Google Merchant Center: Invalid product price · Invalid value [price] · Missing value [price]
Your product's price is missing, zero or invalid
What Google's message means
The price sent to Google is empty, 0 or below, or isn't in a format Google accepts. Google only allows a price of 0 for phones and tablets sold with a contract or installment plan.
Why it matters
Products without a valid price can't show in Shopping ads or free listings.
Common causes on Shopify
- Free gifts, samples or bundle parts priced at $0 are sent to Google.
- A feed app mapped price from an empty field.
- The currency or number format is wrong for the target country.
How to fix it
- 1Find the affected variants. Free gifts, samples and $0 bundle components are the usual culprits.
- 2Set a real price above 0, or exclude free items from your Google channel.
- 3Check that the price uses a valid currency for the country you target.
- 4Let the channel resync. Google says changes can take 24–72 hours to show.
In Shopify: Variant prices are in Products → product → Variants. Filter your product list by price to spot $0 items.
How to stop it coming back
- Exclude free and gift products from the Google channel when you create them.
Common questions
- Can any product have a price of 0?
- Google only allows 0 for phones and tablets sold with an installment or subscription plan and no up-front payment, and not in Latin American countries.
Official help pages
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