Flat File Listingloader

Listing Loader
Listing Loader is for uploading listings of products that already exist on Amazon.com. If a product does not exist on Amazon.com, you must first add that product to the Amazon.com catalog. Learn more
How to use Listing Loader

Some of the advanced functions in this template require Microsoft Excel macros. How to enable macros Step 1 - Enter Listing Information Enter listing details for your products using one of these options: Type your listing details directly into the Listings-Template tab. Click the Import File macro button on the Listing Loader menu to import a text file that contains your listing details. Refer to the Data Definitions tab for information about required and optional listing details. Step 2 - Perform Product Lookup (optional) Product Lookup and Bulk Lookup require authorization through Amazon Marketplace Web Service (Amazon MWS). Learn more Product Lookup and Bulk Lookup check the Amazon.com catalog for the products you are trying to list, and then fill in the Title and ASIN-hint fields for existing products. You can use the Title and ASIN to confirm that your product matches to the correct Amazon.com product. Look up products using one of these options: Bulk - Fill in the product-id column for each listing and then click the "Bulk Lookup" macro button on the Listing Loader menu to check the Amazon.com catalog for all of the products. Depending on the number of listings, this can take a while to complete. If there are more than 1,000 listings, the workbook will be saved every 1,000 listings. Interactive - Click the "Turn On Product Lookup" macro button on the Listing Loader menu to check the Amazon.com catalog for each listing as you enter the product-id. Step 3 - Review Product Lookup Results (optional) If a product does not exist in the Amazon.com catalog, or has multiple matches, your listing information for that product will be put in one of these two tabs for your further action: Products not Found Products with Multiple Matches Follow the instructions in those tabs if any of your listings appear there. Step 4 - Validate Listings (optional) Click the Validate macro button on the Listing Loader menu to validate your data. This checks your listing data for completeness and can reduce upload failures caused by input errors. Step 5 - Upload Listings to Amazon Upload your listings to Amazon using one of these options: Upload Macro - Click the Upload macro button on the Listing Loader menu and provide your Amazon MWS credentials. Learn more Seller Central - Save the Listings-Template tab as a tab-delimited text file (.txt) and upload that file from the inventory upload section in your seller account.
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Listing Loader Menu Excel 2003
Listing Loader Menu Excel 2007
Data Definitions - How to complete your Listing Loader Workbook

Label Name sku Definition and Use A unique identifier for the product, assigned by the merchant. The SKU must be unique for each product listed. After you have established a SKU for a product, please do not change it without first deleting the associated product from our systems. The price at which the merchant offers the product for sale, expressed in U.S. dollars. Accepted Values An alphanumeric string; 1 character minimum in length and 40 characters maximum in length. Example 15700 Required? Required
price
A number with up to 18 digits allowed to the left of 249.99 the decimal point and 2 digits to the right of the decimal point. Please do not use commas or dollar signs. A whole number. 0, 100, or 999
Required
quantity product-id
Enter the quantity of the item you are making available for sale. This is your current INVENTORY commitment. A standard, alphanumeric string that uniquely identifies the product. This could be an ASIN, UPC, or EAN. You can also use barcode scanner to directly input values for this field.
Required Required
The product-id must have a specific number of 012345678912 characters according to type: ASIN (10 digit number), UPC (12 digit number), or EAN (13 digit number). Please ensure that leading zeros do not get lost when the file is exported from excel to text. This can be accomplished by formatting the numbers in these cells as text, and double checking your .txt file to ensure that no errors have occurred while exporting your file.
product-id-type
The type of unique product identifier entered in the product-id field. Specifies item condition for the product.
Select one of the following options: ASIN, UPC, or UPC EAN Select from the following valid values: New Refurbished UsedLikeNew UsedVeryGood UsedGood UsedAcceptable UsedLikeNew
Required
condition-type
Required
condition-note ASIN-hint
Descriptive text explaining the actual condition of the item. Required if condition-type is not "New".
A text string; 1,000 characters maximum in length. In original package B000ETQTFW
Required Optional
Amazon's Standard Identifier or ASIN for the product that Amazon Standard Identifier also know as ASIN you are selling. You can get the ASIN from the product detail page on Amazon. This is to resolve ambiguity when the standard product-id matches to two or more products on Amazon. You are not expected to provided the product title. This field is automatically populated with the product title from Amazon's catalog when you perform product lookup. Its purpose is to provide you feedback on the product your identifier will match to on Amazon's site.
title
Product title that is automatically populated when Palm Zire Handheld you use product lookup. The value in this field will not be used to update the product title in Amazon's catalog.
Optional
product-tax-code
Amazon.com's standard code to identify the tax Enter the product tax code supplied to you by A_GEN_NOTAX properties of a product. Use the Product Tax Code only if Amazon.com. If no entry is provided, the default is you are sure that you are tax-enabled in Seller Central "A_GEN_NOTAX". and you have Amazon tax codes for all your products. Update Specifies the type of operation (Update, Delete) to be Select one of the following options: Update, or done on the data provided. If left blank, the default Delete. behavior is "Update." Use "Delete" when you wish to remove listing completely and permanently from the catalog. The sale price at which the merchant offers the product A number with up to 18 digits allowed to the left of 24.99 for sale, expressed in U.S. dollars. The site will the decimal point and 2 digits to the right of the strikethrough the item's normal price and indicate that the decimal point. Please do not use commas or dollar item is on sale at the sale price. signs. The date that the sale price will begin to override the item's normal price A date in this format: yyyy-mm-dd 2004-01-22 2004-03-05 3, 5, or 10
Optional
operation-type
Optional
sale-price
Optional
sale-start-date sale-end-date leadtime-to-ship
Optional Optional Optional
The last date that the sale price will override the item's A date in this format: yyyy-mm-dd normal price; the item's normal price will be displayed afterwards. Indicates the time, in days, between when you receive an A positive integer. order for an item and when you can ship the item. The default leadtime-to-ship is one to two business days. Use this field if your leadtime-to-ship is greater than two business days. Specify the Date for when this listing can become A date in this format: yyyy-mm-dd. available on the site. Is this gift wrap supported for this particular product? If Select: true or false left blank, defaults to 'false'. Is gift messaging supported for this particular product? If Select: true or false left blank, defaults to 'false'.
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2008-04-15 false true
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These products could not be found in the Amazon.com catalog using the product-id alone. Search Am Listings-Template tab, and then upload the template again. If a product does not exist on Amazon.co Learn more sku price quantity product-id product-id-type condition-type
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How to use Listing Loader

n Amazon.com, you must first add that product

ll in the Title and ASIN-hint fields for existing t.

azon.com catalog for each listing as you enter

oduct will be put in one of these two tabs for

completeness and can reduce upload failures

e inventory upload section in your seller account.

Listing Loader Menu Excel 2003

Listing Loader Menu Excel 2007

Data Definitions - How to complete your Listing Loader Workbook

A text string; 1,000 characters maximum in length. In original package B000ETQTFW

sale-start-date sale-end-date leadtime-to-ship

Optional Optional Optional

launch-date is-giftwrap-available is-gift-messageavailable

2008-04-15 false true

Optional Optional Optional

e product-id column of the n.com catalog.

oduct as the match for your listing. Your selections will be

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