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Re:Marketing is scary for a solo developer by dangrossman on Monday December 13, 2021 @08:39AM (#29539461)
I'm in the same situation.

I bought a laser cutter and some other production equipment, and started making home decor. I sell pretty simple stuff, like door signs and coasters.

Google Merchant Center also suspended my account for being "misleading". I have no ads, just a product feed for Google Shopping. They won't tell me what's "misleading" about my products.

Re:Marketing is scary for a solo developer by konschubert on Monday December 13, 2021 @09:12AM (#29539713)
Man, we should start a support group.

PS: Now I know how I know your name :) Thanks for making that great HN responses email tool!

Re:Marketing is scary for a solo developer by stavros on Monday December 13, 2021 @11:57AM (#29541407)
By the way, I made one for Telegram, if you use that:

https://gitlab.com/stavros/hn-reply-bot

I posted it but not many people seem to use Telegram, or find it useful?

Re:Marketing is scary for a solo developer by konschubert on Monday December 13, 2021 @06:41PM (#29546235)
I guess not so many people use telegram.

And email somehow fits better the calm pace of discussion here on HN.

Re:Marketing is scary for a solo developer by stavros on Monday December 13, 2021 @06:59PM (#29546381)
I agree, it was just too many clicks to reach my inbox for me, so I made that instead.
Re:Marketing is scary for a solo developer by datavirtue on Monday December 13, 2021 @01:33PM (#29542690)
Hmmm....did you mention lasers? That might have triggered their "sketchy" Algo. How do they know you are misleading anyone? People clicking "misleading" because they saw your ad in the wrong context?
Re:Marketing is scary for a solo developer by dangrossman on Monday December 13, 2021 @01:42PM (#29542790)
There's no ad involved. It's just a product feed for Google Shopping that's auto-generated by Shopify, so the product details match the website always. Here's the store: https://ligninandlight.com/

Google's customer support just provides form responses linking to this policy my store violates: https://support.google.com/merchants/answer/6150127?hl=en

But they won't provide any concrete information specific to my store, and I can't figure out what they're hung up on. I talked to a Shopify expert and they told me to make sure I have a contact page, refund policy and accept credit cards -- all of which I do.

Re:Marketing is scary for a solo developer by dhimes on Monday December 13, 2021 @05:24PM (#29545464)
So, I looked at this and the only thing I can see is that the price doesn't update as you add options (larger size, engraving) etc., until you add to cart and then view the cart. So G may think that's misleading: It's not going to cost me $23 but $35.

Your shop looks very nice, actually. Cool and thoughtful stuff.

Re:Marketing is scary for a solo developer by konschubert on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @04:16AM (#29549763)
Sorry to bother, but just in case you have the time, since I’m having the same issue as GP, could you also have a look at https://shop.invisible-computers.com ?

As I mentioned above, my google merchant center account also got suspended twice.

Re:Marketing is scary for a solo developer by datavirtue on Monday December 13, 2021 @09:11PM (#29547360)
Sounds like Google is now the defacto business regulator...but only for small businesses.
Re:Marketing is scary for a solo developer by konschubert on Monday December 13, 2021 @06:42PM (#29546249)
Same here. I have Shopify connected to google merchant center.