundle (e.g.,
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Use those same Product IDs to tag your premium content in your CMS or backend system.
When a reader subscribes, Google checks the plan’s Product IDs and automatically grants access to all matching content.
✅ Why Use Product IDs?
Using Product IDs gives you complete flexibility to:
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Bundle related topics (e.g., all investigative journalism under one plan).
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Create tiered access levels (e.g., basic, premium, VIP).
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Quickly add or remove content from plans just by updating tags.
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Manage subscriptions across multiple publications or microsites.
You don’t need to maintain complex membership databases. Google handles it through Reader Manager and your tagged metadata.
📰 Example Use Case
Suppose you run a publication that covers three premium areas:
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Local Politics – tagged with
GOVT-ACCESS -
Crime Reports – tagged with
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In-Depth Features – tagged with
LONGFORM2025
You can create a bundled plan called “City Deep Dive” and link all three Product IDs to that plan. Readers who subscribe to this plan through Google will get instant access to everything tagged with those IDs, no matter when it was published.
⚙️ How to Set It Up
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Go to your Google Publisher Center.
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Click on your publication, then navigate to Reader Revenue > Manage Subscriptions.
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Create a Subscription Plan, choose a name, price, and duration.
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Add the Product IDs that correspond to your premium content.
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Save and publish. That’s it.
Now make sure your articles include metadata or tagging in the backend that aligns with those Product IDs.
🔧 Pro Tip
Use structured data to help Google crawl and verify your Product ID associations. You can also tag article markup with the productID field to ensure smooth integration.
📚 Additional Resources
🧠 Here Is A Use Case Example Below
If you're a digital publisher or content creator with premium material, this is a no-brainer. Product IDs are the simplest way to give your readers access to the content they paid for — and Google’s system does the gatekeeping.
Have multiple sites or publications? Product IDs make it easy to bundle cross-platform content into one seamless subscription.
Need help tagging your content correctly or setting up your subscription bundles? See our example below . . .
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