Collect three things first
A redacted summary of the diagnostics: the issue names and roughly how many products each affects. The way the feed is produced and when it last refreshed. And which of your systems is the authority for price and stock. Without the third, any fix risks making the feed match a page that is itself wrong. Do not send logins, advertising access or customer data; redacted screenshots are enough to start.
Sort by cause, not by product
Hundreds of flagged products rarely have hundreds of causes. Google's help pages name the usual ones: a file that cannot be fetched or read, a price or availability that differs from the page, images that break the rules, and identifiers or categories. Group the flagged products by the issue name, then fix in order: file, price and availability, images, identifiers. Each group has one cause and one fix, and each fix shows in processed diagnostics, not in a promise from anyone.
Which paid route fits
One failing data source file is covered by 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. Several causes at once and a defined list to clear: merchant-center-clear-disapproved-items, from £1,900 after we see the diagnostics summary. Watching the source month after 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.
What stays with you
You keep your account, your prices and promotions, and the decision to apply every change, resubmit the data and request any review. We do not hold advertising or billing access, appeal suspensions, decide your prices or stock, or promise approval. If your account is suspended or cites misrepresentation, follow Google's account route first; a data fix is the wrong tool.
Sources and limits
- Google Merchant Center Help: inaccurate price status Checked 2026-10-11.
- Check the example products in the warning, correct the data, resubmit it and request a review; a failed review starts a waiting period.
- Google Merchant Center Help: add products from a file Checked 2026-10-11.
- A scheduled file is fetched every 24 hours by default.