Practical articles for every suspension type, policy issue, and account error. Find your situation below.
The 10 most common suspension reasons, how to identify which one applies to your account, and what to fix before you appeal.
Step-by-step guide to diagnosing, fixing, and appealing a Google Shopping suspension — including what to fix before submitting your appeal.
Why accounts get suspended and the steps to take immediately after receiving a suspension notice.
What a Google Shopping suspension means, how it differs from a standard GMC suspension, and what to do next.
The most common reason for GMC suspension. How to identify misrepresentation issues and fix them before appealing.
Which product categories trigger a prohibited content flag and how to resolve or restructure your feed.
Understanding the difference between a warning and a suspension, and how to resolve violations before they escalate.
Why a missing or incomplete return policy gets flagged and exactly what Google requires to pass the check.
Contact details Google looks for on your site and how to add them in a way that satisfies the requirement.
What a privacy policy must include for GMC compliance and where it needs to be linked on your store.
Shipping policy requirements in Google Merchant Center and how to make your policy visible and crawlable.
What causes price discrepancies between your feed and landing pages, and how to keep them in sync.
Checkout issues that trigger GMC flags, including broken flows, currency errors, and payment method gaps.
Why Googlebot cannot access your site and the most common server, DNS, and redirect causes to check first.
What "website needs improvement" means in Merchant Center, every trigger Google checks, and a complete fix checklist.
SSL certificate problems that block GMC approval and how to diagnose and fix them quickly.
Structured data errors that affect product eligibility in Google Shopping and how to validate your markup.
A step-by-step process for diagnosing your suspension reason and making the changes needed before appealing.
What to write in your appeal, what evidence to include, and how to avoid the most common appeal mistakes.
Why appeals get denied and what changes to make before submitting a second request.
Realistic timelines for GMC reinstatement reviews and what affects how fast Google responds.
What PageSpeed Insights measures, how to read Core Web Vitals scores, and how to fix performance issues that can affect your Merchant Center account.
Why Google enforces a cool-down between appeal attempts, how long it lasts, and what to do during the waiting window so your second appeal succeeds.
Why Google rarely gives a clear reason in the suspension email, how to decode the vague language, and the five most common hidden causes.
The suspension triggers specific to Shopify stores — app conflicts, theme errors, duplicate feed sources — and how to fix each one in the Shopify admin.
Scan your Shopify store in 60 seconds. Catches the 8 Shopify-specific settings that trigger most GMC suspensions, with fix steps inside Shopify Admin.
Run a free audit on your Merchant Center account and get a specific list of issues to fix.