Why Google rejects products —
and how to fix it.

Why Google says your product price does not match the landing page, the usual Shopify causes, and how to fix it.

What it means when Google says a product has no price, why it happens in Shopify catalogs, and how to add a valid price.

Why Google rejects a price of zero or below, the one exception it names, and how to correct prices in your product data.

When Google calls a sale price invalid, and how to set sale_price and the regular price so Merchant Center accepts them.

What Google’s price consistency warning means, the causes it lists, and the steps to fix it and request a review.

Why Google reports that regional prices differ from your landing pages, and how to make every region’s price match your store.

Why Google reports that your product’s stock status differs from the landing page, and how to bring feed and store back in line on Shopify.

Which availability values Google accepts, why a value such as “pending” is rejected, and how to correct it.

What Google means by a condition mismatch, the three accepted values, and how to make your product data consistent.

When Google needs a GTIN, what to do for custom or handmade products, and how to send barcodes correctly from Shopify.

Why Google asks for a brand, what to enter for your own or handmade products, and where the brand comes from in Shopify.

The extra product details Google requires for clothing and shoes, and how to supply them from Shopify variants.

What counts as a valid GTIN, why Google rejects barcodes with the wrong length or check digit, and how to correct them from Shopify.

When Google needs a manufacturer part number, what makes an MPN invalid or incorrect, and why leaving it blank can be the right answer.

Why Google reports the same GTIN, MPN or brand on several products, and how to remove duplicates or give each product its own identifiers.

Title length, promotional words, capital letters and what makes a product title work in Google Shopping.

What to do when Google says a product has no title, including how to give each variant its own title in Shopify.

What makes a title invalid in Google Merchant Center and how to write a clear, accurate product title.

What Google expects in a product description, the lengths it recommends, and how to fill in missing descriptions.

The title and description length limits Google names, what gets cut off, and how to shorten text without losing the details that matter.

Why Google flags promotional text in product titles and descriptions, and how to keep only product facts in those fields.

The three URL mistakes Google names — spaces and symbols, backslashes and relative links — and how to correct them in a product file.

Why Google says product links use a different domain from your registered website, and how to bring them in line.

Google’s main image requirements — size, format, overlays and placeholders — and how to fix image disapprovals for Shopify products.

What to do when Google says a product has no image: blank image links, broken image URLs and Shopify images that did not sync.

Why Google cannot use an image link, the http:// or https:// requirement, and how to correct image URLs.

The image formats Google accepts, why an image may not be recognized, and why a re-saved image needs a new file name and URL.

Google’s minimum image sizes, the 500 × 500 pixel requirement announced for 2027, and how to replace small product images.

Which overlays Google does not allow on a main product image — calls to action, prices, watermarks, logos — and how to replace the image.

The maximum image size Google accepts, how long a re-crawl takes after you replace a large image, and how to resize product photos.

Why Google disapproves logos and “No image available” pictures as a product’s main image, and how to replace them.

What Google means by low image quality — blur, pixelation, low resolution — and the 500 × 500 pixel rule it announces for product images.

Why Merchant Center could not retrieve a product image: slow crawls, changed URLs, missing HTTP headers and robots.txt, with Google’s timings.

What it means when robots.txt blocks Google’s image crawler, how to allow Googlebot-Image, and how fast the error clears.

Why schema.org Product data on your product pages matters for Merchant Center, what it must contain, and how to check it on Shopify.

Why Google cannot open your product pages — errors, blocking, password pages — and how to find and fix the cause on Shopify.

Why Google cannot crawl the landing page in your product link, how robots.txt and HTTP errors cause it, and what to change.

What it means when robots.txt blocks Google’s mobile crawler from a product page, and the entries Google suggests.

Why Google could not check a landing page or its image, the 30-day grace period it mentions after a robots.txt update, and how to fix it.

The crawl errors behind “Product page unavailable” — 404s, redirects, server errors, DNS — and how to test and fix your product links.

How item_group_id groups color and size variants, why Google needs it, and how it is set from Shopify.

Why Google reports duplicate offers, which attributes can make each product unique, and how to fix it in your product data.

What it means when products share an item_group_id without distinct size or color values, and how to give each variant its own values.

Why products without a shipping cost do not show, and how to set shipping for the whole account or for single products.

What Google means when your Merchant Center shipping rates are lower than your checkout, and how to match them.

The reasons a website cannot be verified or claimed in Merchant Center, including a Shopify account that claimed a higher-level domain.

What Google checks for business contact details, how a mismatch with Merchant Center triggers a misrepresentation issue, and how to fix it.

What Google expects from a return and refund policy on your site, and how to make it visible, complete and consistent.

What Google looks for when it says your store is not fully functional: business information, placeholder text and broken links.

Why Google suspended an account over a parked or empty domain, and the steps to point your domain at real product pages and ask for a review.

What Google’s Misrepresentation policy covers, the warning periods it states, and what to check on your store before you request a review.