Walnut Studiolo Earns Google's "Top Quality Store" Badge

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by Valerie Franklin
May 27, 2024
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New in 2025, Walnut Studiolo has earned its reputation with the Google Top Quality Store badge. This program recognizes and celebrates businesses that meet Google's standards of excellence in online shopping.

Screenshot from Google Merchant Center showing Walnut Studiolo Overall quality score is Exceptional on a scale from Low to Exceptional, and an arrow that says You are a Top Quality Store

Screenshot from Walnut Studiolo's Google Merchant Center Store Quality score

Badgeholders in Google's Top Quality Store program deliver an exceptional customer experience. Businesses must meet Google’s standards for business practices, pricing, shipping, and returns policies, user ratings, and website quality.

Only businesses with the highest ratings earn the Top Quality Store badge, usually requiring at least 3 scores of "Exceptional" to qualify.

Here's our store quality report card:

Screenshot from Google Merchant Center badge on Walnut Studiolo website showing our report card: Shipping: Great, Returns: Exceptional, Competitive pricing: Exceptional, Payment options: Exceptional, Website quality: Exceptional

This report can be accessed at any time by clicking on the badge now published on our website, seen in the bottom left corner.

The badge should give customers confidence and trust in our business practices and quality by evidencing our store is reliable and highly-rated on its own, outside of marketplaces.

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