Turn a Merchant Center image export into a repair queue
Review resolution, crop, overlays, URL access and variant accuracy, then assign each image problem to the right owner.
- Works in
- ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini
- You need
- Product feed image export · Image inspection notes · Merchant Center diagnostics
- Written for
- Google Merchant Center image audit prompt
This prompt separates a photography problem from a feed or hosting problem. That distinction turns a long diagnostics export into work that an owner can actually complete.
Audit the supplied Merchant Center product images as evidence, not by guessing
what an unseen file contains. Use feed metadata, inspection notes and account
diagnostics together.
For every item, check URL accessibility, pixel dimensions, main-image crop,
promotional overlays or watermark, product accuracy, variant colour or
material match, misleading accessories, and useful additional views.
Flag images below 500 x 500 pixels as needing replacement before January 31,
2027. Do not mark an image compliant when visual evidence is missing.
Return a table with item ID, issue, evidence, urgency, exact fix and owner
(catalogue, photography, design or engineering). Finish with a shoot list and
a technical URL-fix list. Rank disapprovals and active campaign products first.
Feed export: [FEED]
Inspection notes: [NOTES]
Diagnostics: [DIAGNOSTICS]What to change
Everything in square brackets is yours to replace. Nothing else needs editing.
[FEED]- Item IDs, variants, image links, dimensions and campaign status.
[NOTES]- Human or machine inspection facts for the actual images.
[DIAGNOSTICS]- Relevant Merchant Center warnings and disapprovals.
How to run it
- 01Export the affected items
Include top sellers and active campaign items, not only disapproved rows.
- 02Inspect the actual files
Record what can be seen instead of asking the model to imagine inaccessible URLs.
- 03Route each repair
Send URL failures to engineering and visual problems to photography or design.
Questions people ask
Why does the prompt use January 31, 2027?
Google has announced that 500 by 500 pixels becomes the minimum for all product images on that date.
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