Amazon
First of all you need to set up Amazon MWS credentials in Ashes.
To add credentials please visit Plugins -> AmazonMWS in Ashes
Add the following credentials:
Seller ID: A2KK3Z7K1ON8YS
AuthToken: amzn.mws.8eacef52-d979-d727-bc31-332b16b8c5f9
Now you can communicate with Amazon MWS.
There are two possible ways to publish a product to Amazon marketplace:
- a listing — adding a completely new unique product
- an offer — sell a product already added by someone (not implemented yet)
Listing means that you are about to add a completely new product to Amazon catalog. Completely new means unique. Let's say you producing an awesome startup tees with cute foxes and want to sell it on Amazon. That's your case.
To create a new listing you must have an UPC codes for your products. You can get details about UPC codes http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/gadgets/high-tech-gadgets/upc.htm and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Product_Code. Every code should be assigned to one variant.
NB! You can get UPC codes for tests in Google document. Codes that not marked with RED are available for use.
Images
Add product images to every SKU (not a product!) you would like to push.
First album can have any name you want. It will contain product's main and secondary images. Second album should have name swatches and will contain a small image that identifies product color for color chooser on Amazon PDP.
Here is how pictures uploaded to Ashes.
Product details
After images and UPC codes were assigned to SKUs ypu can proceed with adding product info and pushing.
We are using FoxCom tags as search terms for Amazon, so some tags should be added to product and product must be active.
In the upper right corner locate button Push to Amazon and hit it.
You will see the push screen.
You need to assign a category for a product. Amazon categories have nothing in common with FoxCom taxonomies and/or taxons. It's a completely separated entity. Just try to enter a product type (t-shirt, sunglasses, etc) and Ashes will display possible categries for you.
Also you can use Amzon Product Classificator to find a proper category.
After category has been assigned, you will see the rest of fields as follows (except obvious):
- Tax Code — Amazon's standard code to identify the tax properties for a product. The tax code is first identified in the product feed and passed to the order reports once the item is ordered. Not used in Canada, Europe, or Japan.
- Bullet Point 1...5 — Brief descriptions of the product's features
When all information has been added you can push the product to Amazon. Amazon will not display your product instantly. It may take from 5 minutes to 16 hours to process ypur push. So, have patience :)
Note! Offer is not implemented yet
Offer means that you selling a product that has been alredy added to Amazon catalog by someone. You just need to point its ASIN (Amazon Standard Identification Number), inventory and price.
We are using background worker to fetch data from the Amazon. Worker that fetches orders and customers runs every 24 hours and tries to pull data for past day.
If new order(s) has been fetched, hyperion creates new customer(s) and order(s) in Phoenix and adds amazon orders to ES. So all amazon orders are searchable.
All new orders and customers are displayed in Ashes Orders and Customers sections accordingly.