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Fix Your GMC Misrepresentation Issues.

We scan your Shopify store and feed to find price, schema, and 404 mismatches — then give you a clear fix list.

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The Information Asymmetry Problem

Stop Guessing. Google Won't Tell You Why.

"We cannot share specific details regarding your suspension." Replace the silent treatment with pinpoint technical clarity.

What Google Tells You

Account Suspended

Misrepresentation of self or product

Google Merchant Center — policy notification

Zero actionable details. Appeals take 7–14 days. Each failure adds cooldown.
What Merchant Audit Finds
risk_radar_scan.json
$ scanning product page…
SKU APPRL-8492-B
Feed price $45.00 USD
JSON-LD price $62.00 CAD
Availability in_stock / [missing in schema]

Critical — Price Mismatch

Currency app rendered CAD price in JSON-LD before page load.
GMC feed references USD. Bot captured inconsistency at crawl time.

Why Google flags this

Googlebot captures the page server-side — before JavaScript executes. It sees $62.00 CAD in JSON-LD while your feed says $45.00 USD. That gap triggers Misrepresentation policy.

Fix

Ensure JSON-LD price renders server-side in feed currency.
Check currency app's "server render" or "feed currency fallback" setting.

More Issues We Detect

Critical — Phantom 404
SKU SHOE-9921-BLK
Feed URL status 200 OK (feed cached)
Live URL status HTTP 404 — page deleted
Redirect none

Critical — Phantom 404

Product deleted from Shopify but feed still references the URL. Googlebot lands on a 404. Triggers Misrepresentation.

Fix

Remove the product from your GMC feed or set up a 301 redirect to an active replacement.

Critical — Schema Wipe
SKU ELEC-5540-WHT
Feed GTIN 0123456789012
DOM schema No Product schema found
Price in DOM $89.00 (unstructured text only)

Critical — Schema Wipe

Theme update replaced the product template and removed the JSON-LD block. Google cannot verify price or GTIN against the feed. Items go to Disapproved.

Fix

Restore JSON-LD Product schema in your theme. Use the JSON-LD for SEO app or re-add the schema snippet to your product template.

Suspension Patterns

Why Shopify Stores Get Banned: Patterns We've Identified

Patterns identified through algorithmic analysis of Shopify GMC suspensions, cross-referenced with Google's technical documentation.

shopify-community · merchant-support
"Updated my theme on Tuesday to fix mobile nav. Everything looked perfect. By Thursday — account suspended. New theme section replaced my product template and stripped all JSON-LD. Feed price $34.99, page schema: empty."
SH

Shopify merchant — UK

Fashion accessories · 3,200 SKUs

merchant community · repeated pattern
"Running a currency switcher for 6 months, no issues. Then banned with zero warning. The app renders local prices via JS — Google's bot doesn't wait for it. It sees USD in the schema, GBP in the feed. I had no idea these were different values."
MR

Store owner — US / EU

Home goods · 800 SKUs

shopify-community · google-merchant
"Store clean for 26 months. Never touched the feed manually. One morning — suspended for price mismatch. Shopify silently changed how tax-inclusive pricing renders in Schema. Feed was tax-exclusive. Google flagged it. 11 days of appeals, still no reinstatement."
SH

Shopify merchant — AU

Sports equipment · 1,400 SKUs

Illustrative cases based on commonly reported suspension patterns. Individual outcomes may vary.

Google Flags These Issues.
We Detect Them Automatically.

Every issue is categorized by how severely it can damage your account.

Account Suspension Risk

Price Mismatch — feed vs storefront
Currency Drift — feed currency vs page currency
Phantom 404s — products in feed lead to dead links
Missing Trust Signals — no refund/contact/terms pages

Product Disapproval Risk

Missing JSON-LD / Schema.org
Availability Mismatch — in_stock in feed, sold out on page
Invalid GTIN / Brand Mismatch
Image errors — broken URL, too large, wrong format

Data Quality
Title issues (caps, length) Missing descriptions Shipping weight zero Category (GPC) gaps Feed structure & data quality Structured data completeness

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Store scanned

example-store.myshopify.com

GMC Health Score 41 / 100 — HIGH RISK

Critical Issues Found: 3

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15-Point GMC Checklist Price Mismatch Misrepresentation Policy JSON-LD Schema Errors Manual vs Automated Audit

Frequently Asked Questions

Why did Google Merchant Center suspend my store?
The most common causes are price mismatches between the product feed and storefront, currency drift from geo-pricing apps, missing trust pages (refund or return policy), and broken or missing structured product data (JSON-LD schema). Google may detect these inconsistencies automatically, often without a clear explanation in the suspension notice.
Will Merchant Audit help with my appeal?
Yes — that's exactly what it's built for. Merchant Audit identifies the specific mismatches Google likely flagged: price discrepancies, schema errors, missing trust signals. You get a prioritized fix list to resolve before submitting your appeal. Submitting an appeal without fixing the root cause is the most common reason reinstatement requests are rejected.
Does Merchant Audit need API access to my Google Merchant Center account?
No. You export your product feed directly from GMC (Products → All Products → Download CSV/TSV) and upload it to Merchant Audit. No API keys, no OAuth, no passwords required.

More questions? See full FAQ on the Risk Radar page →

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Merchant Audit identifies technical mismatches between your feed and storefront. Google's review process may include additional factors beyond the scope of this analysis.