> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.atlios.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Google Merchant Center

> Pull Google Merchant Center disapprovals and account warnings into the same issue inbox as your Shopify scans.

The Google Merchant Center (GMC) integration pulls product disapprovals and
account warnings from Google into Atlios. They appear in the same issue inbox as
your Shopify scan findings, so one place covers both catalog quality and ad
eligibility.

Disapprovals cost ad eligibility and Free Listings reach. Surfacing them next to
your catalog work means a team can clear them in the same review cycle.

## What it does

You connect one Merchant Center account to a store. Atlios then checks Google
regularly and brings back three things:

* **Product status summary:** how many products are approved, pending, and
  disapproved, shown on the Google Merchant Center card.
* **Account warnings:** suspensions and warnings that affect the whole account.
* **Product disapprovals:** the specific products Google rejected, with the
  reason for each.

Atlios never changes anything in Google. For a few issue types, it can update
the matching field in Shopify so Google re-reviews the product. See
[supported checks](/reference/supported-checks) for which GMC issues you can fix
this way.

## How GMC issues appear

GMC issues use the same inbox as Shopify scans. You can tell them apart by the
rule name (every GMC rule is prefixed `GMC:`) and by filtering the **Rule**
control.

* **Product issues** group under their Shopify product, alongside any Shopify
  scan issues for the same product.
* **Account issues** show as a banner on the store home and at the top of the
  issue inbox. A suspension shows in red; other warnings show in amber. The only
  action is **Open in GMC**.
* **Unlinked products** is a separate group for GMC issues Atlios could not match
  to a Shopify product. These only offer **Open in GMC**.

Open a GMC issue to see what Google reported: the issue code, the affected
attribute, affected countries, reporting contexts, and Google's status. A **Learn
more** link opens Google's own help page for that issue.

## Fixing GMC issues

A few GMC issues have a guided fix in Atlios: missing GTIN, missing MPN, missing
brand, and description too short. For everything else, use **Open in GMC** and
resolve the issue in Google.

<Note>
  When you fix a GMC issue, Atlios updates the matching field in Shopify and the
  issue moves to a **Verifying** state. It stays there until the next sync
  confirms Google cleared the disapproval. It does not clear right away, because
  Google needs to re-review the product first.
</Note>

Once Google stops reporting an issue, Atlios resolves it for you on the next
sync.

## How often it syncs

Atlios checks Google every 4 hours for each connected store. To pull the latest
status sooner, choose **Sync now** on the Google Merchant Center card. After a
manual sync, wait a few seconds before you can run another.

The card shows when the last sync ran, and flags the connection as stale if it
has been more than 24 hours.

## Reporting contexts

Google reports product status per reporting context: Shopping Ads, Free
Listings, Local Inventory Ads, and Free Local Listings. The status summary on the
card uses Shopping Ads when available, then falls back to Free Listings.

## Get started

<Card title="Connect Google Merchant Center" icon="plug" href="/guides/connect-google-merchant-center">
  Link a Merchant Center account to a store.
</Card>