See what Meta will reject in your product feed

What this checks

• Required fields

  id, title, description, availability, condition, price, link and image_link — matched against your columns by name.

• Rejected values

  Meta accepts "in stock", not "in_stock" or "yes". We list every value in your feed Meta refuses, and what it should be.

• Empty columns

  A column that is mapped but blank on every row fails the whole import. Easy to miss, easy to catch.

• Format and structure

  CSV, TSV, XML or JSON, delimiters and nested fields detected automatically — including feeds served with the wrong content type.

Questions

Why does Meta reject products in my catalog?

Almost always one of three things: a required field is missing (id, title, description, availability, condition, price, link, image_link), a mapped column is empty on every row, or a value is spelled in a way Meta does not accept — "in_stock" instead of "in stock" is the single most common one. The checker looks for all three.

What are Meta's required catalog fields?

For a product catalog: id, title, description, availability, condition, price, link and image_link. Availability must be one of "in stock", "out of stock", "available for order", "preorder" or "discontinued". Condition must be "new", "refurbished" or "used". Anything else is rejected at import.

Which feed formats can I check?

CSV, TSV, XML (Google Merchant RSS and custom schemas) and JSON. We detect the format from the file itself, so a feed served as text/plain still works.

Do you store my feed?

No. The feed is fetched, parsed in memory and dropped when the check finishes. We keep a counter of how many checks ran and how many errors they found — never the products, never the URL.

Can I fix the problems automatically?

Yes, that's the product. CatalogueAds re-maps your columns and rewrites rejected values on every fetch, then serves Meta a clean feed at a URL you paste into Commerce Manager. The free plan covers 100 products.