Activate the platforms.
Setting up variation export with old technology
This page shows you how to set up and start the export of variations if you do not want to use the new catalogues.
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Have you set up Amazon in plentymarkets? (How it’s done)
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Have you prepared your variations? (How it’s done)
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Have you decided not to use the catalogue export?
Then let’s get started with activating the export of your variations to Amazon.
1. Activating the export
Either activate the export in the assistant Basic settings - Amazon or in the Setup menu.
Carry out the following settings in the assistant Basic settings - Amazon to activate the export.
Activating the export in the assistant Basic settings - Amazon:
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Go to Setup » Assistants » Omni-Channel.
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Click on Base settings - Amazon.
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Open the assistant for the Amazon account.
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Carry out the settings as described in Table 1.
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Complete the assistant.
Setting | Explanation |
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Step Basic settings |
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Select the Amazon platforms that you would like to sell your items on. |
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Step Activate Amazon user account |
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Activate user account |
Activate the Amazon user account. |
Step Automatic data transfer |
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Select the Amazon platforms that your item data should be transferred to. |
Activate the variation export for the Amazon platform. |
2. Manually exporting variation data
In the Setup » Markets » Amazon » Data exchange » Data export menu, two data exports can be generated. On the one hand, the data export Seller Central which contains all relevant information about your items and stock and which can then be uploaded directly into Seller Central. On the other hand, the data export Marketplace which you can use to export item data for the BMVD categories on Amazon.
2.1. Exporting data for Seller Central
Use the Seller Central area of the Setup » Markets » Amazon » Data exchange » Data export menu to manually generate a data export that contains all relevant information about items and stock and that can be uploaded directly to Amazon Seller Central. To do so, proceed as described below.
Listing items in several categories
If you wish to offer items in several categories, you have to generate the different catalogues as export files one after the other. |
Exporting data for Seller Central:
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Go to Setup » Markets » Amazon » Data exchange » Data export.
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Carry out the settings in the Seller Central area. Pay attention to the explanations given in Table 3.
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Click on Load file to export the data.
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Save the CSV file on your computer so that you can use it later.
Setting | Explanation |
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Amazon account |
Select the Amazon account. |
Export the item catalogue |
Select the item catalogue for the export. When exporting the item catalogue to Amazon, only those items are taken into consideration that were edited during the last 24 hours. Stock and prices will continue to be synchronised automatically. |
Tag IDs |
Enter one or more tag IDs. Separate multiple IDs using commas. Only items are exported that are linked to at least one of the selected tags. |
Items with flags only |
Select which items should be exported: all items, all items with flags, all items without flags or only items with a specific flag. |
Number of variations |
Enter the number of variations that should be exported. The more variations are exported, the longer the export will take. You can export a maximum of 5,000 variations at once. |
Date (from) |
Enter a date.
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Manufacturer |
Select ALL or a specific manufacturer. |
2.2. Exporting data for Marketplace
Go to the area Marketplace of the Setup » Markets » Amazon » Data exchange » Data export to export item data of BMVD categories to exchange with Amazon. To do so, proceed as described below.
Exporting data for Marketplace:
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Go to Setup » Markets » Amazon » Data exchange » Data export.
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Pay attention to the explanations given in Table 4 and carry out the settings in the Marketplace area.
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Click on Load file to export the data.
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Save the CSV file on your computer so that you can use it later.
Setting | Explanation |
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Amazon account |
Select the Amazon account. |
Genre |
Select one of the following BMVD categories: Books, Music, Video or DVD. |
Items with flags only |
Select which items should be exported: all items, all items with flags, all items without flags or only items with a specific flag. |
Procedure |
Select the procedure for the export.
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Delivery |
Select the shipping method. |
Uploading a stock file to Seller Central
When uploading BMVD product data to Seller Central, select the option Inventory loader file instead of the option Inventory files for non-media categories. |
3. FAQ
3.1. One or more items were not exported. What can I do?
Our Best practice: Item data export provides a check list to help you find out why an item was not exported to Amazon.
4. Next steps
You have set up the interface to Amazon and have prepared your variations and the export. What to do next depends on the additional Amazon services that you want to use:
If you want to use the FBA service by Amazon:
If you want to use additional Amazon services:
If something went wrong: