Product feed guides
Sourced, regularly re-verified guides to product feeds and shopping channels, and step-by-step help for getting the most out of Product Feed Master.
Google Merchant Center Disapprovals: Find and Fix Errors
How Google Merchant Center disapprovals work, where to find them, how product and account issues differ, how reviews work, and a guide to every common error.
Read guide Guide · 5 min readGoogle Merchant Center Misrepresentation: What It Means
What Google Merchant Center misrepresentation covers, why accounts are suspended without warning, the checks Google lists, and how reviews work.
Read guide Guide · 6 min readGoogle Merchant Center Price Mismatch: Causes and Fixes
Why Google Merchant Center flags mismatched product prices, the causes Google lists, tax and currency traps such as WooCommerce tax display, and fixes.
Read guide Guide · 4 min readExcessive Capitalization in Merchant Center: How to Fix
Fix Google Merchant Center's excessive capitalization and promotional info issues: which capitals and phrases Google flags and how to clean titles.
Read guide Guide · 4 min readImage Too Small in Google Merchant Center: Size Rules and Fix
Google Merchant Center's image too small issue explained: today's minimum image sizes, the 500 x 500 rule from January 2027, and how to replace small images.
Read guide Guide · 5 min readInvalid or Missing Price in Merchant Center: How to Fix
Fix Google Merchant Center's missing product price, invalid price, invalid currency and invalid sale price issues, with Google's price format and examples.
Read guide Guide · 6 min readInvalid Product Availability in Merchant Center: How to Fix
Why Google Merchant Center flags invalid product availability, the values Google accepts, and how to fix availability in your feed for every product at once.
Read guide Guide · 4 min readInvalid UTF-8 Encoding in Merchant Center: How to Fix
Fix Google Merchant Center's invalid UTF-8 and character encoding issues: the encodings Google supports and how to save or declare your feed file.
Read guide Guide · 5 min readMismatched Product Availability in Merchant Center: Fix
What Google Merchant Center's mismatched product availability issue means, why the feed and product page disagree, and how to keep stock status in sync.
Read guide Guide · 4 min readMissing or Invalid Brand in Merchant Center: How to Fix
Fix Google Merchant Center's missing brand and invalid brand value issues: when brand is required, which placeholders Google rejects, what to submit.
Read guide Guide · 5 min readMissing Product Image in Merchant Center: How to Fix
Fix Google Merchant Center's missing product image and unable to show image issues: broken or blank image_link, crawl delays, HTTP headers and robots.txt.
Read guide Guide · 4 min readMissing Shipping Costs in Merchant Center: How to Fix
Why Google Merchant Center hides products with missing shipping costs, and how to fix it with account shipping policies or the shipping attribute.
Read guide Guide · 4 min readProduct ID Too Long or Duplicate in Merchant Center: Fix
Fix Google Merchant Center's product ID too long and duplicate identifier issues, with Google's rules for the id attribute: 50 characters, unique and stable.
Read guide Guide · 5 min readProduct Page Unavailable in Merchant Center: How to Fix
Fix Google Merchant Center's product page unavailable and unavailable mobile landing page issues: 404s, redirects, server errors, DNS and link format.
Read guide Guide · 4 min readMerchant Center Scheduled Fetch Failed: Causes and Fixes
Why a Google Merchant Center scheduled fetch fails: unreachable or redirecting URLs, blocked crawlers, logins, HTML pages, size and compression limits.
Read guide Guide · 5 min readText on Image in Merchant Center: Promotional Overlays Fix
What Google Merchant Center's text on image issue means, which overlays, watermarks and logos cause it, what is allowed, and how to replace the affected images.
Read guide Guide · 4 min readMerchant Center Text Too Long: Title and Description Errors
Fix Google Merchant Center's text too long, missing product title, missing description and description too short issues, with Google's length limits.
Read guide Guide · 16 min readGoogle Merchant Center Required Attributes: Feed Checklist
The Google Merchant Center required attributes and product data specification every Google Shopping feed needs, with sample rows and common errors.
Read guide Guide · 5 min readGTIN, MPN and identifier_exists in Google Merchant Center
When Google Merchant Center needs a GTIN, MPN or brand, which GTIN formats it accepts, and when to set identifier_exists to no for custom or vintage goods.
Read guide How-to guide · 4 min readHow to Clean Product Feed Data with Transformation Rules
Fix messy product feed data automatically: trim titles, fill blanks, add prefixes and format prices with Product Feed Master transformation rules on every sync.
Read guide How-to guide · 5 min readGoogle Merchant Center Feed URL: Set Up a Scheduled Fetch
Step-by-step: publish a hosted CSV feed URL with Product Feed Master and register it as a Google Merchant Center scheduled fetch that stays up to date.
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