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"Price mismatch (abuse of network)" in Merchant Center: what it means and how to fix it
"Price mismatch (abuse of network)" is an account-level issue: it affects every product in your Merchant Center account, not just one item.
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What it usually looks like on a store
The trigger is account behavior, not a page on your store: products removed in bulk shortly before a review and uploaded again once the account was approved. The website part of the fix comes afterwards, when every product's landing page price has to match the feed before the review, which Google only allows 28 days after the suspension date.
What Google says
Google suspends an account for a price mismatch when it detects the account bypassed a review, for example by sharply cutting the product count before a review and re-uploading after approval. Google treats this as a violation of the Abuse of the network policy.
Google has detected that you or a user of your account unfairly bypassed an account review.Google, How to fix: Price mismatch (abuse of network)
If your account has already been suspended, the review can only be requested 28 days after the suspension date.Google, How to fix: Price mismatch (abuse of network)
How to fix it
Based on Google's help pages, in plain language:
- Keep all products in the account.
- Fix the products whose prices do not match the landing pages.
- Do not attempt to circumvent Google's review systems.
Requesting a review
If in a warning period, no review request is needed: Google reviews 7 days after the initial warning and again anytime within the next year. If already suspended, a review can only be requested 28 days after the suspension date.
Questions
Can a website scan fix "Price mismatch (abuse of network)"?
Not directly. This one depends on your product data or what you sell, which a website scan can't see. Use the steps from Google's help page above.
Sources
Checked against Google's help pages on 2026-10-08. Listvane is an independent tool made by Great Work LLC. It isn't affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Google. Google and Google Merchant Center are trademarks of Google LLC.