Understanding Amazon FBA Settings

Before sending up your FBA inventory for the first time there are a number of setting which must be specified in Settings > Fulfilment by Amazon. Cross border fulfilment settings.  Pan European FBA is a programme where listings can be delivered across Europe at the delivery rate of the ordering country.  To qualify a listing […]

How to open an Etsy Shop

Before you can start to create your Etsy shop, you need to create an Etsy buyer account To start opening your Etsy shop: Click Sell on Etsy on Etsy.com. Click Open your Etsy shop. Select your shop language, country, and currency, then click Save and continue. Choose your shop name, then click Save and continue. […]

How to use Amazon Sponsored Ads Match Types

Match types help control how shopping queries are matched with the keywords you are bidding on. They provide you with additional control to help you reach your campaign goals. Each match type provides different opportunities for your ad to display when shoppers for an item. In general, the broader the match type, the higher the […]

How to use Amazon Vouchers to grow your sales

You can offer discounts on a single product or a set of products and enjoy automatic merchandising for your voucher through Amazon. Customers can discover vouchers through the following options: Vouchers home page Search results Product detail pages The Offer Listings page In their carts Add products to your voucher You can feature up to […]

How to use Amazon catalogue Drafts & Selling Applications

Drafts If a product does not upload successfully it will appear in Catalogue > Drafts. In Drafts the products can be filtered by issue (e.g. missing information, qualification requirements) and the data can then be either directly on the product product list or by editing the products.  Once the require information has been added the […]

How to use Amazon Category Specific Product Upload files

Once a category specific file has been downloaded, then it is time to complete the data before uploading.  The file is separated into a number of different sections. Which I will go through form left to right below. The required fields are at the left of the sheet with the optional fields to the left […]

How to use the Amazon Price & Quantity Flat File

The price and quantity file is for changing the price and quantity of listings.  It has the following fields: SKU.  Your stock number for a product as specified in manage inventory Price.  No currency symbols. Minimum seller allowed price.  Min price for the purposes of automatic pricing Maximum seller allowed price. Max price for the […]

Downloading a Category Specific Inventory Flat File from Amazon

When creating products bulk on Amazon it is first necessary to download a flat file template (know as Inventory Files for Specific Categories).  This is done from Inventory > Add product via upload. A different flat file is requires for each category you want to create products in.  The process for downloading the right flat […]

How to deal with Amazon seller account suspensions

As an Amazon seller, getting your seller account suspended can be a terrifying experience. The process is opaque, unaccountable and it is not possible to talk to anyone. In my opinion it is a manifestation of Amazon’s unaccountable monopoly at its very worst. For now there is no point in moaning about it, as sellers […]

Introduction to Amazon Sponsored Products and Sponsored Brands

With the ever-expanding range of products on Amazon, it can be difficult for new products to get traction as they have no sales history.  As previously covered performance in the Amazon search is largely based on the historical performance of a listing i.e.: Sales history Reviews Conversion rate Waiting to build a sales history through […]