Start with your deployed store
Inspect what the public storefront exposes and what your actual merchant account can export. Keep content quality, data delivery and transaction support separate.
Where the decision gets specific
Small catalogs may not need another source-of-truth system. First identify whether your gap is a missing field, a channel-specific mapping or access to a surface. A new tool should have a specific job and an owner.
Make the audit repeatable
Select a small sample that covers normal products, variants and an unavailable item. Record the exact page, market, time and expected values. Run the public check, then compare its findings with your own authoritative records. For each issue, identify whether the repair belongs in source data, a template, a mapping or an account setting. Preserve the report before making changes so that the next check measures a real difference.
What public evidence cannot establish
The L0 scanner cannot inspect private feed acceptance, authenticated account configuration, payment authority or completed orders. A blocked page is not proof of a missing capability. Confirm those questions through official merchant tools and scoped provider documentation. Treat any suggested candidate as a capability to investigate, not a ready-made endorsement.