Australia & New Zealand store: flagged the day after 17,000 products were approved. Misrepresentation fixed.
17K products approved on 9 Oct 2026, then Misrepresentation by automated checks on 10 Oct. Google approved it again on 19 Oct 2026, two business days after the first and only review request.
CountriesAustralia & New Zealand
IssueMisrepresentation, automated checks
Approved19 Oct 2026
Review requests1, first try
Request to verdict2 business days
Approved products, 20 Oct 202616,614 of 17,010
Product status in Merchant Center
The account today
Google's approval email
What was wrong, in plain words
- The owner's other brand name sat in the homepage title, the meta description and the social share image. To Google the store had two names.
- A star rating and six invented reviews sat on the collections page only, a page nobody thought to check.
- The Merchant Center account came from an earlier store and still listed a country this store does not sell to.
- The published tax number was one digit off the official letter.
- The social profiles were thin and new.
Leftovers from an earlier store are invisible to the owner and visible to Google. Real screenshots; store name, website and account ID hidden.
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