Merchant Center free listings check: Bramblecraft Candles
Target country: United States. Account created directly in Merchant Center. Every change below is HELD for your approval. Free listings status is permission to show, not a guarantee: Google's page says it "doesn't guarantee that your products will be shown" (https://support.google.com/merchants/answer/13889434?hl=en).
1. Product gaps
Checked by script against the required attributes and scopes on Google's free listings page. "For all products." covers id, title, link, image_link, price, description and availability. Your export has no availability or brand column, so those are marked "not in export", not blank.
| Product | id | title | link | image_link | price | description | availability | condition | brand | gtin / mpn |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P1 (BC-101) | present | present | present | present | present | present | not in export | new | not in export: question | gtin present |
| P2 (BC-102) | present | present | present | present | present | present | not in export | new | not in export: question | neither: identifier question |
| P3 (BC-103) | present | present | present | blank | present | present | not in export | new | not in export: question | mpn present |
| P4 (BC-104) | present | present | present | present | present | blank | not in export | new | not in export: question | gtin present |
| P5 (BC-105) | present | present | present | present | present | present | not in export | new | not in export: question | neither: identifier question |
| P6 (BC-106) | present | present | present | present | present | present | not in export | blank: question | not in export: question | gtin present, same as P1: question |
Your own note: the Needs attention tab shows "Missing value [gtin]" on 2 products and "Missing value [image_link]" on 1 product. P2 and P5 have neither gtin nor mpn and P3 has a blank image_link, which look like the same items, but the tab does not name them, so please confirm.
Products with no GTIN and no MPN (P2, P5)
I have not marked these failed. Google's identifier_exists page lists "Custom goods or one-of-a-kind products", "like custom T-shirts, art, or handmade goods", and says for a new product without assigned identifiers "you should submit the identifier exists" attribute with the value no or false (https://support.google.com/merchants/answer/6324478?hl=en). It also warns to set no only "if you're certain that your product doesn't have any assigned unique product identifiers". I do not know whether your candles carry a GTIN, so this is a question, and the feed change is HELD.
2. Account checks
| Check | Your input | Finding | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shipping | not set up yet | Blocker: the United States is on the list where "You're required to set up" shipping settings or the shipping attribute | https://support.google.com/merchants/answer/13889434?hl=en |
| Return policy | on the site | No action | your input |
| Account path | created in Merchant Center, not the Shopify app | Confirm free listings on the Free listings page; Admin access is needed to change it (paraphrase) | https://support.google.com/merchants/answer/13692890?hl=en |
| Target country | United States | Check it under Settings, Business info, Countries (paraphrase) | https://support.google.com/merchants/answer/12472394?hl=en |
3. Counts
Counted by script. Gap = a blank value in an attribute the page scopes "For all products." Questions are counted separately.
| Attribute | Products with a blank value |
|---|---|
| id | 0 |
| title | 0 |
| link | 0 |
| image_link | 1 |
| price | 0 |
| description | 1 |
| Total gaps (sum of rows above) | 2 |
| Product | Gaps | Questions | Question topics |
|---|---|---|---|
| P1 (BC-101) | 0 | 2 | availability, brand |
| P2 (BC-102) | 0 | 3 | availability, brand, identifier |
| P3 (BC-103) | 1 | 2 | availability, brand |
| P4 (BC-104) | 1 | 2 | availability, brand |
| P5 (BC-105) | 0 | 3 | availability, brand, identifier |
| P6 (BC-106) | 0 | 4 | availability, condition, brand, shared gtin |
| Products checked | 6 |
4. Setup checklist (held)
8 items, each waiting for your approval:
- Set up shipping settings for the United States (HELD).
- Add the image_link for P3 (BC-103) (HELD).
- Add a description for P4 (BC-104) (HELD).
- Add availability to the feed for every product, values from you (HELD).
- Add brand where a product has a clearly associated brand or manufacturer, once you confirm (HELD).
- For P2 and P5: add the GTIN if one exists; if you are certain none exists and they are new, set identifier_exists to no (HELD).
- Fill condition for P6 (BC-106) if it is used or refurbished (HELD).
- Confirm free listings on the Free listings page (HELD).
5. Questions for you
5 questions:
- Availability: what value applies to each product (for example in stock)? Your export has no availability column.
- Brand: is Bramblecraft Candles the brand for your own products, and does the wick trimmer (P4) have another maker?
- P2 and P5: do these have a manufacturer GTIN? If not, are you certain they have no assigned identifiers?
- P6 is a Seconds version sharing P1's GTIN with a blank condition: is it new, used or refurbished? How Merchant Center treats a shared GTIN is not confirmed in the sources.
- Do the Needs attention items match P2, P5 and P3?
Needs your decision
- Approve each HELD checklist item above before I change Merchant Center settings or the feed.