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As of the 17th of May, 2023, I discovered that the acceptance of user access from the Google Merchant Center immediately displays a 403 error. This issue has persisted for a week, but there is no cause for alarm. Wait approximately 15 minutes before attempting to reopen the Google Merchant Center. At this point, you …

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Many users have faced challenges while trying to connect their Google Channel app from Shopify to their Google Merchant Center sub-account. In this article, we will discuss a workaround that has proven to be effective for some users. Solution The solution involves adding a different email address as the sub-account user. This is necessary because …

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Your Merchant Center accounts are at risk of suspension. Address warnings to continue showing Shopping ads.  Recommended because you have Merchant Center accounts at risk of suspension due to data quality or policy violations.  First, I want to explain not to panic. Most of these recommendations are not as severe as you may think. It …

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Since the introduction of feed labels and target countries in the Google Merchant Center, if you plan to add additional countries using a dedicated feed, you will find that other countries have started showing zero products. The issue is that if, for example, your default country is the US, and you add another country, such …

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On rare occasions, you may find your website being flagged by Google as a parked domain. Two main factors cause a website to be flagged. 1) Google can not assess your website 2) Website content does not meet Google’s requirements. Below is a list of possible reasons for getting flagged for parked domain: Failed Website …

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If you have created a promotion starting 26th December 2021 and set the promotion for all products, but got them rejected for a reason: unmapped. Then the below solution is how you can resolve it. Google has stated it will take one month to fix the technical issue. So best to follow the solution below for …

[SOLUTION] Google Shopping Promotions Rejected Due To Unmapped Specific_Products. While All_Products Was Selected Read More »

As of the 13th of December 2021, I have been getting issues where the supplement feed in Google Merchant Center shows an error where the ID value does not match. While in fact, it’s correct. Let’s go and check ourselves if it is indeed correct or not. You need to check first to ensure the …

[Bug] Supplement Feeds Offer Does Not Exist Read More »

As of 2:30pm GMT+7 27th of October 2021. All feeds are being processed again. And the issues are resolved. As of the 23rd of October, all static files such as XML, Text Delimited, Google Sheets are not getting processed in Google Merchant Center. If you are using Content API, then you should not experience any …

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On 27th May 2021, Google has announced that merchants are required to meet a certain level of professional and editorial standards on their website. Google is protecting users from poor shopping experiences, such as incomplete websites, confusing or inaccurate product information, broken links or category pages that are empty on the website, etc. Google requires …

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General Recommendation When submitting product identifiers, the following should be applied. If a manufacturer has assigned a bar code, then submit brand, mpn (if available), GTIN, and set identifier exists to yes. If the manufacturer has not assigned a bar code, then remove the values brand, mpn, gtin, and set identifier exists to no. Googles …

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