Merchant Center fix checklist: from screenshot to evidence table

By Kai · Updated Oct 19, 2026 · 2 min read

1. Collect the evidence

• The exact text of every notice, and a screenshot of Products, then Needs attention.
• For each issue: how many products, two example products, and the source of the cause (feed, product page, images or policy pages).
• A label on every line: fact (I saw it), likely (it fits the evidence) or unknown (needs a check).

The evidence table template has these columns.

2. Fix at the source, in order of impact

1. Account-level issues first.
2. Data that does not match the website: price, availability, variants. See the price mismatch guide.
3. Specification errors: identifiers, brand, category, images, apparel attributes.
4. Policy and page problems: broken landing pages, missing shipping, returns or contact information, inconsistent descriptions.

3. Change nothing without approval

Access is by user, staff or partner accounts, never a shared password. Every change is approved by the store owner and logged.

4. Verify

Google reviews take a few business days. Follow the status after the review and send a before and after log: issue, products affected, change made, status now. Nobody can promise approval, because Google decides. What you can promise is that every issue Google points to was fixed at its source and shown with evidence.

Sources

• Google Merchant Center Help: issues in Merchant Center

Questions people ask

Keep reading

• Merchant Center statuses explained: warnings, disapprovals, limited and pending
• How to fix 'Mismatched product price' in Google Merchant Center
• Case study: MyDogPics Merchant Center, from 0 to about 500 approved products