Introducing three mandatory ASIN attributes, effective October 26, 2021
To provide a better shopping experience for our customers, effective October 26, 2021, we’re introducing the following three mandatory attributes for listings created one at a time or in bulk.
- Net Content: A new attribute set for eight Product Types (PTs)
- Item Form: A previously optional attribute that will become mandatory for 86 PTs
- Number of Items: A previously optional attribute that will become mandatory for 154 PTs
With these changes, all ASINs for select PTs must have these attributes populated when you submit new ASINs or update existing ASINs. Failure to populate these mandatory attributes will prevent any new selection creation in the relevant PTs after October 21, 2021. Note that this will not de-list any selection that you have listed before October 21, 2021. However, to provide a seamless shopping experience for customers, we strongly recommend that you update this information on existing listings. If you have ASINs in your inventory in any of the select PTs that don’t have an 'Item Form' or 'Number of Items' value, you may begin updating these attributes now.
Additionally, we are adjusting the allowed values for the Unit Count Type attribute for 138 PTs. For more information, see Net Content, Item Form, and Number of Items attributes details page.
Introducing three mandatory ASIN attributes, effective October 26, 2021
To provide a better shopping experience for our customers, effective October 26, 2021, we’re introducing the following three mandatory attributes for listings created one at a time or in bulk.
- Net Content: A new attribute set for eight Product Types (PTs)
- Item Form: A previously optional attribute that will become mandatory for 86 PTs
- Number of Items: A previously optional attribute that will become mandatory for 154 PTs
With these changes, all ASINs for select PTs must have these attributes populated when you submit new ASINs or update existing ASINs. Failure to populate these mandatory attributes will prevent any new selection creation in the relevant PTs after October 21, 2021. Note that this will not de-list any selection that you have listed before October 21, 2021. However, to provide a seamless shopping experience for customers, we strongly recommend that you update this information on existing listings. If you have ASINs in your inventory in any of the select PTs that don’t have an 'Item Form' or 'Number of Items' value, you may begin updating these attributes now.
Additionally, we are adjusting the allowed values for the Unit Count Type attribute for 138 PTs. For more information, see Net Content, Item Form, and Number of Items attributes details page.
64 replies
Seller_XBZvgnMWjSVfK
What does this motherlode of proprietary jargon even mean?
If changes like these were rolled out with plain-English explanations, it might reduce the hundreds if not thousands of Seller Support cases they are sure to generate.
Seller_Pj4IZTmbnSST3
PT = Product Type… just in case you skimmed and were confused like I was. I mean, I’m still hella confused…
Seller_4RRTjOpWG0qkj
You can just check this link for the list of the Product Types
If you don’t like checking links, expand the (stupidly long) list below
Seller_whdtW7zcoIEv2
What’s next amazon… we might need to go to customers homes to clean and cook for them to make it a awesome customer experience 
Seller_AXuLpb1OPZoIw
@SEAmod
Is this an expansion of this: or seperate?
Seller_N9hoHKjTXNQm1
None of this affects categories in which I sell, BUT
WHY are we rolling out changes like this in the build up to fourth quarter? Seems like a lot of busy work to lay on sellers who are already up to their ears in holiday prep.
Seller_7BJD5YNOFhHyA
my brain is not real linear when it comes to reading forms I read this and laughed at myself thinking this was a horizontal list at first and not a bunch of vertical data
HONEY DISHWASHER_DETERGENT DISHWASHER_DETERGENT
Seller_rttt1yARiCuPx
This is yet another reason to suppress listings with no fix. I have had 15-20% of our listings suppressed for supposedly missing information that I can neither add nor fix. We have constantly contacted SS as well as asking for the capture team to discuss how we can get the listings unsupressed. Never got a reply from them. But darned if I dont keep getting applications to send my inventory to FBA…
Seller_6wDXhD1w33Lp3
This list of affected product types is at section 7 of this page.
Introducing three mandatory ASIN attributes, effective October 26, 2021
To provide a better shopping experience for our customers, effective October 26, 2021, we’re introducing the following three mandatory attributes for listings created one at a time or in bulk.
- Net Content: A new attribute set for eight Product Types (PTs)
- Item Form: A previously optional attribute that will become mandatory for 86 PTs
- Number of Items: A previously optional attribute that will become mandatory for 154 PTs
With these changes, all ASINs for select PTs must have these attributes populated when you submit new ASINs or update existing ASINs. Failure to populate these mandatory attributes will prevent any new selection creation in the relevant PTs after October 21, 2021. Note that this will not de-list any selection that you have listed before October 21, 2021. However, to provide a seamless shopping experience for customers, we strongly recommend that you update this information on existing listings. If you have ASINs in your inventory in any of the select PTs that don’t have an 'Item Form' or 'Number of Items' value, you may begin updating these attributes now.
Additionally, we are adjusting the allowed values for the Unit Count Type attribute for 138 PTs. For more information, see Net Content, Item Form, and Number of Items attributes details page.
Introducing three mandatory ASIN attributes, effective October 26, 2021
To provide a better shopping experience for our customers, effective October 26, 2021, we’re introducing the following three mandatory attributes for listings created one at a time or in bulk.
- Net Content: A new attribute set for eight Product Types (PTs)
- Item Form: A previously optional attribute that will become mandatory for 86 PTs
- Number of Items: A previously optional attribute that will become mandatory for 154 PTs
With these changes, all ASINs for select PTs must have these attributes populated when you submit new ASINs or update existing ASINs. Failure to populate these mandatory attributes will prevent any new selection creation in the relevant PTs after October 21, 2021. Note that this will not de-list any selection that you have listed before October 21, 2021. However, to provide a seamless shopping experience for customers, we strongly recommend that you update this information on existing listings. If you have ASINs in your inventory in any of the select PTs that don’t have an 'Item Form' or 'Number of Items' value, you may begin updating these attributes now.
Additionally, we are adjusting the allowed values for the Unit Count Type attribute for 138 PTs. For more information, see Net Content, Item Form, and Number of Items attributes details page.
Introducing three mandatory ASIN attributes, effective October 26, 2021
To provide a better shopping experience for our customers, effective October 26, 2021, we’re introducing the following three mandatory attributes for listings created one at a time or in bulk.
- Net Content: A new attribute set for eight Product Types (PTs)
- Item Form: A previously optional attribute that will become mandatory for 86 PTs
- Number of Items: A previously optional attribute that will become mandatory for 154 PTs
With these changes, all ASINs for select PTs must have these attributes populated when you submit new ASINs or update existing ASINs. Failure to populate these mandatory attributes will prevent any new selection creation in the relevant PTs after October 21, 2021. Note that this will not de-list any selection that you have listed before October 21, 2021. However, to provide a seamless shopping experience for customers, we strongly recommend that you update this information on existing listings. If you have ASINs in your inventory in any of the select PTs that don’t have an 'Item Form' or 'Number of Items' value, you may begin updating these attributes now.
Additionally, we are adjusting the allowed values for the Unit Count Type attribute for 138 PTs. For more information, see Net Content, Item Form, and Number of Items attributes details page.
64 replies
64 replies
Seller_XBZvgnMWjSVfK
What does this motherlode of proprietary jargon even mean?
If changes like these were rolled out with plain-English explanations, it might reduce the hundreds if not thousands of Seller Support cases they are sure to generate.
Seller_Pj4IZTmbnSST3
PT = Product Type… just in case you skimmed and were confused like I was. I mean, I’m still hella confused…
Seller_4RRTjOpWG0qkj
You can just check this link for the list of the Product Types
If you don’t like checking links, expand the (stupidly long) list below
Seller_whdtW7zcoIEv2
What’s next amazon… we might need to go to customers homes to clean and cook for them to make it a awesome customer experience
Seller_AXuLpb1OPZoIw
@SEAmod
Is this an expansion of this: or seperate?
Seller_N9hoHKjTXNQm1
None of this affects categories in which I sell, BUT
WHY are we rolling out changes like this in the build up to fourth quarter? Seems like a lot of busy work to lay on sellers who are already up to their ears in holiday prep.
Seller_7BJD5YNOFhHyA
my brain is not real linear when it comes to reading forms I read this and laughed at myself thinking this was a horizontal list at first and not a bunch of vertical data
HONEY DISHWASHER_DETERGENT DISHWASHER_DETERGENT
Seller_rttt1yARiCuPx
This is yet another reason to suppress listings with no fix. I have had 15-20% of our listings suppressed for supposedly missing information that I can neither add nor fix. We have constantly contacted SS as well as asking for the capture team to discuss how we can get the listings unsupressed. Never got a reply from them. But darned if I dont keep getting applications to send my inventory to FBA…
Seller_6wDXhD1w33Lp3
This list of affected product types is at section 7 of this page.
Seller_XBZvgnMWjSVfK
What does this motherlode of proprietary jargon even mean?
If changes like these were rolled out with plain-English explanations, it might reduce the hundreds if not thousands of Seller Support cases they are sure to generate.
Seller_XBZvgnMWjSVfK
What does this motherlode of proprietary jargon even mean?
If changes like these were rolled out with plain-English explanations, it might reduce the hundreds if not thousands of Seller Support cases they are sure to generate.
Seller_Pj4IZTmbnSST3
PT = Product Type… just in case you skimmed and were confused like I was. I mean, I’m still hella confused…
Seller_Pj4IZTmbnSST3
PT = Product Type… just in case you skimmed and were confused like I was. I mean, I’m still hella confused…
Seller_4RRTjOpWG0qkj
You can just check this link for the list of the Product Types
If you don’t like checking links, expand the (stupidly long) list below
Seller_4RRTjOpWG0qkj
You can just check this link for the list of the Product Types
If you don’t like checking links, expand the (stupidly long) list below
Seller_whdtW7zcoIEv2
What’s next amazon… we might need to go to customers homes to clean and cook for them to make it a awesome customer experience
Seller_whdtW7zcoIEv2
What’s next amazon… we might need to go to customers homes to clean and cook for them to make it a awesome customer experience
Seller_AXuLpb1OPZoIw
@SEAmod
Is this an expansion of this: or seperate?
Seller_AXuLpb1OPZoIw
@SEAmod
Is this an expansion of this: or seperate?
Seller_N9hoHKjTXNQm1
None of this affects categories in which I sell, BUT
WHY are we rolling out changes like this in the build up to fourth quarter? Seems like a lot of busy work to lay on sellers who are already up to their ears in holiday prep.
Seller_N9hoHKjTXNQm1
None of this affects categories in which I sell, BUT
WHY are we rolling out changes like this in the build up to fourth quarter? Seems like a lot of busy work to lay on sellers who are already up to their ears in holiday prep.
Seller_7BJD5YNOFhHyA
my brain is not real linear when it comes to reading forms I read this and laughed at myself thinking this was a horizontal list at first and not a bunch of vertical data
HONEY DISHWASHER_DETERGENT DISHWASHER_DETERGENT
Seller_7BJD5YNOFhHyA
my brain is not real linear when it comes to reading forms I read this and laughed at myself thinking this was a horizontal list at first and not a bunch of vertical data
HONEY DISHWASHER_DETERGENT DISHWASHER_DETERGENT
Seller_rttt1yARiCuPx
This is yet another reason to suppress listings with no fix. I have had 15-20% of our listings suppressed for supposedly missing information that I can neither add nor fix. We have constantly contacted SS as well as asking for the capture team to discuss how we can get the listings unsupressed. Never got a reply from them. But darned if I dont keep getting applications to send my inventory to FBA…
Seller_rttt1yARiCuPx
This is yet another reason to suppress listings with no fix. I have had 15-20% of our listings suppressed for supposedly missing information that I can neither add nor fix. We have constantly contacted SS as well as asking for the capture team to discuss how we can get the listings unsupressed. Never got a reply from them. But darned if I dont keep getting applications to send my inventory to FBA…
Seller_6wDXhD1w33Lp3
This list of affected product types is at section 7 of this page.
Seller_6wDXhD1w33Lp3
This list of affected product types is at section 7 of this page.
