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Why this issue is happening
When multiple offers with the same value for the VIN [vin] attribute for a country and language are uploaded in your product feed, a duplicate offer is created. A duplicate offer may cause serving issues and impression loss in your Merchant Center account. For example, if offers “us/en/123” and “us/en/124” use the same value for the VIN [vin] attribute, this will result in a duplicate offer.
How to fix your issue
To fix this issue, make sure that only one offer exists for each VIN [vin] attribute within a specific language and country by modifying or deleting the duplicate offers.
Creating multiple offers for the same car (using the same VIN) that serve in different local stores may also cause duplicate offers. If this happens, remove the duplicate offers and use the vehicle fulfillment [vehicle_fulfillment] attribute to enter multiple store codes for the same offer.
Fix products one by one directly in Merchant Center
Go to Products in Merchant Center, then select the Needs attention tab.
Use the filter icon
above the table to find all products affected by your issue.
Click on the title of the product you want to fix, then click Edit product.
Make sure that the offers are using different values for the VIN
[vin] attribute. Remove any duplicate offers with the same values for the VIN [vin] attribute within a specific language and country.
Click Save.
Fix multiple products at once
Go to Products in Merchant Center, then select the Needs attention tab.
Use the filter icon
above the table to find all products affected by your issue.
Select the download icon
to download a list (.csv) of all affected products for all issues or this particular issue.
Search your product data for those products (using the ID). Make sure that the offers are using different values for the VIN
[vin] attribute. Remove any duplicate offers with the same values for the VIN [vin] attribute within a specific language and country.
- Make sure each vehicle image is of high-quality without any overlays.
Reupload your corrected product data to Merchant Center using your chosen upload method.
Next steps
After making the requested changes, check that you’ve fixed the issue by making sure it’s no longer listed on the “Needs attention” page.
Keep in mind: It may take some time for your change to be reflected on the “Needs attention” page.
