You can use the Merchant Accounts API to see the issues impacting your merchant account, and any account you have access to.
You are responsible for complying with the Shopping ads and free listings policies. Google Shopping reserves the right to enforce these policies and respond appropriately if we find content or behavior that violates these policies.
To view all the issues impacting an account, call
accounts.issues.list
with the ACCOUNT_ID of your Merchant Center account. This following request
returns account-level
issues.
GET https://merchantapi.googleapis.com/accounts/v1beta/accounts/{ACCOUNT_ID}/issues?languageCode=en-US
Here's a sample response for a sub-account that was suspended for a "landing page not working" violation.
{
"accountIssues": [
{
"name": "accounts/ACCOUNT_ID/issues/home-page-issue",
"title": "Online store not confirmed",
"severity": "CRITICAL",
"impactedDestinations": [
{
"reportingContext": "SHOPPING_ADS",
"impacts": [
{
"regionCode": "001",
"severity": "CRITICAL"
}
]
}
],
"detail": "The ownership of the online store must be verified through Merchant Center",
"documentationUri": "https://support.google.com/merchants/answer/176793?hl=en-US"
},
{
"name": "accounts/ACCOUNT_ID/issues/editorial-and-professional-standards-destination-url-down-policy",
"title": "Landing page not working",
"severity": "CRITICAL",
"impactedDestinations": [
{
"reportingContext": "SHOPPING_ADS",
"impacts": [
{
"regionCode": "ES",
"severity": "CRITICAL"
}
]
},
{
"reportingContext": "DEMAND_GEN_ADS",
"impacts": [
{
"regionCode": "ES",
"severity": "CRITICAL"
}
]
},
{
"reportingContext": "VIDEO_ADS",
"impacts": [
{
"regionCode": "ES",
"severity": "CRITICAL"
}
]
}
],
"detail": "Broken landing pages or broken links in your online store are not allowed",
"documentationUri": "https://support.google.com/merchants/answer/12079604?hl=en-US"
},
{
"name": "accounts/ACCOUNT_ID/issues/pending-phone-verification",
"title": "Your phone number needs to be verified",
"severity": "CRITICAL",
"detail": "Verify your phone number to confirm your identity",
"documentationUri": "https://support.google.com/merchants/answer/12471579?hl=en-US"
},
{
"name": "accounts/ACCOUNT_ID/issues/pending-address-and-phone",
"title": "Missing business address",
"severity": "CRITICAL",
"detail": "Provide a valid business address in Merchant Center",
"documentationUri": "https://support.google.com/merchants/answer/12471579?hl=en-US"
}
]
}
For a list of common issues and how to resolve them, see the Content API for Shopping guides on account-level issues and product-level issues.