A Shopify merchant in Germany is experiencing widespread product rejections from Google Merchant Center. While some issues like incomplete data (missing color, size attributes) were straightforward to resolve, other policy violations remain unclear despite reviewing landing page and product policies.
A community member identified two critical issues:
Primary Problems:
Incorrect country targeting (must target Germany first when located there)
Mixed language content (English and German combined), which Google prohibits
Recommended Actions:
Set German as the exclusive language
Configure proper country targeting for Germany
Review Google’s merchant policies systematically
Multiple Google support links were provided covering merchant center guidelines, policy requirements, and troubleshooting resources. The discussion remains open as the merchant works through additional compliance issues beyond the initial fixes.
Summarized with AI on November 6.
AI used: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.