FanMerch Tag warning

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I get a warning about FanMerch tags occasionally. I think it’s actually supposed to be a warning about the number of characters in the tag and not about FanMerch tags. I experimented and it let it go when I whittled down the characters to 40. I’m using generic words, so it can’t actually be a FanMerch issue. (Whatever that is. Help has zero info about it.)

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I get the same issue. I thought FanMerch was supposed to relate to things companies that allowed “Fan Merchandising”, I think “Ford” was one. Like you I am getting it flag up on some long tail keyword combinations that are generic words.

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Hi @lewister  , 

Thanks for reaching out! Can you post a screenshot of the warning message you are receiving if possible? We’ll be happy to take a look. 

  • Emma 🌻
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I have also had that warning in the past… I just rearranged the words and it went away. 

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@Emma  

High Emma screen shot of an example. 

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Hi @Emma  I appear to have a skill for getting the “Fanmerch” flag this morning, another example.

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Hi @Martin  , 

Many thanks for passing along those examples, we appreciate it! I have flagged this with our Team now ✍️

  • Emma 🌻
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I keep getting that today too.  This was 5 months ago - was there an answer?  What is a FanMerch tag?

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I’ve gotten those as well in the past. Again, by rearranging the tags, it went away. 🙄

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I get them but rearranging the words doesn’t always help. What is FanMerch anyway?

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I am also getting this warning too, first time today.

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What is FanMerch?

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I just got the same thing, looks like the issue was never fixed

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Received the same, “Only one FanMerch tag can be added.” warning today for a long tag. 

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I was encouraged. Does that mean my tags are so dangerous (awesome) they are suspect (of too great)? Really hope so.

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Can we get some additional clarification?

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I’m getting this a lot today. It doesn’t seem to be the actual words. In reality is there a character limit as well as a word limit?

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Yes, it’s a character limit. Tags can be 40 characters max and that includes spaces. If you go over the limit you get this error message about fan merch. I use this character counter.

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I have been getting that for about a month now on and off most the time when I have five words together

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We’re at the end of July. I am having the same issue, particularly with long-tail tags. I play around with the order of the words, see if that helps.