Abstract: A vertical conveyor (1) for a palletizing apparatus for stacking products (2), especially books, periodicals or other such printed products on a pallet, including carriers (7) driven by a drive chain (19) on a closed path and guided horizontally by a guiding means (24), in which the carriers (7) have finger-like supports (9) which move vertically through associated open areas (5, 29) of a delivery conveyor (27) and of a stacking apparatus (3) and there pick up and lay down the products (2). The carriers (7) are constructed as a turning device and have four finger-like supports (9) arranged in a cross shape about an axis of rotation (8), which can be rotated about the axis of rotation (8) in steps of 90° in the horizontal plane, and the open areas (5, 29) of the delivery conveyor, which are associated with the finger-like supports (9) of the carriers (7) and the stacking apparatus, are arranged in a cross shape.