missing_gtinWarning
Limited performance due to missing value: GTIN
You submitted products without a GTIN in a category where manufacturers normally assign one. This is a limited-performance warning, not a disapproval — the products still serve, but with reduced visibility, because Google can't match them to its product catalog as precisely.
Common causes
- ·The GTIN/barcode field isn't mapped from the shop system into the feed
- ·Products genuinely have manufacturer barcodes, but they were never entered into the shop data
- ·Custom or handmade goods without a GTIN that aren't marked accordingly
How to fix it
- 01Fill the gtin attribute with the manufacturer-assigned barcode (EAN/UPC/ISBN) wherever one exists
- 02Make sure the value isn't from a restricted range (e.g. internal or coupon ranges)
- 03For products that truly have no GTIN, set identifier_exists to false — only where that's actually true
- 04Re-upload and confirm the warning clears in the 'Needs attention' tab
Checked against Google's documentation: Google Help
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