None of your images are showing.
Oops…looks like the images didn’t come through..sharing them here based on the sequence of screens i see..
- Click on All attributes
- Trash icon only offers ‘save as draft’ option or cancel the whole step
- Saving as draft brings me back here where i choose the ‘discard’ option
- Which brings me back to square one
yup…just learnt that hitting the reply button in the email to post a message doesn’t post the images. Just posted here on the forum directly and you should be able to see the images.
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You always need to save as draft, then after simply click on apply draft and your gold.
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This is simply fascinating. Managed to delete as you suggested.
I’m wondering how come google’s support on phone/chat/faq/search couldn’t tell me about this one last step.
Finally done…phewwww!!!
Because Google support does not use their own tools as you and I. They tend to read scripts, and answer based on the provided scripts.
If you have questions, simply ask the community, the answers tend to be from experience, rather than scripts.
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It’s been 3 days since i made the changes but i continue to see…
Is that normal? Can i ask Google to re-crawl my site or is it a wait-n-watch scenario from here on?
You need to contact Shopify support, or use a different data feed app.
I just wanted to say “Thank you so very much”. I have been on numerous emails with shopify and google. A month after adding all of my products, I am still listed as a “Parked Domain” because my products are not uploaded to google. I can’t upload them until google approves them so the whole mess is just frustrating. I was about to pay a shopify expert $115.00 per hour for help, knowing that it was most likely something simple but also something that google was unwilling to help me with. I just kept getting pre-made responses and no one has called me as requested in two weeks. I found your post this morning and in ten minutes my problem is fixed. OMG! I can’t believe it. You saved my bank account and my sanity.
Much appreciated
Cathy
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Hey Cathy,
You’re very welcome…I’m so glad this helped you…I was literally tearing my hair out with it.
I’m glad I stopped you spending a small fortune too!
This made my day, so thank you so much for letting me know.
Mel :O)
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This solution actually works. Thanks MelOn-Design! I have been wrestling with this for a several weeks now as over 600 of our products were limited by this issue. So, I created the supplemental feed for Content API for ‘identifier exists’ and set it to ‘no’, went ahead and just applied it, checked back about 20 minutes later and those 600 products are off the list! Wa-la!
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Yaaaaay! I’m so happy to hear this helped you…my head was about to explode, so I feel you! 
Have a great Christmas and relax knowing you’re all set 
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A million thank you MelOn-Design!!! This solution worked flawlessly, the first time, even the test! It took a long time to go through but I waited it out. Then clicked apply and it’s done! I had to fuzzle around a bit to find everything but these issues were all solved! Thank you so much for helping me in this maddening e-commerce world.
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@EmmanuelFlossie I applied the same to my products for which I donot have GTIN number. I set the identifier to No in feed rules but not all my products are showing disapproved. I am not sure how to fix this problem. I have checked with manufacturers and they have told me they dont have any such GTIN or MPN numbers. Any chance you share a fix? if I donot set the identifier to No, I get the error message of limited performance due to missing identifiers.
Yes, assuming you have submitted correct details. You will have to accept limited performance. There is no advice I have to change that.
@EmmanuelFlossie thanks is there a way to update the identifier exist attribute for products in bulk editor? The rule in feeds applies to all products
Consider using: https://apps.shopify.com/bulk-product-editor?surface_detail=albastar&surface_inter_position=1&surface_intra_position=1&surface_type=search
@EmmanuelFlossie thanks this looks like a good app. I will surely try. I have another question regarding feed rules and the logic behind “identifier exists”.
If I am marking my product “identified exists” = No , then do I need to keep all other fields blank/empty (Brand, MPN, GTIN)?
Secondly, if some of the products are non-branded, i.e. sourced from multiple suppliers and shipped directly to customers (in a dropshopping model) then the brand field has to be left blank and “identifier exists” will be ofcourse set to no. Is that correct?
Yes, keep brand, mpn and gtin empty if identifier exists is set to no.
As you are saying, no there are no identifiers, so if you add data, then you are contradicting the info you submit.
You need to check the product packaging if it has barcodes, if it has no barcodes, then do not submit any values and set identifier exists to no.
Hi @user072319
You can check the article on the related topic, and this might help you with your issue: https://blog.adnabu.com/google-merchant-center/how-to-fix-gtin-errors/