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  • Dealer Image Overlays

    • Best practice inform the dealership overlays are not allowed through the Merchant Center feeds

    • Ask dealership to remove overlays from the second image of the each vehicle, while ensuring that image is a front facade of the vehicle

    • Review the images from the feed link prior to uploading

  • GMB Store Code Errors:

    • Review to make sure GBP (Google Business Profile) is linked in Merchant Center, and the dealer listing is in the MC linked account and the relevant Business Group is linked as well

    • Review to make sure there is a store_code attribute in the VLA feed

    • Review to make sure there is a Store Code in the GMB listing

    • Review to make sure the VLA feed store_code matches the GMB listing Store Code

    • Make sure that there are no pending updates to the address in GMB

    • Uncommon: make sure the store_code doesn't have a lead '0' (eg 08662) (note there's a temporary issue with we can't ingest a store_code with a leading '0', so recommendation is to remove the leading '0')

  • Missing Color

    • This error is common if you wish to filter out vehicles with no color listed please do so in the feed filters

  • Missing Mileage

    • This error is common if you wish to filter out vehicles with no mileage listed please do so in the feed filters

  • New Car Mileage over 200 miles

    • This error is common if you wish to filter out new vehicles with over 200 miles listed please do so in the feed filters

  • Missing Price

    • This error is common if you wish to filter out vehicles with price listed please do so in the feed filters

  • Incorrectly appending Value-track store code parameter {store_code} see here for implementation

  • Please see the set-up guide for additional errors and how to handle these.

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