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Desired Inventory Loader Fields
The data you enter for these desired fields gives customers the basic information they need to make an informed purchasing decision. We highly recommend that you fill in all desired fields. Not providing data in desired fields can result in poor product descriptions and make your product hard to find. If a product exists on Amazon.com but does not have a price or quantity, customers cannot buy it.
product-id
Each product sold on Amazon.com also includes an industry standard product identifier. This field is required for product matching when creating new listings.
The following are recognized by Amazon as product IDs:
- ISBN: International Standard Book Number. A unique number assigned to each book published in the world. It can usually be found on the back cover of a book next to the bar code, following the identifier "ISBN". It can also be found in the inside page along with the copyright notice.
- UPC: Universal Product Code. A number used to identify items sold in the United States. (Books are also typically assigned a UPC, but the ISBN is more commonly used.) The UPC can be found under the bar code that appears on the product label.
- ASIN: Amazon Standard Identification Number. A number uniquely assigned to each product sold on Amazon.com. Our system will recognize any product by its assigned ASIN, regardless of whether the product has an assigned ISBN or UPC.
- EAN: European Article Number. An identifier assigned for products sold in Europe. EANs are used in Europe in the same way UPCs are used in the U.S.
product-id-type
The product-id-type is a numerical entry that indicates if the product-id is an ASIN, ISBN, UPC, or EAN. This is a required field if product-id is provided. The options include:
- 1 = ASIN
- 2 = ISBN
- 3 = UPC
- 4 = EAN
item-condition
This is a numeric entry that indicates the condition of the item. This field is required for creating a new listing.
Note: Not all conditions are available for all categories. For more information about what conditions you may use in your product category, see
Condition Guidelines.
Condition types:
- 1 = Used; Like New
- 2 = Used; Very Good
- 3 = Used; Good
- 4 = Used; Acceptable
- 5 = Collectible; Like New
- 6 = Collectible; Very Good
- 7 = Collectible; Good
- 8 = Collectible; Acceptable
- 9 = Not used
- 10 = Refurbished
- 11 = New
price
The price per item, in U.S. dollars. Do not include the "$" symbol. The price has to be greater than zero (0.00). This is a required field if product-id is provided and you are creating new listings. You must provide a price to make the item available for purchase on Amazon.com.
quantity
You must enter a quantity when adding a new SKU. You can set the quantity anywhere between 1 and 1,000. This is a required field for seller-fulfilled items if product-id is provided, and to make the item available for purchase on the website. Items must be in-stock and on-hand at the time a purchase is made.
Note: For Fulfillment by Amazon items (FBA), do not enter a quantity. Instead, provide a
fulfillment-center-id in the last column of the template. See
Optional Inventory Loader Fields below.
item-note
Use this field to describe any differences your item has from the new item sold by Amazon.com (for example, if your hardcover book is missing the dust-jacket). This field is limited to 1,000 characters for all Used, New, Collectible, and Refurbished items.
will-ship-internationally
A code that indicates the countries to which you are willing to ship:
- 1 or n = Ship only to customers in the U.S.
- 2 or y = Ship to customers in and outside of the U.S.
If you do not enter an option, the general setting you chose when you signed up to sell will be used as the default.
If you do not enter the value "international" in the expedited-shipping column, only International Standard shipping will be available. You can offer International Standard, International Expedited, both, or neither.
Note: Domestic Two Day, Domestic One Day, and International Expedited are for Books, Music, Videos, and DVDs (BMVD) only. For BMVD you can offer multiple expedited shipping options.
By selecting to ship internationally, your item will appear on other Amazon sites when there are no offers from a marketplace seller. You are solely liable to comply with the laws and regulations of the country from which you are shipping your products and also for the country to which you are shipping, as applicable. The international buyer may have to pay customs duties, taxes and processing fees for your product.
Note: Some products, including consumer electronics, software and video games, may not be shipped internationally or may only be shipped to eligible countries.
expedited-shipping
Enter "n" if you will not offer expedited shipping at all for the item. Enter "y" if you will only offer Domestic Expedited, but not Domestic Two Day, Domestic One Day, or International Expedited.
These are the valid expedited-shipping values for BMVD Items:
- n: Use when you will not offer any expedited shipping option at all.
- y: For domestic expedited shipping other than Two Day or One Day. Use this value when you will offer only this expedited shipping option.
- domestic: For domestic expedited shipping other than Two Day or One Day. Include this value when you will offer this expedited shipping option and others as well.
- second
- next
- international: When you use this option, be sure to select "y" for the will-ship-internationally column.
If you offer more than one expedited shipping option for a BMVD item, don't use the "y" value; use only the words domestic, second, next, and international, in any combination. Use the words exactly as listed and separate them with commas. Here are some examples of valid entries for the expedited-shipping column:
- domestic, second, next
- domestic, second, next, international
- domestic, second
- second, international
- domestic, next
- next, international
- second
