Google Merchant Center product data: fix the file, then the items, then the images

Start with the order of causes

Google's troubleshooting page says a file-based data source has a processing report covering file-level and attribute-level problems, that processing catches only basic problems, and that the full list of issues is under products that need attention. That implies an order: if the file cannot be fetched or read, nothing else can be seen; once it is read, price and availability mismatches against your pages; then image problems; then identifiers and categories. Account-level suspensions and policy reviews are separate again, and no data fix resolves them. Google's pages as read on 11 October 2026.

• File fetch and format: the guides on scheduled fetch and file format.
• Price and availability: the guides on price and on availability and refresh timing.
• Images: the guide on image_link disapprovals.
• Brand and identifiers: the existing fixed job for brand identifier errors on Shopify products.

What a data fix can and cannot do

A data fix makes the feed accurate and shows it in processed diagnostics. It does not make Google approve a product. Google's pages describe review routes with waiting periods, say a failed review starts a cooldown, and say contacting support does not start a review or extend a deadline. We therefore accept work on processed diagnostics and never on approval, and a product that needs Google's review is listed as such.

Which paid work fits

File fetch and processing errors on one data source: merchant-center-feed-file-fetch-processing-errors, £245. A price or availability mismatch for up to 25 named products: merchant-center-price-availability-mismatch, £345. Image address checks in your import path: feed-image-url-validation-before-import, £345. Many flags with several causes: merchant-center-clear-disapproved-items, from £1,900, quoted after we see the diagnostics summary. Keeping a data source healthy month to month: merchant-center-keep-feed-approved, £295 a month. Prices are untested proposals, and payment follows the agreed checks and your sign-off. Nothing is booked or charged by an enquiry. Google's review and recrawl timing and decisions are its own, and approval is never promised.

Boundaries

We never need your Merchant Center login in a first enquiry, or any advertising or billing access. We do not manage campaigns, appeal suspensions, decide prices or stock, or promise approval. First contact is redacted screenshots of the diagnostics, not accounts.