Google SEO
Best practices — Google Merchant Center Policy
Why compare visible prices with Offer markup?
A mismatch between the displayed price and structured price can affect rich-result eligibility and trust in the product feed.
Further analysis
Use this entry as an audit checkpoint. The cited source establishes the context; the direct answer identifies what to check before choosing an action.
In SFT, this topic relates to Trust. Check whether the signal is visible on the page, connected to the rest of the website and supported by understandable evidence.
Related search terms include price markup consistency, Offer price accuracy. Use them to describe the issue in a brief, audit or answer page.
Applying SFT
Trust requires observable evidence: sources, consistency, citations, identifiable authors and verifiable claims.