Can you alter the country code in Shopify product item IDs?

Can you alter the country code in Shopify product item IDs?

MonkeyFoo-Mktg
Tourist
13 0 2

I'm sure this has been asked before but I can't find the answer. Is it possible to change the country code that Shopify assigns to all its Product Item Id's. I am trying to run dynamic remarketing for a company based in South Africa. In my google merchant center feed all the item id's start with shopify_ZA_. But in Shopify they are assigned shopify_US_. The two codes don't match up and they won't work properly. I am wondering if there is an accessible place in the code to change the country code from US to ZA. 

Thanks

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EmmanuelFlossie
Shopify Partner
3723 284 857

You need to update the remarketing tag to be shopify_ZA

Here is a working remarketing tag: https://feedarmy.com/kb/adding-google-adwords-remarketing-tag-to-shopify/

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MonkeyFoo-Mktg
Tourist
13 0 2

There is nowhere in the theme.liquid with that bit of code showing <-- CODE SETTINGS START--> <-- CODE SETTINGS END--> or any of that code in between for that matter. Any clue on where that Remarketing tag code would reside?

 

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EmmanuelFlossie
Shopify Partner
3723 284 857

It can change from user to user even with the same theme. So I would not know. Without physically seeing your account.

If you want to hire me to help with your issue, please contact me on hello@feedarmy.com

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areddy
Shopify Partner
10 0 0

Did you find a solution to this? I am facing a similar issue, but in my case, the country code shows "_ZZ_"

EmmanuelFlossie
Shopify Partner
3723 284 857

As with the other post you replied to, there is no need to change the ID, as there are no negatives, the ID can be anything, there are no rules.

In terms of ID structure.

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